Rise Up! #216 - Tim Kastner

About this episode

Tim Kastner discusses his love for bread baking and the origins of the Bread Lab.

Tim Kastner loves bread and he loves the solitude of bread baking. He also loves working at the Bread Lab, a wholesale bread bakery in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this episode, Tim shares the origins of the Bread Lab, springing up as part of Patisserie46, a fine pastry shop founded by master patissier John Kraus, and how his passion for baking makes the night shift a feature of the job, rather than a burden. There's also talk of Mark's new workshop, the Bakery Leadership Circle, which is opening applications for the Spring 2025 session on December 10! Helpful Links Patisserie46 / The Bread Lab @patisserie46 on Instagram Support the Podcast Here! Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website The Bakers4Bakers Community 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

People in this episode

Host: Mark Dyck

Guest: Tim Kastner

Topics covered

• bread baking
• wholesale bakery
• entrepreneurship
• passion for baking
• night shift
• leadership

Keywords

• bread
• baking
• Bread Lab
• Patisserie46
• entrepreneurship
• night shift
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bread Lab, Patisserie46, Bakery Leadership Circle

Places: St. Paul, Minnesota

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