Pastry Divas (Orange Coast Magazine)
Aug 1, 2011
With her eternally hip attitude, you believe Rachel Klemek, 42, of Blackmarket Bakery, when she says, "I'm wacky!" But taste her Black Widow Tart filled with luxuriant chocolate ganache and caramel, and know whe's dead-serious about sweets. Planning to open a bread shop, she walked into a classroom at Napa's Culinary Institute of America in 2001 and realized she was the second-oldest student. "I knew I had to kick ass." She studied hard, baking like a whirlwind at school and caring for four children at home. The following year she graduated first in her class - and a pastry diva was born.
