Elisa Gorrochategui Roncal35 years old, opens his workshop and Kutixi Artisanal Pastries Cafeteria on February 27 this year. This journalist thus realized her dream of turn your baking hobby into your new profession. A few months later, the blinds fall by surprise of your business and explain the reasons.
Located at number 22 Mutilva Alta Street in the Lezkairu districtthis cafeteria was able to win the public’s favor from the first minute. In fact, a few days after opening, they had to increase their staff because they had a lot of more workload than expected.
Therefore, the farewell messagepublished on the company’s social networks, surprised customers and local residents: “Hello everyone, as many of you already know, today – this Sunday – was our last day. Thank you for your support and trust during these months,” the message read. publication.
Gorrochategui explained to this newspaper the reasons for sudden closure. And he also advanced what will happen to the locals now that Kutixi Artisanal Pastry The blinds have definitely been lowered.
The young journalist began to entertain the idea of start your own artisan baking business after the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020. Already at the time of opening, he commented that between the search for a location, the works, the authorization procedures, etc., the process had been “very long “.
Actually, It took him almost four years to open the doors of his business. to customers. “It should have opened in 2022,” he emphasizes. Now admit that This process exhausted him too much.. “Between one thing and another, it lasted three years of construction. And I couldn’t take it anymore,” he remembers. In fact, when he obtained the permit to open, in January 2024, he even considered leaving the project.
“I wasn’t feeling excited that he had to have. Starting my own business must have been what I wanted most in life and, however, I didn’t see it that way,” he says. He still tried: “I thought that as the months went by , I would find my enthusiasm again.” he explains. He never again felt this enthusiasm for his project..
“There came a point where I no longer found any sense in continuing,” he says. And concludes that The process of building the company from scratch took so much wear and tear that it couldn’t recover.. “It makes me very sad because the place turned out to be very nice, I did everything to my liking and I put a lot of effort into it,” he laments.
He therefore hopes to now be able to have a second life. Although he could not provide many details, Gorrochategui suggested that There are several people interested in keeping the cafeteria. “I hope someone will keep it,” he wishes.
NOW, This entrepreneur is focused on her future. “I want to get back into the world of communications,” he says. What is not so clear is when he will get his hands back into the dough to dazzle palates again with his pastries. Of course, he insists he’ll do it again: “I’d like to enjoy baking as a hobby again, without too much pressure.”
Despite the bittersweet taste of this surprising closure in PamplonaGorrochategui keeps it good: “It was also a very good stage.” And thank you to all the customers who decided to trust us Kutixi Artisanal Pastry to sweeten special moments or simply enjoy a coffee on site.
