AT FIRST glimpse of the sisters, it’s the most natural idea in the world – a TV cookery show filmed at their café and craft boutique in the idyllic setting of Renfrewshire’s Quarriers Village.

Articulate, talented and ambitious in equal measure – with good looks to boot – what’s not to watch as Gillian, Nichola and Linsey Reith go about the roles they’ve slipped into since each ditching the corporate ladder and opening the doors of Three Sisters Bake in October 2011?

Speaking at the Glasgow launch of Three Sisters Bake: Delectable Recipes for Every Day, a book of their own sweet and savory creations, elder sister and front of house manager, Gillian, 34, explains the small screen interest.”There’s a couple of things in the pipeline,” she says. “I know that television takes a long time to pan out, but we are very excited by the possibility that it might happen.” With opportunity on their hands to bring something fresh to the cookery show formula, Gillian adds: “It’s the fact we are sisters, that we all work together and that baking is such a trend at the moment. It’s true a long time was spent creating a colourful environment in the café. I think it creates a nice backdrop for the kind of medium that television would allow.” WITH noses for an ambitious venture – despite having been described as crazy by their family and friends for starting up a brand new eatery during a recession and in a town with a population of 1,000 – the sisters can now tell their tale in anecdotal reflection.”Everyone including our parents thought we were completely mad,” Gillian says. “We imagined we’d spend the first six months wandering the local villages begging people to come and visit us by bribing them with scones.”Luckily we were proved wrong and were met with a stampede of customers the first day we opened. It could only be described as something out of Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares as we struggled to keep up with the queues with very few staff.” The 50-seater café was inspired by the café culture and relaxed eateries of Sydney and Melbourne, experienced by Nichola, 33, and youngest sibling Linsey, 29, during gap year trips. Admitting their successful trendbucking hasn’t been without its challenges, Gillian, who along with Nichola has a young child, shared her method in balancing motherhood with business life.”You do feel the cliché of the guilty working mother, though I guess you have to make every minute at work count because you could be spending time hanging out with your baby and having fun with them,” she says. “So we make sure we’re there for a good reason and we’re not just wasting time.” While most would be somewhat envious of the sisters’ walking away from the nine-to-five humdrum, Gillian is quick to add: “We’re not driving Mercedes just yet. We’re still in our clapped out bangers and rented flats. Though we don’t have that dread on a Sunday evening that you’ve got to go into work on a Monday morning. That’s gone.”It’s that way because we absolutely love what we do and our business is now a reflection of our complete personalities and what we want to be doing, so you can’t be dissatisfied with that.” While thanking their parents for the moral support in every venture they’ve undertaken, Linsey, 29, a trained chef with experience of working in Europe’s most exclusive holiday resorts, always keeps a special word for their grandmother Lillian McCallum.”Our granny had a sweet shop in Kirriemuir and we thought it was normal on a Saturday morning to watch our granny make tablet and help count sweets into a bag for customers,” she says. “Cooking and baking is in our genes from her as she is an amazing cook.”She had a quibble with us when she came to the café for the first time about the price of a bowl of soup because she knows how much it costs to make a pot of soup.” HEADING up the baking team at the cafe, middle sister Nichola, 33, who walked away from a career in pharmaceuticals, is also delighted with the tone of the book. “Many of the photos were taken in Quarriers Village and Arran. The book has a very Scottish feel to it, which we are really happy with.” The sisters always dreamed of opening a café in their old stomping ground of Renfrewshire, having grown up in nearby Bridge of Weir. Not resting on their laurels, the sisters also recently announced the opening of a signaturerange ice cream café in nearby Langbank later this month. Kate Pollard of Hardie Grant Publishing spoke about the cookbook’s early demand: “We’ve had such a great response to the book in London. We’re hoping people in Scotland really get behind it.” Perhaps pre-empting their future in roles fit for a television career, Kate adds: “It’s been overwhelming. The sisters, they are such stars.” Three Sisters Bake by Gillian, Nichola and Linsey Reith published by Hardie Grant is available now priced £20. Chapters include Brunch, Soups, Salads, Lunch, Bread, Dinner, Cakes and Sweet Treats.