Back in 2011, I was working as a barista and cook at a small local cafe in Springfield IL. I became known for the pizza crust there, and thought that I had it all figured out. I convinced my manager to buy me bags of flour so that I could start making the bread for all of our sandwiches. Needless to say I didn’t know what I was getting myself in to. I baked my first loaves which turned out to be bricks. Life continued on and I ended up moving on to my career as a commercial photographer. Eventually I found my self living back in California again, this time in the Bay Area working as a product photographer for an e-commerce company. I became inspired to start baking bread again after traveling to Europe a few times . In my free time after work and on the weekends I was tirelessly working to perfect that “one loaf”. When I started turning out bread that I was happy with I began taking it into work for my co-workers to try. They eventually started ordering bread from me, and I continued to get better and better as the years went on. Then 2020 showed up. I lost my job due to the pandemic, but that didn’t stop me from baking and running bread all over the Bay Area, delivering to my friends and former colleagues. It wasn’t looking like I was going to be able to get a job in photography again for quite some time, so I decided to pivot and go all in on bread. An opportunity presented itself to move north to Healdsburg Ca. and pursue my dream of opening a small artisan bread bakery. In late 2021 I started constructing my humble, tiny 115sq. ft. cottage bakery in the heart of Dry Creek Valley at my new home. I received my cottage operation permit 2022 and started slowly growing my business. Im looking forward to continuing to serve my community the best bread that I possibly can and continue to grow my business and expand my menu.