Our
Story
Icylin Moseley: Founder, Businesswoman, Beloved Grandmother
The late Icylin Moseley was born and raised in Jamaica. As an already established businesswoman in Jamaica, she emigrated to the Bahamas to be with her husband the late Canute Moseley in the 1950’s. As she established her home in the Bahamas she would often cook for many of her Jamaican and Bahamian friends. She soon began to think about the type of business she could establish in the Bahamas. Since she always enjoyed cooking she began to experiment in her home on Lilly in the Valley corner with Jamaican Beef Patties. She used a Coke bottle as a rolling pin to knead and roll the dough, she perfected her secret recipe and in 1965 her "Hot Pattie" business was born.
In 1980 "Mother Mose" as she was affectionately called invited her son Rudy who was working abroad at the time to join her in establishing the business as she was ailing in health. In 1982 Original Patties Bakery Ltd was established. "Mother Mose" was able to realize her small in-home business expand into a factory. Now 46 years later the soda bottle has been replaced with five state of the art machines that process the dough before it goes to the tables to be made into patties.
Icylin Moseley passed away on April 22, 1994 and is greatly missed by all. Her legacy lives on!
Rudolph Moseley Sr.
Rudolph Moseley Sr. was born in Jamaica and was brought to the Bahamas in the early 1960’s by his parents Icylin and Canute Moseley. He attended and graduated from the Bahamas Academy of Seventh-Day Adventists Secondary School. He worked with his father Canute Moseley at his engineering company Moseley Engineering located on Boyd Rd in Chippingham. In 1971 he was hired by a prominent cruise line as a manager. Rudy as he is fondly called by his family and friends returned to the Bahamas in 1982 to work alongside his mother as the Operations Manager of Original Patties.
Following his mother’s death in 1994 he took over and expanded the business. Rudy, continues to carry on his mother’s legacy and tradition of corporate citizenship by treating his employees like family and supporting the larger Bahamian community. This commitment to serving the community as corporate citizens has also been widely embraced by the staff of Original Patties. Rudy’s vision for the company is to expand locations in Nassau, and for home-grown employees to open branches on the Family Islands.
Our vision +
mission
To continue to provide the best patties and products, making everyone aware of who and what we are, reaching The Bahamas and the rest of the world.
To provide original and affordable products, excellent, fast, and friendly service with respect in a clean environment, and make a Quality Job our No. 1 priority at all times.
