Rise Up! The Baker Podcast With Mark Dyck

The pull of craftsmanship is strong in Jerod Pfeffer.  His bakery, 460 Bread in Driggs Idaho, provides exceptional bread throughout the Teton Mountains. And it's drawn him into the world of competitive bread baking as well. Jerod is a member of Team USA , hoping to compete in the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie next spring in Paris. In this episode, Mark and Jerod talk about building 460 Bread, what compelled Jerod to compete for a place on Team USA and how the experience is making him a better baker. Helpful Links: @jerod.pfeffer on Instagram 460 Bread website Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Mark attended the 4th Annual Le Goût Du Grain / A Taste For Grain gathering in Montreal and had an absolute blast. In this episode, Mark shares his impressions of Montreal, gives an overview of the gathering, heaps praise on the organizers and shares his thoughts on the emerging Food Security / Food Sovereignty movement. This revolution will be tasty!   Helpful Links: A Taste For Grain Tricot Principal, the conference venue Restaurant Manitoba, where the post conference dinner was held My favourite bakery in Montreal (that I know of!) Another awesome Montreal bakery (that I visited!) My favourite brasserie in Montreal (that I went to!) Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Show Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Four years ago, Gus Reckel changed careers and sunk his life savings into converting an old print shop into a bakery and cafe on the edge of Bushwick, Brooklyn.  L'Imprimerie is going strong, bringing traditional French baked goods (and new flavours too) to the neighbourhood, along with fun, humour and irreverence too. In this episode, Mark learns about the difference between investment banking and bread baking, the challenges with opening a bakery in the midst of the competitive New York food scene, why it helps to live a modest life when you're in business and how to build an Instagram following loved by almost everyone, if not your Mom.   Helpful Links:   @limprimerie on Instagram L'imprimerie web site The Magic of Bread Making video, featuring Gus Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Jennifer Lapidus has made a huge mark all over the Southern USA baking scene.  A baker and former bakery owner, Jennifer is the founder of the Carolina Ground mill and a leading advocate for bread wheat production in the South.  She's also one of the lead organizers of the famous Asheville Bread Festival. In this episode, Mark tries his best to keep up with everything going on in Jennifer's life.  They also talk about her early days as a baker, apprenticing with the legendary Alan Scott, the generosity and camaraderie of bakers, how the rise of new stone mills all over North America is a very good thing, and what she's got planned for early 2021.   Some links: @carolinaground on Instagram Asheville Bread Festival Carolina Ground Flour Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Tara Jensen is an author and an artist.  Her community is so lucky that bread and pastry are her media. Over her baking career, Tara has built and rebuilt bakeries under her Smoke Signals brand, first in North Carolina and currently in rural Kentucky.  In this episode, Mark and Tara talk about her journey south from her native Maine, her baking and educational retreats and how starting baking for her community brings some social healing to people who have had a rough go in recent years.   Some links: @bakerhands on Instagram Smoke Signals website Tara Jensen's book on Amazon Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

When Josey Baker moved West, it was to advance childhood education.  But a lucky gift of some sourdough started changed everything. In this episode, Mark and Josey talk about his rapid rise from Community Supported Baker to building out Josey Baker Bread as part of The Mill in San Francisco.  But throughout it all, there is a much deeper discussion of culture, values, privilege, mentors and leadership.  It's a exceptional chat with a very thoughtful baker.   Some links: @joseybaker on Instagram Josey Baker Bread website Josey Baker's book on Amazon Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Daniel Speek grew up in the US but now lives in the Netherlands, where he is slowly and steadily growing a following for his bread and baking.  It's hard work, especially in a market that does not have a strong bread culture. In this episode, Mark and Daniel talk about the bread scene in Maastricht, alternative ways to bootstrap and grow a micro bakery and what it's like to live and bake in a squat community. Survey requests!  Please help Mark design the new Bakers 4 Bakers community by answering a few questions.  And help Daniel make his next move at Bread Connections too. More links: @breadconnection.nl on Instagram Bread Connection website Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

It took incredible persistence for Jeffrey Hamelman to become a bread baker.  From the time he finally convinced a local bakery owner to hire him, he has grown his knowledge and skills to an immense level.  Thankfully, Jeffrey's life has been as much about teaching as it has been about baking. In this episode,  Mark and Jeffrey talk about the highlights of his illustrious career, from competing in the Coupe du Monde, starting the baking centre at King Arthur Flour and writing arguably the best bread book in the English language so far.  But they also talk about the closeness of the baking community, the evolution of global bread culture and the need to continually build upon the knowledge of the past.   Some links: Jeffrey Hamelman's book on Amazon Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

  Peter Reinhart is the author of many books on bread and pizza in addition to being a stellar baker and teacher. His 2001 book The Bread Baker's Apprentice was the first bread book Mark ever bought and kick-started hundreds of baking journeys around the world. In this episode, Mark learns about Peter's winding and accomplished career in baking, writing and teaching, his love of pizza and the amazing bread symposium "On the Rise", held annually at Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, NC.   Some links: @pizzaquesting on Instagram Peter's Pizza Quest site On the Rise Symposium channel on YouTube Get Your Ticket to the Bread Symposium Peter Reinhart's books on Amazon   Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Marc-Andre Cyr started out with the dream of getting famous as a musician.  Now he's famous to the baker family as a baker, teacher and founder of Montreal's hippest grain conference, Le Goût du Grain / A Taste For Grain. In this episode, Mark and Marc talk the vibrant restaurant scene in Montreal, getting started in baking, the challenges of baking in a restaurant, and his vision for Le Goût du Grain.  You'll be booking tickets to Montreal after this! Some links: @bakeronthego on Instagram A Taste For Grain Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Sheena Howdle is travelling the world, baking bread wherever she goes.  After graduating from baking school on Vancouver Island, she slowly moved East, spending time in Saskatoon before making the big leap to the United Kingdom. In this episode, Mark and Sheena talk about her life as a professional bread baker; where she first realized a life in food was for her, combining travel and baking. the struggles and rewards working in the food industry and where she's headed next. Some links: @sheenster42 on Instagram Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Sarah Rossi worked at bakeries from a young age, but never saw baking as a career choice.  But after the Great Recession hit, she figured working with dough was close to working with clay and the rest is history. In this episode, Mark and Sarah talk about the Rhode Island School of Design, life as a bread baker in one of Boston's premiere bakeries, the generosity of the baking community and dealing with a killer commute as she tries to move home to New Hampshire. Some links: @srossi000 on Instagram Clear Flour Bread Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Not only was Teisha our first intern at Orange Boot Bakery, but she also moved to Regina full time after graduation and became our Head of Bread. These were Orange Boot’s blissful days, where we had a full team and were rocking out the best baked goods in town. But after a few years together, things got hard for Teisha and she felt she needed to switch careers for a while. Thank goodness that didn’t last too long. These days she’s in Saskatoon, back to baking the good stuff at Night Oven Bakery. In this episode, we have a great chat and get caught up on all the cool things Teisha’s done in her young life. We also dig into exactly what it’s like to be a young baker, working the early shift when it seems the world around you is on an opposite schedule. And we figure out how to be at peace with that - as much as possible anyway.   Some links: @_teishalynn on Instagram Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song

Lieschen Moller has a busy career in the health care field, but bread baking has her in its gluten-y tentacles.  Last year, she started Lizzy's Bakehouse, a cottage microbakery that is making awesome bread for her subscription customers. In this episode, Mark and Lieschen talk about starting a microbakery as a side hustle, the connections she's made with bakers, the joy and perils of Instagram and being part of "Rofco Nation."  Then they get into the role of bread in her childhood.  Whew!  What a talk! Some links: Cooking with Butter and Lizzy's Bakehouse on Instagram Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Slow Rise Bakery has been an inspiration for Mark ever since Paul and his partner built their timber framed bakehouse and brick oven in 2007.  Yet this is the first time they've met and had a chance to get to know each other. In this episode, Mark and Paul discuss running a bakery within the constraint of living on a small island, designing a lifestyle around bread baking and what it's like to use the first wood fired commercial deck oven in Canada. Some links: Slow Rise Bakery Facebook Page Bassanina Ovens Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

When Helene Godin left her law career, she dreamed of opening a cute bakery that served her local community in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.  And she did that, at least for a little while. By The Way Bakery now has four locations in New York and is in over 40 Whole Foods Markets.  In this episode, Mark and Helene talks about making the switch from the corporate life, getting started, then leaping to wider distribution. Oh, and By The Way, everything Helene makes is gluten free, dairy free and kosher! Some links: By The Way Bakery Website @bythewaybakery on Instagram Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Green Rabbit Breads isn't Suzanne Slomin's first sourdough bread bakery and it's not her first bakery set on a farm.  However Green Rabbit is her first solar powered bakery, nestled in the picturesque Mad River Valley of Vermont. In this episode, Mark an introduction into running a small year round bakery in tourist country, the fun of getting a commercial oven from the gravel road to the bake house and the challenges of running a business that is bigger than only the owner, but not much bigger.   Some links: Green Rabbit Breads Website @greenrabbitvt on Instagram Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Jeff McCarthy is bringing the good stuff to the people of Greensboro, North Carolina.  Bread from his new microbakery is popping up at farmers markets and being dropped off via a new subscription service. And he's also caring for two kids as a stay at home dad at the same time. In this episode, Mark learns about Jeff's wild and crazy journey in food and pastry before getting bitten by the bread bug, what it's like baking in your mother in law's kitchen and why a babysitter will likely be his first bakery employee.  It's a fun chat with a very interesting fellow. Some links: Breadservice Facebook Page @breadservice on Instagram Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Travis Gerjets is the owner of Prairie Sky Breads in Minot, North Dakota.  It's a popular farmer's market and subscription bakery and Travis is working hard to expand into his own production space. In this episode, Mark learns about how Travis got into baking, what life is like in Minot after the Great Flood of 2011 and how Travis is methodically and confidently planning for his expansion.  He's an excellent example of how to go into things with your eyes wide open. Some links: Prairie Sky Breads website @prairieskybreads on Instagram Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

Judith Norell faced an uphill battle breaking in to the bread baking scene in New York but her tenacity and resilience paid off in the end.  Silver Moon Bakery has been a mainstay in Manhattan's Upper West Side for eighteen years now and Judith and her crew show no signs of slowing down. In this episode, Mark and Judith talk about her first career as a musician, the challenge finding work as a middle aged, female baker and the special place Silver Moon holds in the neighbourhood. Some links: Silver Moon Bakery website @silvermoonbakery on Instagram Douglas Rushkoff's website Bernadette Jiwa's website Seth Godin's website Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin