Destinee: The Vegan Baker
Meet Destinee! One of the wonderful bakers at Mozart's.
She was born and raised in Austin, TX. She says she often drives by the hospital she was born in!
We asked Destinee how she originally became vegan. Her response was "I originally went Vegan because Beyonce did it, but I felt great so I am now 3 years in."
Fun fact about Destinee: She competed on Food Network's Christmas Cookie Challenge in 2018!
"My favorite thing to do is literally everything! I just love baking and decorating and being create. So much so that when I'm not baking at Mozart's, I'm making cakes and decorated cookies for my own small business that I launched in January. When I'm not sleeping, I'm in the kitchen.", says Destinee.
She is the mastermind behind our new Vegan Cookie; which you can find in the bake case today. Destinee spent over a year testing and tweaking her vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe. "Since I am a recent convert to veganism, I still remember what non-vegan cookies taste like — I didn't want my vegan cookies to taste like they are lacking in anything. Once I came up with a recipe that I was proud of, I couldn't stop making them! For myself, for my vegan friends, my carnivore family. They liked them so much that they began volun-telling me to make them for events!"
She says her friends/family called them the "Vegan Gateway Drug". Sharing this recipe with Mozart's was a no brainer for her. She is honored and excited to be able to offer her fellow vegans another option since she knows the struggle.
Her hope is that she can expand the vegan menu even more in the near future. Stay tuned! In the meantime, be sure to check out Destinee's creations that are already out and ready for you to eat.