A WOMAN from Craven who "hated" store-bought fresh pasta has gone into business selling her own version.

Sally Wellock, who lives at Calton near Malham, started trading as Sally's Pasta at Lomeshaye Business Village in Nelson last November and after four months has built up a solid base of customers.

Sally, 20, a former pupil at Sedbergh School, was an active netball player there and even took part in a marathon to raise money for charity.

"I was really into running and played netball, so I had to eat a lot of pasta," said Sally. "It made me so full, I hated it."

Sally, who used to buy fresh pasta from supermarkets, had her perspective changed when she went on trip to Italy with her father, James Wellock, who runs fruit and vegetable wholesaler Wellocks in Nelson.

"I tasted the pasta in Italy and it was so much lighter," said Sally. "It was amazing and not like the store-bought pasta you can buy here.

"We went to Milan and bought a pasta machine and were trained how to use it," said Sally, who runs her business from a development kitchen and pasta room at Lomeshaye.

"We make all our own fillings with high quality fresh produce from farms that we select ourselves.

"All our products are vegetarian and we do a gluten-free pasta, which is hard to find.

"There are no additives or preservatives to increase the shelf life."

Sally attended the Good Foods in Harrogate and started out supplying one or two customers with pasta.

That customer base has now grown to 15 or 20 businesses, including Selfridges in Manchester and the Forage deli on Skipton's High Street.

"It's going well," added Sally, who now hopes to attract more customers by attending the Farm Shop and Deli Show in Birmingham in April.