Rise Up! #223 - Mark Gavigan and Kristin Ryall

Rise Up! #223 - Mark Gavigan and Kristin Ryall

From Rise Up! The Baker Podcast with Mark Dyck by Mark Dyck: Baker and lover of bakeries

April 16, 2025 · 1h 2m · Episode 223

About this episode

Mark Dyck interviews Mark Gavigan and Kristin Ryall about their transition from the wine trade to baking in Palm Springs.

There are times when family is bigger than career and you need to figure things out. And often, bread and baking becomes the way forward. That's what happened to Mark Gavigan and Kristin Ryall, who gave up careers in the wine trade to relocate to Palm Springs to be closer to their family, and Mark fell into baking in a big way. In this episode, Mark, Kristin and your host Mark talk about the experience of giving it all up to move cross country, how baking started small and then grew and grew until they opened their brick and mortar location, and the challenging reality of baking in an extremely hot, extremely seasonal location. There is also talk about the Bakery Leadership Circle , Mark's new project offered via the BBGA Helpful Links Bread and Flours @breadandflours 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

Guests: Mark Gavigan, Kristin Ryall

Topics covered

  • family
  • baking
  • career change
  • entrepreneurship
  • seasonal challenges
  • brick and mortar

Keywords

  • baking
  • family
  • career change
  • Palm Springs
  • entrepreneurship
  • Bakery Leadership Circle
  • BBGA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bakery Leadership Circle, BBGA

Places: Palm Springs

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