There is a new Seattle gluten free kid on the block, Tarte Nouveau, run by Shelley Baumgarten of Seattle. We ran across her booth at the Fremont Sunday Market last weekend and got a chance to see all of her goodies. To name a few, she makes lemon bars, cupcakes, brownies, tartes, and other delicious treats.
Her treats will be available at Whole Foods in August, so be on the look out for her brand! Products they plan on carrying are tarts (dessert and savory), cupcakes, Madeleine’s, Eclairs and brownies. Pricing will be competitive with other gluten free products.
“It’s my total belief that everyone deserves great dessert, especially individuals with food allergies because we struggle so much to keep ourselves healthy,” says Baumgarten.
Baumgarten says she uses a mix of gluten free flours from Bob’s Red Mill and Xanthum Gum. She also fulfills orders for individuals having parties, special celebrations or personal orders. She can be reached by email, tarte.nouveau@gmail.com or by phone T 206-524-3020 or 206-949-2163. She welcomes special order requests by stopping by her booth at the Fremont Sunday Market.
Her baking background: When she was a child, her mother would take her to a very fine department store that had an incredible bakery. She was mesmerized by the rows of gorgeous pastries and other baked goods. This planted the seed for her to try her hand at baking, then discovered she truly loved it, even as a young child. Later, as an adult, her doctor told her to stay off gluten, so she decided to attempt gluten-free baking. One year later and after a year of product development (and sending tons of samples with her husband to his Boeing job for taste testing) she launched Tarte Nouveau. She will celebrate the company’s first birthday this coming September.
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