Rise Up! The Baker Podcast with Mark Dyck

Rise Up! The Baker Podcast with Mark Dyck

Author: Mark Dyck: Baker and lover of bakeries Language: English Episodes: 242
Behind every great bakery is a story, often one of flour-dusted perseverance and the sweet taste of community. Rise Up! The Baker Podcast with Mark Dyck pulls up a stool in the kitchen to hear those stories directly from the source. Hosted by Mark Dyck, a baker himself with a deep affection for the craft, each conversation goes beyond recipes to explore the real heart of the business. You’ll hear from bakers and shop owners across North America and around the globe, sharing candid details about the long nights, the failed experiments, and the eventual triumphs that define a life in bread and pastries. This podcast is built on the understanding that a bakery is more than a retail space; it’s a gathering point, a source of daily comfort, and a testament to skilled hands. Listening feels like being part of a warm, insightful chat between professionals who live for the oven’s heat and the customer’s smile. The dialogue naturally covers the intersection of art and entrepreneurship, revealing how passion is shaped into a viable livelihood. Through these personal narratives, a larger picture emerges about the profound, simple satisfaction found in feeding your neighborhood. It’s for anyone who has ever felt the pull of a crusty loaf or wondered about the life behind the counter.
Episodes
Rise Up! #215 - Chris DiPiazza [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:30
When Chris DiPiazza needed a break from his IT business, he took a cooking class with a bread baker. That class opened up a portal that changed his life and career. From small beginnings, Chris slowly built up his wholes…
Rise Up! #214 - Erica Leahy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:52
Erica Leahy was working in an office job when she realized she had missed her calling. So she gave up her stock options and health plan, left the office and set off for the life of a pastry chef. After unpaid internships…
Rise Up! #213 - Gillian Lundgren [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:46
Gillian Lundgren was lured to the Bay Area by her favourite aunt and has never left. Through a long and varied career as a baker in San Francisco, from bakeries to pop ups, she founded Black Jet Baking Co. right down the…
Rise Up! #212 - Carly Rossmeissl [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:03
Carly Rossmeissl wants to experience everything baking has to offer. Since graduating from baking school she's travelled from New York to Austin to Wisconsin, working with bread, cakes, desserts and even stuffed pretzels…
Rise Up! #211 - Jessie Frost [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:21
There's something special about small town bakeries. And when your bakery is on the main street of a small town in the heart of Sonoma, California and you're baking stellar bread from a massive brick oven, well, now you…
Rise Up! #210 - Mark Hart & Luis Cabral [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:41
When Mark Hart decided to go out on his own, he built a commercial baking space, but not for his own production baking. Instead, he and his partner Luis Cabral started Rise Baking Lab, a teaching and event space where th…
Rise Up! #209 - Jonathan Stevens [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:13
Jonathan Stevens new book, The Hungry Ghost Bread Book, is a throwback to the first wave of books on artisan baking in the 1990's. And for good reason, because Jonathan has been part of the North American bread scene fro…
Rise Up! #208 - Holly Showalter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:45
Holly Showalter was a pastry chef in Virginia when the big skies of Montana came calling to her. After several years working different jobs and settling into the local community, Holly opened Wild Oats Baking. Now she's…
Rise Up! #207 - Karen Bornarth and Martin Barnett [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:49
Today Mark is joined by Karen Bornarth of the Bread Bakers Guild of America and Martin Barnett of the Baking Association of Canada to talk about the state of the baking industry in North America. They reflect on the succ…
Rise Up! #206 - Lyndsey Bell and Jay Valeri [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:58
Once Lyndsey Bell realized that the corporate life was not for her, she and her partner Jay Valeri dove into the world of donuts and coffee. Since they found their sweet spot and opened Bigfoot Donuts seven years ago the…