But then disaster struck.
Within a few days of Mike receiving the vehicle, vandals smashed five of its windows to pieces, along with destroying both wingmirrors and the windscreen wiper. The repair costs would reach £3000, meaning Mike had to appeal to the community again – and again they delivered.
So outstanding was the response Mike received, his Double Decker Diner project has been able to grow in scope once more. Now, Mike has the resources to do far more than simply repairing his existing vehicle; instead, he can purchase a bigger, better, more modern, and more functional one.
In short, Mike and his team have the exciting opportunity to turn a setback into a time of huge expansion.
The purchase of a better vehicle will provide Mike with amazing new opportunities, such as the ability to host events within the double decker. This can help him reach a bigger audience and appeal to more people, as he will have more to offer the communities he takes his mobile cookery school into.
There will also be the possibility to rent the vehicle out to other organisations, who could use it to host their own events, workshops, and classes. All this will help to secure the long-term viability of the Double Decker Diner project.
Updating the vehicle so it can do all this will take resources, which is why Mike’s crowdfunding campaign is still active.
There’s no doubt these are challenging times, but if you’re able to make any donation, no matter how small, to help pay for the upgrades to Mike’s double decker, he and the rest of the Cooking with Cody team would be eternally grateful.
You can donate by using the link below:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/cookingwithcody
Due to how much the scale of the Double Decker Diner project has grown, Mike and his team have decided to make it more separate from his work with Cooking with Cody, and will be launching new social media feeds in early 2021 which are specifically dedicated to the mobile cookery school.
Watch this space!