Rise Up! The Baker Podcast with Mark Dyck

Episode #37 of Rise Up! ended with Peter Claybaker, owner of Marquette Baking Company, dealing with downsizing his bakery and eliminating his retail service.  Since then there have been some major ch…

David Norman fell in love with bread during a trip to northern Europe.  So much so that it baking became his passion and career for over 30 years.  After baking all over the USA he settled in Austin …

In this episode Mark riffs on a recent conversation he had about pop up events and the impact they have on brick and mortar businesses.  Rather than simply complain about pop ups, how can bakeries co…

Mark first met Peter Claybaker in San Francisco when Peter was buying the deck oven for his brand new bakery.  10 years later, Marquette Baking Company continues to serve this small college town on t…

Suzanne Gessler was a social worker and city planner. In a way, she still is. As owner and baker at Penny Loaf in Winnipeg Manitoba, Suzanne is making sure her bakery plays a key role in her neighbou…

Jessica Carpinone has a passion for bread, for her team and for equity.  And as co-owner of the Ottawa bakery Bread By Us, she's able to work in all her passions every day.

In this episode, Mark and …

Nicole Davis never planned to take over the family farm. But the call of the country was too strong, so strong in fact that she also bought the stone mill next door. As the owner of Daybreak Mill, Ni…

Bakery owners are on a mission.  We want to make the best baked goods we can and both feed and nourish our community.  We want a happy team, happy customers and happy farmers and millers too.

But is …

After years and years of dreaming and planning to open her own bakery, Corina Gaffney is the proud owner of Great Lakes Baking Company in Hudson Ohio.  The bakery has been around for over 20 years an…

Giacomo Salata took the traditional Italian path to being a pastry chef, including deciding on his path in life at age 13.  But his career so far has been anything but traditional, taking him from hi…

Depending on how you count, Polestar Hearth has been around for 18 months or 10 years.  That's because 18 months ago, Jesse Merrill moved his bakery from his backyard to a gorgeous retail space in Gu…

Mark and Cindy are back from a massive road trip through Ontario and into the Midwest USA, checking out the amazing trees and lakes and visiting as many bakeries as humanly possible.

In this two-part…

Michael Sellers left a successful business career to open his solo bread bakery in Peekskill New York.  And it truly is a solo operation, from baking to packaging and delivery to all over Westchester…

Don Guerra is not simply an awesome bread baker.  He’s also a leader in the Community Supported Bakery movement and is at the forefront of the local grain movement in Tucson, Arizona.

In this episo…

Melina Kelson is a baker, teacher and wood fired oven officianado.  She is also long serving board member of the Bread Baker’s Guild of America.

In this episode, Mark and Melina discuss her path to…

Martin Philip spent time as a musician and a financier before turning his attention to baking and many, many people are glad that he did.  Martin is the Head Baker at King Arthur Flour in Vermont and…

Randy George is a very generous baker and teacher and not just in and around the bakery he founded in Middlesex, Vermont, Red Hen Baking Company.  He's also mentored a great many bakers and bakery ow…

(This version gets Solveig's and Mark's voices back in sync.  So sorry for the mix up!)

Solveig Tofte is a fun loving, exceptionally friendly baker with an international reputation.  Not only does …

Solveig Tofte is a fun loving, exceptionally friendly baker with an international reputation.  Not only does she own and operate the amazing Sun Street Breads in Minneapolis, Minnesota but she also t…

Annie Moss is co-owner of Seastar Bakery in Portland, Oregon and she isn't afraid of working with others to make the place of her dreams.  She partnered up with three friends to build not just a bake…