Some of the best pastries, breads and plated desserts are coming from a wholesale kitchen in West Town these days. One woman is behind it all, and sweet connoisseurs may have already seen her work around town.
Aya Fukai is from Japan, went to college in Boston and fell in love with pastry there. She moved to Chicago to work at a couple of hotels, then the company behind Maple & Ash and Etta.
She soon realized she could go into business for herself, make anything she wanted, then sell those breads and pastries back to restaurants, markets and coffee shops, while also offering custom orders to the public. It’s a pretty sweet gig — literally.
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