Meet Mattie
Social Moments is a company founded by Mattie Michael, a young man with Autism who hand-makes all the cookies sold.
Mattie’s passion for baking has led him to create a business where he’s involved in the community while doing something he loves.
Despite challenges, Mattie has found success by building a reputation for producing some of the best cookies around.
THE JOURNEY
Mattie loves baking and wanted to start up his own business of baking biscuits but didn’t know where to start.
He contacted EdAble, a social enterprise committed to increasing employment opportunities for people with autism and other neuro-diversities, to see if they could help support him and they said, “Sure! Anyone with a disability can come to us”.
EdAble talked with Mattie about the amount of time he had available to bake, creating a strategy plan. EdAble also brainstormed business name ideas. The name, ‘Social Moments‘ came about in relation to how people enjoy a cuppa with a bickie in hand, enjoying a social moment. Just like Mattie, this micro-business would offer him many ‘social moments’!
Mattie needed help to build a website, marketing and advertising, money management plus anything else that was needed to build a quality micro-business.
Mattie was involved with some of the marketing research. He went, with support, to various cafes to list the types of biscuits cafes sold, the price range, the quantity and demand. Working with the research results, EdAble worked along side Mattie to work out which biscuits he would like to bake for his micro-business.
EdAble supported Mattie with a number of trial biscuits for the market, deciding on the best recipes to bake to meet the demand.
With EdAble’s help, Mattie now sells and delivers his quality biscuits to the best cafes. He hopes one day he would be able to expand and employ others!
Mattie hopes that when people see how much fun he has had with ‘Social Moments‘, that they will speak to EdAble to gain support to set up their own business, just like he did.
Our Products
All our delicious bites are hand-made in a registered environment based in Glen Iris, Melbourne. Contact us to order your treats today or visit one of our Store Suppliers listed below.
TASTE OUR DELICIOUS BITES
Visit one of these amazing stores to enjoy our Social Moments!
Over the past two years I have enjoyed building partnerships with cafes and other hospitality providers, and working with Mattie Michael to bake and deliver delicious biscuits. Social Moments is a fantastic business that brings a lot of joy into my life and the lives of the biscuit eaters!
Social Moments not only produce delicious treats for us to enjoy amongst family and friends, they also create meaningful employment opportunities for young adults with disabilities – It makes each bite taste that extra bit tastier, warming your heart.
Asked to be honest in how the biscuits tasted, I had to say WE ALL really liked them!! The ingredients are good – very cute size. No complaints whatsoever! I hope they do well and I will buy them again 😋
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
Sign up to volunteer to bake with us and join our community. It can be simply a few hours, a day or more, whatever works for you. We can’t wait to create more Social Moments together!
If you are a cafe owner interested in selling our quality products, we would love to hear from you too! Or simply buy our delicious bites online or at one of our supporting stores to show your support.