Many people are taking to side hustles to boost their income. But with so much competition, you need a niche. If you love cooking, you can capitalise on the DIY cooking trends that come about each year. From personalised accessories to setting up a blog or channel, here are some ideas.
Offer Freshly Cooked Food
Flexing your cooking skills can help bring in a bit of extra cash. Of course, setting up a restaurant is challenging. But there are other ways you can offer fresh food. Festivals, markets and pop-ups are becoming more popular these days. Got a few skills with dough? How about investing in a new commercial pizza oven you can set up at a food stall. These make for better eating outside events and offer people something a little more appetising than a hotdog!
Custom Kitchen Accessories
People love personal stuff. Today, the customisation industry is pretty big, and many savvy eCommerce beginners and veterans alike are taking advantage of it. Print-on-demand services offer much more than business cards these days. Just about anything can be personalised, and you can carve out a small niche in the kitchen accessories market. Clever puns on aprons, chef’s hats for the kids, and engraved cooking knives are just some quick ideas you can try.
Write DIY Cooking eBooks
Cooking is often considered relaxing, satisfying and a great way to save money. However, in the US, only around 41% of people cook fresh food regularly. With beginner eBooks, you can showcase your talents and teach people vital kitchen skills they can use to feed themselves and their families. You can also increase the chances of selling more if you are skilled at a specific cuisine. For example, you could write about the fundamentals of curries, pasta or baking cakes.
Blogging and Vlogging
One of the go-to ways to set up an online business is to blog. Blogs are still popular and offer quick and easy access to information. Of course, there are a lot of cooking blogs out there, so you will need to narrow down a niche. If you don’t feel like writing, then perhaps you could record yourself cooking. Quick cooking videos are especially popular on TikTok. Yet YouTube is a great way to offer instructional classes and cooking tutorials in a more long-form format.
Drop Ship Trending Products
Cooking as an industry is huge. There are so many aspects to it that you can start a business within the niche for just about anything. As an eCommerce provider, drop shipping cooking products is an ideal way to make some cash from the industry. Everything from cookie cutters to range ovens is available to promote on your site. And the best part about drop shipping is you never have to manage inventory. All you need to do is focus on building an online store.
Summary
Offering freshly cooked food at events is an ideal way to take advantage of this year’s DIY cooking trends. If you have some knowledge or skills, eBooks can bring in some money. However, you could also consider eCommerce and drop shipping of culinary accessories.
