Levain Bakery: From Small Batch Cookies in NYC & The Hamptons to Becoming a National Brand

This week I have a lovely interview with the two founders of Levain Bakery, Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald. You may know about their hearty and delicious chocolate walnut cookies but the pair began as friends training for triathlons and went on to become business partners for over 20 years. Starting with a small bakery on the Upper West Side of New York City and then the Hamptons, they steadfastly grew their business before the age of Social Media into a national brand that now has over 300 employees and 12 locations including Chicago and Los Angeles.

We chatted about how it all started, expanding on a national level, surviving and thriving through uncertain times, new items on the bakery roster and some of their favorite past times in the Hamptons.

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Made in the Hamptons podcast celebrates dynamic leaders and tastemakers, their stories, and how The Hamptons has played an important role in all of it.

Host: Jill Laurence 

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