Celebrity Gourmet Podcast

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy, sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner...

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy, sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner...

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy, sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner...

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy, sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner...

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner ...

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner ...

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner ...

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner ...

Nancy Becker and Bridget Greaney are the Co-founders and CEOs of 2Betties, a wellness company dedicated to crafting delicious and nutritious snacks. Their journey began when Bridget, a college student, created the product during breaks between classes after noticing a lack of nutritious snack options. The positive peer responses inspired Bridget, and her mother, Nancy, encouraged her to explore the idea as a business venture. Embra...

Lucy Damkoehler is the Founder and Owner of Sweet Lucy's Bake Shop in Bernardston, Massachusetts. Lucy's journey began at age 16 when she worked at a local bakery, sparking her love for the culinary arts. Pursuing her passion further, Lucy enrolled in the New England Culinary School in Vermont, where she honed her skills. Following her education, she worked at esteemed establishments like Gramercy Tavern in New York and various res...

Molly Ott is the Owner of Corina Bakery, an award-winning establishment nestled in the heart of Tacoma. With a passion for culinary arts and a keen eye for creating delightful confections, Molly has transformed Corina Bakery into a beloved local gem. Boasting a diverse array of delectable treats from artisanal cakes to freshly baked pastries, Molly's commitment to quality and creativity shines through in every delectable bite. Her ...

Stephanie Kriebel is the Co-founder and CEO of OMG! Pretzels, a family-owned company making bite-sized sourdough pretzel snacks. The brand concept originated as an after-school snack her mother prepared for her and her siblings while growing up in Pennsylvania. 

Before founding her company, Stephanie was an award-winning educator and program developer. As a certified health education specialist, she specialized in immigrant integra...

Brittany Despi is the Co-owner of Despi Delite Bakery, which specializes in Filipino cakes and pastries. Brittany and her brother inherited the family-owned business from their parents, who share a baking legacy that originated in the Philippines. Located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Delite Bakery has been serving up traditional Filipino flavors, including purple ube, for over two decades.

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Sophie Evanoff is the Owner and Operator of Vanille Patisserie, a French-inspired patisserie specializing in French macarons, pastries, and cakes. She has been an innovator in the pastry world since 2011, when she acquired the company from her pastry school instructor. Since then, Sophie has successfully run multiple locations in Chicago. In 2016, she was the first female recipient of the James Tyree Emerging Business Leadership Aw...

Melanie Daniels is the Owner of Mickey's Pastry Shop, a bakery located in Goldsboro, NC, serving various baked goods, including pies, cakes, cinnamon rolls, muffins, and more. Melanie is America's first third-generation certified master baker and one of only 250 in the country. Her paternal grandfather Mickey purchased the pastry shop over 75 years ago. She continues his legacy by using the same recipes, including his legendary "lo...

Odette D'Aniello is the Founder and CEO of Celebrity Cake Studio, a family-owned and operated retail cake boutique. The company has received numerous awards, including winning Best of Western Washington several times. With experience in the food industry, business strategy sales, and marketing, Odette has obtained additional skills in product design and brand development, event management, and team building. 

She is also the Owner ...

Brooks Nguyen is the Director of Operations at The Food Connector, a B2B marketing specialty provider for the food industry, helping generate leads, sell products, and scale brands. As a 20-plus-year veteran in food service, she has created strategies to define operational goals, maximize profit, and support management. Brooks began her pastry career at the Culinary Institute of America in California and has worked across various v...

Phebe Rossi is the Founder and CEO of Nuflours, Seattle's premier gluten-free bakery serving various baked goods, including cakes, donuts, tiramisu, and quiche. Through Phebe's strategic vision, Nuflours grew from a single brick-and-mortar location to a West Coast baking brand with an online presence and wholesale division. Phebe and Nuflours are dedicated to supporting women and minorities professionally and in leadership, with 90...

Shahira Marei is the Founder and CEO of The Dirty Cookie, a gourmet dessert company renowned for its one-of-a-kind cookie shot glasses. The concept was inspired by Shahira's favorite dessert — cookies and milk. Having worked as a project manager at Boeing, she admits she is not the Betty Crocker type. After witnessing poverty during a trip to her native Egypt, her father's words inspired her to create Shot for Education, a program ...