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DeeDee Trotter, Olympic Champion and Owner of Taste of Gold Bakery

July 12, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

DeeDee Trotter, Olympic Champion and Owner of Taste of Gold Bakery

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

DeeDee Trotter/Taste of Gold Bakery

DeeDee Trotter, Olympic Champion and Owner of Taste of Gold Bakery, exploded on the Elite Track and Field scene in 2004. That year, she would win the prestigious NCAA title and become an Olympic finalist in the 400 meters, finishing fifth overall. Her Olympic debut was capped by a gold medal in the 4x400m relay, and she concluded the year ranked fourth in the world. DeeDee is a three-time World Champion in the 4×400 meter relay, a three-time 400 meter U.S. Champion, and a three-time Olympian, accomplishments that rank her amongst the greatest female athletes in the world.

Shortly after the 2008 Olympic games, DeeDee would have a knee surgery that would ultimately set her back three years, and many thought her career was over and done with. Trotter continued to push on despite her inability to compete at the level she once achieved with grace and ease. She set her sights on the 2012 London Olympics and refused to take anything less than a victory back home. Step by step, she climbed her way from the bottom to the top, having the most consistent season of her entire career and once again earning a chance at the Olympic gold. In London, Trotter unleashed her inner warrior on the track to clinch her first individual Olympic medal, bringing home the bronze in the women’s 400m race. She would also lead the United States 4x400m relay to a Gold medal, giving her team an almost 10-meter lead over the entire field as the USA’s first leg.

DeeDee has been sharing her motivational message all over the world. She uses her personal experiences as a 400 meter sprinter and her journey to the Olympic podium to motivate others to pursue and achieve their dreams. DeeDee believes that encouraging others to believe in themselves is one of her greatest gifts and purpose of her life.

After competing 13 years as a professional athlete, DeeDee pursued her dream of becoming a professional pastry chef. At the age of 39, she graduated from the art institute of Atlanta with a perfect 4.0 GPA, which earned her Valedictorian and Top Pastry Students honors. Deedee is now living her dream as the Head Pastry Chef at one of the top golf clubs in Atlanta and she is also the Executive Chef of her own bakery, cleverly named “Taste of Gold”!

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DeeDee Trotter with Taste of Gold Bakery

June 27, 2024 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

DeeDee Trotter with Taste of Gold Bakery

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Harper LeBel, DeeDee Trotter, Steven Julian

DeeDee Trotter/Taste of Gold Bakery

DeeDee Trotter is the owner of Taste of Gold Bakery. After competing 13 years as an Olympic Track & Field athlete, DeeDee pursued her dream of becoming a professional pastry chef. At the age of 39, she graduated from the art institute of Atlanta with a perfect 4.0 GPA, which earned her Valedictorian and Top Pastry Students honors.

DeeDee is now living her dream as the Executive Pastry Chef at one of the top golf clubs in Atlanta, as well as the Executive pastry chef of Taste of Gold Bakery. Taste of Gold Bakery was established in 2021. They believe in quality desserts made with real ingredients from scratch. At Taste of Gold Bakery, their motto is Greatness Has a Taste!

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Lutunji Abram, Lutunji’s Palate

November 1, 2021 by John Ray

Minneapolis St. Paul Business Radio

Lutunji Abram, Lutunji's Palate

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Lutunji Abram, Lutunji’s Palate (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio, Episode 22)

Lutunji Abram, CEO of Lutunji’s Palate and founder of Voices for Effective Change, has a passion for infusing her business with purpose. As an entrepreneur and accomplished pastry chef, the sales of her gourmet desserts support youth and adults in the community with work experiences and mentorship, enabling them to thrive. She and host John Ray discussed her work, her journey, the bakery, and much more. Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is produced virtually by the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX®.

Lutunji’s Palate

Lutunji’s Palate is a social enterprise fueled by love and built with purpose. Back in 2018, Lutunji Abram, M.A. met with the Pastor of a historic church in South Minneapolis to discuss the Charter School for teen parents she developed in partnership with her organization, Voices of Effective Change. Lutunji blessed him with her signature peach cobbler as a sign of respect and gratitude. He took one bite, and Lutunji’s Palate was born.

He loved it so much he insisted she use their commercial kitchen to create a line of gourmet desserts and that his team would provide all the support she needed. This was the divine order manifested. In that powerful moment, Lutunji knew that her passion for delicious treats, and the joy they bring, would be the catalyst for her mission to bring effective change to our community.

Every scrumptious bite of Lutunji’s Palate Gourmet Cakes, Cobblers and More, contributes to youth development, teen parental support, and transition assistance for Men returning to society from incarceration, providing the space, education, resources and experience they need to grow and thrive. Click here to learn more about Voices of Effective Change.

Lutunji’s Palate Gourmet desserts are available at Lunds & Byerly’s (Downtown, Northeast, Uptown, Nokomis and Golden Valley) North Market, Minneapolis Farmers Market Annex, Seasoned Specialty Market, Handsome Hog, and Pimento Kitchen. Brick and mortar bakery and cafe coming first quarter of 2022.

Lutunji’s Palate: built with purpose, fortified with love.

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Lutunji Abram, President & CEO, Lutunji’s Palate and Founder of Voices of Effective Change, Inc.

Lutunji Abram is CEO and Founder of Voices of Effective Change, Inc. (a community advocacy and Public Relations company) with the mission to send an effective voice to the masses, stand with young children and their parents using the tools of personal empowerment and community development. She is a gourmet Pastry Chef and, the founder of Lutunji’s Palate offering her famous Harriet’s Escape Buttery Butter and Vegan Peach Cobbler layered with organic coconut oil crust and other gourmet goodies.

Lutunji is a renaissance artist and socially impassioned diversity and inclusion community activist with an eclectic repertoire of works spanning the spectrums of theater, music, education, and civic engagement. Lutunji is armed with a B.A. in Community Development and a minor in Performing Arts Management from Metropolitan State University, an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Bethel University, and a DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative fellowship alumnus.

Her skillful blend of arts, education, and advocacy has a far-reaching impact on varying fronts including being a John Lennon Songwriting finalist, an opening act for the late Tupac Shakur, The Goodie Mob, and others, volunteer teaching of poetry to elementary through high school-aged students at Metropolitan State University; penning the theme poem for the 2014 and 2015 City of Minneapolis Peace ceremonies, adjunct professor, and tireless contributions as a former legislative aide and recurring political campaign volunteer.

Lutunji is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Iota Zeta Zeta Chapter, and proud mother of one son, Aaron Lamar Abram, Esq.

Questions and Topics Discussed in this Episode

Lutunji’s Palate journey
How did Lutunji’s Palate come about?
What is the mission of Lutunji’s Palate?
What’s happening right now?
How is Lutunji’s Palate evolving as you open your facility?
How can someone get involved?

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX® . You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Kate Stroth, Farm Stores Georgia

April 30, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Kate Stroth, Farm Stores Georgia

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Kate Stroth, Farm Stores Georgia (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 226)

Farm Stores Georgia representative Kate Stroth joins “North Fulton Business Radio” to discuss this unique drive-through grocery-bakery-cafe concept and the franchise opportunities available in the state. The host of “North Fulton Business Radio” is John Ray and the show is produced virtually by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Farm Stores

Kate Stroth is the Area Representive for Farm Stores Georgia.

Farm Stores is a multi-generational brand with over 65 years delivering a unique neighborhood and community experience. As an essential business, they are a combination of a grocery store, bakery and café. They give their customers the freshest products in the most convenient and safest manner, all without ever having to leave the car!

They sell favorite grocery items combined with convenient fast café items like fresh baked bread, coffee and deli products: the equivalent of a supermarket express lane pick-up window!

Farm Stores’ customers love the convenience of driving through on their way to work for coffee and a breakfast sandwich or fresh pastry, and coming by again on the way home for a gallon of milk, eggs, and cereal.

As their customers’ needs continue to evolve, Farm Stores will evolve with them. Their model is built around convenience, quality, and service, not a locked down product that may go out of fashion.

More information is available at the Farm Stores website, and you can contact Kate by email.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

Kate’s background and decision to affiliate with Farm Stores
the unique drive-through grocery-bakery-cafe business model of Farm Stores
neighborhood orientation
how the business fits the Covid-19 social distancing way of doing business
Farm Stores franchise opportunity
growth of the Farm Stores Georgia franchise system

North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

DeeDee Trotter, Olympic Champion and Owner of Taste of Gold Bakery

DeeDee Trotter with Taste of Gold Bakery

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