Rise Up! The Baker Podcast with Mark Dyck

Amy Halloran is a writer, teacher and activist who is digging deep into how local food economies can revitalize communities.  And she's working hard to improve the situation in her home town of Troy,…

So what style of baking do you do?  What does that even mean? 

In this episode, Mark tries to unpack the answer to the question "What style of bread do you bake", the joys of baking during a heat wav…

Volker Baumann has helped hundreds and hundreds of bakers during his long career as a baker, bakery owner and renowned baking instructor.

In this episode, Mark and Volker renew their friendship as …

Jim Williams and his wife Lynn own Seven Stars Bakery in Providence, Rhode Island and over the past 17 years have grown to three locations and an extremely cool side project too.

In this episode, Mar…

Dan Rivera and his wife Kim travelled far and wide to get their baking education, before moving back to the US and settling in upstate New York.  As they slowly rebuild their 80 acre farm, their bake…

Peiwen Lee is the head baker at Hot Bread Kitchen in New York City.  It's a bakery with a social mission in addition to the amazing bread and pastries they make every day.  They are proof that bakeri…

In the middle of a road trip to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Mark springs the microphone on his wife and baking partner Cindy.  While admiring the green crops and dodging white tailed deer, Cindy sha…

Rhonda knew she wanted a life of feeding others from her time volunteering with Americorps.  But she never imagined how in a few years she'd go from bakery owner to a linchpin of her local grain econ…

Troy DeRego knew that opening a retail bakery in a small Mississippi college town would be a challenge.  But his quest to provide nourishment for his community was worth struggling for.

In this episo…

In addition to being an organic farmer, Tristan Noyes is the executive director of the Maine Grain Alliance.  That's the people behind the renowned Kneading Conference, the Artisan Bread Fair and oth…

Jennifer Vialette has been on the road for a long time.  For the past 17 months, she's been doing stages at bakeries big and small, from sea to sea, in Canada and the USA.

In this episode, Mark and J…

After 18 months of working around the clock, Arlo Brandl decided to remake Tecumseh Bread and Pastry into a one man shop.  Right in his back yard.  And so far, it seems to be working.

In this episode…

Everyone makes mistakes.  Hopefully, after the initial fury or embarrassment subsides, we can laugh at our biggest mistakes and learn from them.

That's the hope anyway.

In this episode, Mark deals wi…

When Andy Wysocki settled down in Palm Springs, California, he was a freelance computer programmer.  Then he started taking fresh bagels to his morning coffee buddies and everything changed.  Now And…

Carolyn Doyle was looking for something to do when she wasn't rafting. She started making bagels and the rest is history.  Carolyn owns Big Bang Bagels, a cozy, warm and extremely tasty bagel shop in…

Daisy Chow is a real pro.  After 12 years as a baker at the renowned Clear Flour Bread in Boston, she is slowly but surely developing her own thing, Breadboard Bakery.  Even if that means bringing …

As if baking bread for a living wasn't hard enough, Nate Houge decided to deliver his bread on a bicycle.  In St. Paul Minnesota.  Year Round.

Mark and Nate talk about their time together at WheatSta…

Josie Rudderham is co-owner of Cake & Loaf bakery in Hamilton, Ontario.  In this episode of Rise Up!, Mark and Josie discuss the craziness of holiday baking, how Josie and her partner Nicky got start…

Mark's friend Patti Hollenberg is this week's guest on Rise Up!  Patti was the first full time bread baker Mark hired at his bakery, but her true gifts lie in fancy and delicious pastries.

Patti's …

Mark's friend and bread baking hero Tracey Muzzolini is the first ever guest on Rise Up!

Not only is her bakery (Christie's Mayfair Bakery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) the epitome of a vibrant, family…