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11/23: Jess Bakeshop will soon be accepting orders for home delivery in the Garwood NJ and surrounding areas! Menus will change weekly so join our newsletter to stay up to date!
About Us
Jess Bakeshop offers artisanal breads, baked goods and treats using the best quality ingredients and never anything artificial. Our sourdough breads are the most natural, best tasting, and most nutritious you will ever have!
Our goal is to be our customers’ daily go-to place for the highest quality sourdough breads, pastries, desserts, beverages, condiments. Our products will enrich and nourish our customers, their families, and the community.
We make everything from-scratch by-hand. Our produces include artisanal sourdough breads, French pastries, and baked goods influenced by Korean, French and American cuisine. Our bread consists of distinctive sourdough varieties, buttery brioches with savory and sweet cream fillings, breakfast items, and French pastry such as croissant, macarons.
About Jess
I grew up in South Korea where the bakery culture uniquely blends Asian and French techniques and flavors. I used to love going to a bakery above anywhere else. I always dreamed of living abroad and in 2005 I moved to New York City, USA to work in the finance and real estate fields. After several years of working in the corporate culture, I realized that this life did not fulfill me and my passion for cooking and baking continued to call out to me. So I took a big risk and decided to leave my Corporate job and pursue my culinary dream. I attended the French Culinary Institute in New York City to deepen my understanding and skills in French cuisine. After completing this course I realized that my true passion was in baking and pastry.
Years later, after getting married, I moved to New Jersey from New York City. There, I started my micro bakery Jess Bakeshop to sell my baked goods at the Chatham Farmers’ Market starting with the 2019 season. The products were sourdough-based breads and brioche, macarons, tarts, madeleines, cookies, scones. Although I learned some baking techniques at the French Culinary Institute, I was largely self-taught. By actually doing this business myself, I pushed myself to learn how to bake at much larger production scales than a home baker would ever do, as well as gaining the experience of working in a rented commercial kitchen. I also learned a lot about how to make products that appeal to customers and how to market and sell to customers. Once again I learned how determined I am when I decide to accomplish a goal and how I am a passionate and tenacious learner. Unfortunately this business came to a halt after the 2021 season when the commercial kitchen that I was renting closed down. However that did not stop my passion for baking, and I look forward to sharing exciting news with you soon!
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