WHERE BOLLA STARTED

As many of you know, Bolla started it’s journey as Poké Food - a small, homerun food delivery business based on the principles of good nutrition and delicious world food. Bolla founder Jaime started Poké from her home kitchen in December 2019 with the dream of not only supporting people’s nutrition and fitness goals - but doing it with delicious food. 

After years of working in the catering and events industry, the aim was to cater events and fitness competitions, but when a certain pandemic took over, home deliveries took centre stage. Desperate for the dining out experience, customers across West Cornwall ordered grazing platters, summer rolls, bao buns and bottles of organic wine from Poke for all their special events - from birthdays to Zoom parties, picnics to New Year’s celebrations -  and almost every customer became a fan and regular customer of this personalised, fully catered service. Poké thrived, and from here, the ideas of the perfect cafe started to grow.

In February 2023, the opportunity to take on a small but mighty cafe space within The Shipyard Market arose, and Jaime jumped at the chance. Having previously been the legendary Radish Cafe, there were big shoes to fill, but throughout the year Jaime and her team honed the perfect menu, learnt what the locals wanted and needed from this little cafe, and quickly became a destination for locals, tourists, foodies and coffee lovers across Cornwall.

The addition of a concession from Scarlet Wines and a deli full of ingredients from across the globe only added to the lure of Poké food -  and soon, it was time for a rebrand as the business evolved: Bolla was born.

As word got round of Bolla’s delicious food offering and extensive wine knowledge, it wasn’t long before the cosy space in the Shipyard Market started to feel a little too small. When 1 Fore Street became available, Jaime couldn’t refuse the chance to expand Bolla and take it into its own space. With the help of designer Luci (of Hand and Palm) carpenter Alec and many friends, the new Bolla space was created.