Business Spotlight: It's All Icing On The Cake At Glenn's Gourmet Bakery

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By Rochelle Karina

Glenn Lynch has been baking cakes and pastries for years, so opening his own shop was the next logical step. Glenn’s Gourmet Bakery opened in December 2010 with the promise: “Guaranteed Delicious, Guaranteed Fresh!” That promise also means the best ingredients, like real whipped cream, and real butter.

“My uncle was an inspiration to me,” said Lynch. “He was a chef and I went down that line.”

Lynch grew up in Pasadena, graduating from Northeast High School in 2000 before heading off to vocational training at the Center of Applied Technology in Severn, where he studied the Pastry Arts under instructor Peter Akerboom.

“I studied Culinary,” explains Lynch, “then baking and realized I liked baking more.”

Lynch is a certified Pastry Chef through the ACF. He received his degree in Pastry Arts from the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute in Pittsburgh. He has worked for many of the top restaurants in Annapolis and Baltimore including: The Annapolis Yacht Club, La Fontaine Bleu and Truffles Catering, and Bonaparte Breads in Fells Point.

In addition, he has won numerous awards, and his Chocolate Praline Crunch Torte was voted Best Chocolate Dessert at the Choco-lover's Affair in Calvert County in 2010.

A local resident with a local focus, Lynch works with Our Lady of the Chesapeake, where he donates day-old products to the church’s homeless shelter for House of Hope. “It provides for a need,” said Lynch, “and the products don’t go to waste.”

With over 12 years in the pastry business, Lynch is looking to the future. He plans to grow the business by adding dessert catering for local restaurants and expanding to a second shop in the next year or two.

“Pasadena is very community oriented,” said Lynch. “They support local ventures… the people here are very friendly and supportive.”

The bakery serves Pasadena, Severna Park and Glen Burnie, offering fresh baked cakes, breads, pies and cookies in addition to gourmet pastries and special-occasion cakes, including wedding cakes. Lynch has done over 300 wedding cakes in his career; look up Glenn’s Gourmet Bakery on Facebook and you’ll find some photos of their terrific wedding and fun specialty cakes. Glenn’s offers everything from traditional vanilla, chocolate and carrot cakes to specialty items like a flourless chocolate torte, a mango mousse cake and assorted cheesecakes and mousse choices. All of their bakery items are baked fresh daily on the premises.

Glenn’s also offers a wide selection of breads and breakfast pastries, cinnamon buns, Danish, croissants, puff pastries, muffins and éclairs, as well as coffee to wash it all down. He also bakes traditional French breads, plus customer favorites like sundried tomato, cranberry and walnut, raisin and walnut, and garlic and herb bread.

You can find Glenn’s Gourmet Bakery online at www.glennsgourmetbakery.com, or by calling 410-255-0079. The shop is located at 4730 Mountain Road in the Long Point Shopping Center.

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