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Learn how this Dryden accountant shifted into pasta making

The Pure Blend started as a home-based side business in 2019 and is nset to expand into a commercial kitchen.

Bobbi Turpin's pasta can be found at local markets, restaurants and though delivery

Jonathan Pinto · CBC News ·
The components of The Pure Blend's four-cheese ravioli. (Submitted by Bobbi Turpin)

Bobbi Turpin never expected to become a full-time pasta maker.

"It's a happy surprise," the professional accountant and bookkeeper said with a laugh. "It started off as a hobby."

Bobbi Turpin is the owner of The Pure Blend. (Submitted by Bobbi Turpin)

I reached Turpin recently to learn how she turned her passion for pasta into a business called The Pure Blend.

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Up North5:53Northern Nosh: The Pure Blend
Jonathan spoke with Bobbi Turpin, an accountant-turned-pasta maker in Dryden about her business, called The Pure Blend.

Shortly after our conversation, Turpin told me that she'll be moving production of her growing enterprise out of her home and into a commercial kitchen in April. 

To learn more about The Pure Blend, head to their website. Thanks to listener John Russell for the tip.

"Northern Nosh" is a new weekly feature on Up North, CBC Radio One's regional afternoon show for northern Ontario. If you know of a restaurant, bakery or farm you think would make a great story, get in touch! 

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Jonathan Pinto

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Jonathan Pinto is the host of Up North, CBC Radio One's regional afternoon show for Northern Ontario and is based in Sudbury. He was formerly a reporter/editor and an associate producer at CBC Windsor & CBC Toronto. Email jonathan.pinto@cbc.ca.

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