ABOUT
Julia is an inspired and impassioned individual whose goal is to bring decadent, fresh pastries to her local patrons. She hopes her joy and affection for baking resonate through her products.
Julia has had an intense love of food since a young age. Baking boxed Bundt cakes and writing recipes as a child morphed into something greater in adolescence. In seventh grade, Julia began baking cookies and cupcakes for her teachers and classmates, weekly. What started as a chocolate chip cookie recipe from the back of the morsel bag was tested and tweaked for years to become the staple and most-requested item in her repertoire. This type of precise and insistent work drove Julia to create pastries with her exact desired effect. She worked throughout high school to develop her basic recipes, most of which are the basis of her current ones.
Julia attended Kent State University to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. Working in accounting and bookkeeping since the age of sixteen, she has always had an affinity for business. Her entrepreneurial spirit and a unique opportunity presented Julia with the ability to sell her pastries as a second job. While obtaining a degree and still working part-time, Julia made particular efforts to focus on her business and began to market her product. Bridal and baby showers, graduation parties, and weddings dawned into somewhat consistent work, while holidays and family gatherings became occasions of testing and critiquing her newly created items. In her senior year of college, Julia began to develop the business ideas and bakery items that have formed Zest Pastry Company.
Working with her sister Nicolette and brother-in-law Ryan, Julia has crafted an extensive and thorough pastry menu that considers coffee as a complement. Her intention has always been to provide epicurean bakery of fresh and fine ingredients with ease and convenience to her clientele. Julia’s devotion to the culinary and pastry arts is intense and invariable, and she hopes to continue to share such passion with all those around her.