Hannalee Pervan

Being a baker and owning my own bakery has been my dream since I was 10 years old. Knowing I needed to get an education in business, I earned a Division I basketball scholarship to Quinnipiac University. There I studied Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. After University, I attended Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa, Canada, and graduated with a Patisserie Diploma While at Le Cordon Bleu, I competed in the Skills Canada Pastry competition, where I won the gold medal for my province of Ontario and later for all of Canada.

I spent the next ten years working in the baking industry, from Porto's in Los Angeles to Bouchon Bakery in Yountville, California. At Bouchon Bakery I was part of the team that made the bread for The French Laundry and Thomas Keller's other Yountville restaurants.

In 2018, we opened One House Bakery in Benicia, CA. We make everything from scratch in-house, including milling our own whole-grain flour, laminating pastries, and butchering meats. We employ 55 people now, 80% being women!