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This “Bakery Lab” Project is really moving in This “Bakery Lab” Project is really moving in mysterious ways 😳! . Originally it was going to be “just” a Bakery Laboratory, with the only purpose to move our operation out of the Cottage Bakery guidelines, keep running our markets, while getting some sort of “Normal Life” back at Home . Yes, Cottage Bakery means we do everything from Home. My bed is 5 meters from my oven, my workstation is my kitchen counter, my storage is limited to my home cabinets, I can’t get any outside help for production, it’s a giant Tetris, a giant Puzzle and it can get really suffocating . How is that? . Because we have a very good problem to have and I can’t tell you how Proud and Grateful I am for having that problem . We have a support that most don’t even dare thinking of when they start a business. The most amazing “customers” one can dream of. We Kill it Market after Market. Week after Week. I never take that for granted but man does it feel good to have you. You guys are just Fantastic! . So, yes… the Cottage Bakery configuration was a great way to start, a great way to learn, a great way to test our project BUT I am going to be totally frank: I have been overwhelmed by the strength and magnitude of LBV very early in the game and I’ve been trying to find a home for LBV for at least 2 years now . And now what? A Store Front 😳?!? . Most of the time when someone would ask me if we had an actual Store Front, I was always telling them Nope, we only do Farmers Markets but maybe one day… That’s kind of the big picture down the road… . A Store Front BUT still no Bakery Lab 😭! . Every 4 weeks I hear that we’re good for another 4 weeks wait, because of this, because of that, which I heard again this Monday 😖😖😖! . I am not a woman but I can tell you right now I am soooooo pregnant. OMG! That baby needs to come out fast: NOW!!! . I just can’t take these never ending days anymore, it’s really time… really, really, really time 🥵🥵🥵! . And at the same time, look at this Store Front! Isn’t that a thing of beauty yet? . #labellevieaz #🇫🇷🇨🇭🇺🇸 #thebakerylabproject #scottsdale #scottsdaleaz #southscottsdale #eastplaza #comingsoon #arizonababy🤘🏻🌵
As the Bakery Lab is being built right now and we’re forced into a vacation, let’s rewind the movie a few years back in 2017, when everything started . Our family moved in the US, or let’s say moved back for my wife, since she was born and raised here in Arizona, at the end of 2016 . We’re in exile… . …for medical reasons . My second son Zacharie, is born with a very rare genetic mutation, very little cases in the world, less than 30 documented . We know that now because you guys are far more efficient than us when it comes to genetic research . Mutation of the OTX2 gene. Yup! . An innocent T switched to a G at the 183 TYR, and you find yourself with a huge mess, and with it comes visual impairment . Today we have that diagnosis but back then we had nothing. And although France is probably the best country to live when it comes to more common health issues, if you have no diagnosis, you’re pretty much screwed . We couldn’t get any suitable help to take care of the many issues Zacharie was going through (and there was a lot), and there was not going to have a school for him . That’s when we heard of the Foundation for Blind Children in Phoenix . We visited them and right away a feel of hope and relief submerged us. We were amazed by what we were seeing and what our son would have access to. Diagnosis or not, they would take care of him. We’re forever grateful for FBC. They pulled us out of these quicksands . They said, YES! We would have a place for Zacharie with us! Phoenix. My wife’s hometown. It was kind of a big sign . I had met her in 2005 while I was on a skateboard road trip. Eleven years later, her hometown had the best school on this planet for our son. Isn’t that something? Phoenix, that creature that rises from its own ashes. Phoenix, the rebirth. Phoenix, the mystical . That was the end of a long ugly journey for us, of struggling and suffocating, we had lost control over everything in our lives. I personally experienced a medical burnout and was plunged in a severe depression during that period, and now there was hope . That’s how we left everything behind us, wishing ourselves a better life >>> La Belle Vie . #labellevieaz #🇫🇷🇨🇭🇺🇸 #ourstory
Last day before when?!? I don’t know 😭😭😭! . But today I just dropped our last baskets of Almond Croissants, Chocolate Croissants, Chocolate Red Fruit Gavroches, Raspberry Croissants and Cinnamon Croissant Swirls at Singh Meadows (McClintock and Weber) . As you might remember, we got a last minute ugly situation when we had that one ton oven going through the window at our future location (Scottsdale East Plaza, Hayden and Roosevelt) . Well the situation has not evolved much since then. I don’t want to get into technicalities, but basically the project is on standby. . I have 2 badass ovens waiting for me at the Lab but I can’t use them . It’s so frustrating and well, the bills I am receiving right now to put things back on track are really depressing . Why don’t you start a GoFundMe? . Well, because it makes me feel like someone who doesn’t have his beep together, makes me feel like I am abandoning some of my freedom, I know that’s not the case but that’s how I feel . I understand the idea, the concept, I know it’s nice people want to help and it feels good to help, but I am responsible for my own beep. It’s not like @sherpakitchenaz whose kitchen got on fire. Would that have happened to us I would have done the same . Anyway, we’re not yet there. I have amazing partners in this with me, who are postponing a few checks, but today I feel heavy . I just turned off the fridges and freezers, going to clean everything that’s going to go to the lab, and I guess I am going to visualize what’s coming next, enjoy a forced vacation, think of our very first badass lineup (THAT is an exciting thought), think of our organization, probably going to need to hire other bread warriors with me (need to start thinking about this too)… I mean the Lab is on standby but I am not totally stuck, there are still plenty of areas where I can move forward, so that’s good… . Just a bump. Scary, frustrating, but there are worst things than that . Have a great rest of your weekend my best Tribe, come sell us out at Singh Meadows, and I hope I have far better news really soon . LUV. Nathas ❤️! . #labellevieaz #🇫🇷🇨🇭🇺🇸 #scottsdaleeastplaza #comingsoon #arizonababy🤘🏻🌵
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