Managing a Creative Team for Long-Term Success With Becky Palermo of Creative Cakes

Celebrity Gourmet Podcast

Becky Palermo is the Co-owner of Creative Cakes, a Chicagoland-based bakery specializing in gourmet pastries, including cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes, brownies, tarts, macarons, and donuts. In 2002, Becky and her sister, Beth, purchased Creative Cakes 10 years after the original owners hired Becky as a cake decorator. By 2005, the sisters moved the shop to a larger space in Tinley Park, IL. With Beth casting a vision for the bakery, Becky maintains the responsibility of creative innovator.

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If you have a weakness for baked goods, it would be a dream to surround yourself with sweet aromas and have access to fresh pastries. Working as a baker, however, is more than being elbow-deep in flour and decorating cakes.

If you envision owning a bakery, consider brushing up on your business acumen. Besides baking appetizing treats, bakery entrepreneurs must consider food safety, the proper way to run a kitchen, alternative baking techniques and trends, and effective communication and team management. Bakery owner, Becky Palermo, recommends incorporating a business operating system to assist in creating a vision and implementing processes for building a formidable business foundation. It also helps schedule recurring meetings, guides focus, instills discipline, and ensures the entire team works towards a common goal.

In this episode of the Celebrity Gourmet Podcast, Odette D’Aniello welcomes Becky Palermo, Co-owner of Creative Cakes, to discuss the evolution of the bakery and processes for managing a successful business. Becky shares her career journey as a baker, scaling down business growth, incorporating technology to aid in productivity, and the lingering effects of the pandemic.