Top O.C. Chefs Honored at Golden Foodies (OC Register) October 01 2012

A new "people’s choice" ceremony awards Orange County’s top chef-driven restaurants. Roughly 400 attend red-carpet event in Newport Beach. The first Golden Foodie Awards ceremony was held Sunday evening...

Chef's Insight - Rachel Klemek July 18 2012

An unassuming front door with a cake and crossed swords tell you which one to enter. Suite E. Walk in and everything hits you at once; a multicolored lobby filled with amazing treats, the smell of baked goods and flour, shiny metal utensils hangin’ all around. We are definitely in the right place...

Irvine’s Rachel Klemek Pillages the Pastry World June 11 2012

Blackmarket Bakery—Sweet, Savory, and Sourdough (Taste of OC) February 29 2012

Chef Rachel Klemek of Irvine’s beloved Blackmarket Bakery has a delicious new slate of classes for spring. Orange Coast Senior Editor Anne Valdespino attended one on artisan bread, which included making everything pictured here...

Ten Great Bakeries in Orange County (OC Weekly) January 20 2012

​ Rachel Klemek started a cake bakery in an industrial park just off the east end of the John Wayne runway, and it's quickly attained cult status...

Gingerbread AT-AT (BoingBoing) November 30 2011

This gingerbread AT-AT Walker is on display at Orange County's Discovery Science Museum. It's the creation of Black Market Bakery, and a fine addition to...

The Divas of Dessert (Orange Coast Magazine) August 01 2011

With her eternally hip attitude, you believe Rachel Klemek, 42, of Blackmarket Bakery, when she says, "I'm wacky!"

Packable Desserts (Orange Coast Magazine) June 04 2011

This rogue business-park bakery has only a small Jolly Roger-like sign to indicate its presence. The payoff? A pirates' stash of edible treasures...

Blackmarket's Coconut Curry Mango Bar (LA Weekly) December 20 2010

Our final recipe is a coconut curry bar cookie, a.k.a. Mumbai Mambo bars, from Rachel Klemek of Blackmarket Bakery...