Rise Up! #143 - Stefan Senders
Jul 28, 2021
One farm, one bakery and a well fed community. That's the Wide Awake Bakery story. In this episode, Mark learns about the magical meeting when Stefan's neighbour Thor Oechsner suggested baking with wheat from Thor's farm, how they followed the CSA model for getting their bread to the people, and how, over the...
Rise Up! #142 - Brooke Hanes
Jul 21, 2021
Brooke Hanes is a self-taught bread baker making the good stuff for the people in her small town in rural Pennsylvania. She recently opened a retail shop and slowly growing her bakery, while keeping things manageable for a solo operation.
In this episode, Mark and Brooke talk about her early travels in Colombia,...
Rise Up! #141 - Kevin Scollo
Jul 14, 2021
Kevin Scollo worked in restaurants through college until succumbing to the baking bug. After several years working in restaurants and bakeries in New York and Ohio, he moved back to Georgia and took over Independent Baking Co. in February, 2020, just before everything turned upside down.
In this episode, Mark and Kevin...
Rise Up! #140 - John Gerlach
Jul 7, 2021
John Gerlach's family owned a bakery but John was convinced he would not be following in his dad's footsteps. But eventually, he found his way back to the dough, first as a bagel baker and more recently baking his own bread on days off for a growing list of happy customers.
In this episode, Mark and John dig into New...
Rise Up! #139 - Tara Black
Jun 30, 2021
When Tara Black started Origin Bakery, she was adamant that her gluten free products had to look and taste as great as their wheat based counterparts and that the bakery would be warm and welcoming to everyone who came into the shop. Her hard work has paid off as the original Origin is thriving and they've recently...