Bakers Bench News Today

Jennifer Yee is opening her vegan-friendly bakery at Alpine Courtyard at the beginning of June

Plus, LA wants to ban cashless businesses again, StarChef’s Rising Star awards, and more

A tiny pasta bar from Nancy Silverton, Bridgetown Roti opens in East Hollywood, and more

Thanks to better ingredients, like Tourlami butter and quality spices, and innovative chefs, desserts without dairy are surpassing our pastry ideals.

From Venice to Chinatown, West Adams to Pasadena, heres where to find exquisitely flaky croissants — including vegan ones.

Jenny Yee operates Bakers Bench in Far East Plaza, where she uses a plant-based substitute for butter.

Pastry chefs may be leaving restaurants, but it’s only because we’re evolving to own our own businesses.

Plus a big expansion for GGET, an extension for a Culver City steakhouse, a star-studded bake sale to aid Ukrainian children, and more.

Transmission rates are falling in California — growing evidence that the surge spawned by the highly infectious Omicron variant is flattening.

Already have an account? Photo: Wonho Frank Lee Jen Yee was pitting cherries when I arrived at her commissary kitchen in Los Angeles’s Chinatown on a Thursday morning in late June. “Do you want a cherry? They’re so good. They’re so sweet,” she said, nodding towards the tub full of mahogany fruit. I happily obliged, then agreed. She had picked them up from Andy’s Orchard at the Santa Monica Farmers Market the day before for her seasonal fruit danish at Bakers Bench, the bakery she r...