BigWigs Bakery is a Bournemouth bakery founded in 2020 by Dom Brown, Tom Bew and Dove Iskender. From its Tuckton kitchen, a team of around 65 staff now serves five coastal sites, keeping a hands-on, community-minded approach that began with just eight people. Known as “The People’s Bakery,” it bakes fresh each morning and makes room for vegan and free-of-gluten customers.
Fatcat Baking LLCBorn from Megan Mills’s furlough-era decision to pursue baking full time, Fatcat Baking is a small-batch Syracuse bakery making 100% vegan pastries and custom cakes. The Jewish, woman-owned business was incorporated in January 2020 and has grown from a home kitchen into a commercial operation supplying vegan pastries to local businesses while also meeting customers at pop-ups and markets. Named for the household cat Loki, Fatcat aims to make plant-based pastry inviting to everyone from committed vegans to the merely curious.SYRACUSE, NY
OvenlyBrooklyn-rooted Ovenly is known for small-batch baking and inventive flavor combinations that bring savory notes into sweet treats. The premium bakery makes cookies and cakes for customers seeking bakery-quality indulgence, including options that are secretly vegan or naturally gluten-free.BROOKLYN, NY
Sweet Girlz BakerySweet Girlz Bakery grew from Kari’s homemade-jam business into an Easton bakery making from-scratch cakes, cupcakes and other treats, with cake pops becoming a fan favorite in 2010. Kari opened the commercial kitchen in December 2011, and new owner Andriana Gionis joined the business in 2022 after five years working there. The bakery is known for highly customized celebration desserts, including wedding cakes, and offers gluten-free and vegan options alongside its regular creations.EASTON, PA
Sans BakerySince 2010, Sans Bakery has baked craveable treats in New York City that are 100% gluten-free, with many also vegan, including its family-recipe-inspired mini banana bread. The bakery’s take on Australian lamingtons—vanilla sponge layered with strawberry preserves, dipped in chocolate, and rolled in coconut—captures its knack for making inclusive baked goods feel like an indulgence, using better ingredients and no preservatives.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY