Greer's OC

One of our favorite bakeries in Orange County, Blackmarket Bakery in Irvine will be opening its second location soon at the Camp in Costa Mesa. In anticipation of the exciting new bakery, owner Chef Rachel Marie Klemek, who was just named Golden Pastry Chef of the Year by the Golden Foodie Awards, is launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to add a steam-injected, rotating rack bread oven. With this crucial piece of equipment, you can enjoy more delicious loaves, buns and rolls that Blackmarket is famous for.

Blackmarket Bakery is shooting for a November opening at the Camp providing a more convenient place to pick up its famous cakes, cookies, croissants, shortbreads, and meringues, but to amp up the traditional production of wholesome baked goods like loaves, rolls and buns, this exceptional oven is needed. If you can help in anyway, you’ll be greatly rewarded. Even a $10 pledge donation will bring you an invitation to the pre-opening party and a loaf of bread. Pledge $1,000 or more, and you’ll receive a bakery class for up to 4 people with Chef Rachel Marie. With less than a month to raise monies to move forward, the time is now to help.

For more information on how to donate to the Blackmarket’s Kickstarter Campaign, visit here

Blackmarket Bakery is located at 17941 Sky Park Circle, Suite E. in Irvine. 949.852.4609.
 

SoCal Restaurant Podcast

Foodies tune in, or subscribe to the podcast of the new weekend radio show “The SoCal Restaurant Show” on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. on AM 830 KLAA. The 90-min. broadcast is hosted by Chef Jet Tila, who opened the famed Pan-Asian restaurant, Wazuzu at Steve Wynn’s luxury Encore Resort in Las Vegas. Tila’s no stranger to the limelight, he has also appeared on Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” and battled Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto on “Iron Chef America.” 

The lively culinary show will feature local restaurants and entertaining interviews with celebrity chefs. Tila’s newest culinary venture is The Charleston in Santa Monica, a gastrolounge serving his take on American comfort food such as buttermilk brined fried chicken and Belgian waffles maple syrup at brunch, and pork belly bao buns with classic cocktails.