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Baker’s at-home business takes the cake | Herald Community Newspapers
Longtime Wantagh resident Melissa Ehl is self-manufactured. Ehl, 24, is the founder of Combined by Mel, a baking business enterprise that generates and delivers tailor made cakes, cupcakes and cookies. All sweet treats are crafted by the Wantagh Significant School graduate in the convenience of her individual home on Jonathan Lane. The baking company was supplied a kickstart when the pandemic strike: “When Covid started off,” Ehl discussed, “I turned my near friends’ and family’s trustworthy supply for baked products due to the fact men and women weren’t comfy likely out to suppliers and bakeries.” From that issue on, the Instagram page that she made for her organization grew in…
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Community raises $45,000 for single mom home, business lost in fire
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A week ago, the unthinkable happened for a businesswoman and single mom of two. After working for years to open her own bakery, Chanelle Kimber’s dreams were destroyed within minutes when a fire broke out at her new bakery in Rochester, destroying both the shop and her home. 11-year-old from Delmar wins Cyclocross National Championship Kimber’s dream of opening her own bakery began while working at Wegmans years ago. Since then, she’s worked at many different bakeries in Rochester. After years of sacrifice and determination, she finally decided to open her own shop. “This has been a lifetime worth of saving and everything else. Once I…