While many people learned how to bake bread during the pandemic, not everyone turned it into a business.(Hawaii Bread Co.) HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Keala Souza created Hawaii Bread Co. out of her Kapolei home during lockdown and looked to her own Hawaiian culture for inspiration. Souza has a background as a hula dancer, but before baking, she worked as a flight attendant for Hawaiian airlines for 9.5 years. During the time she traveled the world, she found a love for classic Parisian baked goods, but she noticed an opportunity to bridge a gap between traditional French baking and her Hawaiian culture. “When you think of a bakery, you think French, European, and I really wanted to show that Hawaiians can hold space, Hawaiian flavors, Hawaiian textures, can really hold space in a place where you wouldn’t normally see or think of Hawaii.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by @hawaiibread.co Her baking journey began as a means of keeping her family healthy and sustainable during the pandemic. “It was something born out of a bad time for all of us,” said Souza. But once she mastered the art of the perfect sourdough loaf, she began to see […]
Click here to view original web page at www.hawaiinewsnow.com
