Bakery Showcase Spotlight: Plant-Based Baking Business Primer

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Looking for tips and strategies for making the most of plant-based baking in a non-plant-based market? If you’re a bakery or bakery-café, you need to know more about this important – and growing – shift in customer demand. Our panellists have successfully served a market seeking better-for-you plant-based bakery treats and will join us to share their experiences.

In this panel you’ll learn:

Why all bakeries should care about the plant-based market.
What the main considerations are for a bakery or bakery-café get started offering plant-based products without necessarily going 100 per cent plant-based?
Is a hybrid-approach possible?
What are some factors you should consider in your marketing approach to appeal to that customer looking for plant-based baked goods? What is this market looking for in a bakery?

Jessica Nadel

Vegetarian from a young age and vegan for over a decade, Jessica Nadel has a passion for sharing plant-based foods with the world. Jess loves baking delicious, inclusive desserts that everyone can enjoy, vegan or not. She owns and operates Beards Coffee Bar & Bakery in Sudbury, Ont., as well as Tucos Taco Lounge and Flurple’s Ice Cream.

Tijana Bogdanovic

As the founder and chief executive officer of Twenty 1, a bakery dedicated to all-natural, plant-based, gluten-free and handmade desserts in Bowmanville, Ont., Tijana Bogdanovic is committed to a healthy lifestyle and has an endless passion towards healthy eating, baking and preparing healthy food using only all-natural ingredients.

The Bakery Showcase conference sessions are brought to you by FCC – Farm Credit Canada.