Discover Falmouth Bakery’s exclusive gluten-free menu, featuring delicious and safe options for those with gluten sensitivities. Taste the difference!
Deliciously Crafted Treats for All Dietary Needs
National Celiac Disease Awareness Day is observed on Friday, highlighting the autoimmune disorder that affects many individuals by preventing them from processing gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. This condition can lead to severe health complications, making it essential for those affected to avoid gluten in their diets. For many, the challenge lies in finding delicious food options that cater to their dietary restrictions.
In Maine, Bam Bam Bakery stands out as a beacon of hope for those with celiac disease. This bakery is exclusively gluten-free, allowing individuals with the condition to indulge in a variety of baked goods without fear of adverse health effects. Owners Tina Cromwell and Michela Micalizio have dedicated their efforts to ensure that every item on their menu is safe for those who cannot consume gluten, creating a welcoming environment for all customers to enjoy delicious treats.
Indulge Without Worry: A Haven for Gluten-Free Delights!
I’m so excited about these guests right here yeah it smells so good in here man today is National celiac disease awareness day which shines a light on the autoimmune disorder that can cause serious health issues if people with the condition can’t process gluten which is.
Found in wheat rye and barley most pastries contain gluten unfortunately but one main Bakery is making sure those with celiac disease can enjoy every single item on their menu bamb band Bakery is exclusively gluten-free here to tell us more owner Tina Cromwell and Michaela mesio good morning to both of you thanks for being here and bringing.
These treats again it just smells like fantastic in here right now um can we start by talking about your business and sort of the history behind it and has have you always been gluten-free uh myself or the business the business has always been 100% gluten-free is you know makes it very uh convenient and safe for people with ciac so that’s a big big.
Part of our base absolutely yeah talk about what you guys open up the of course the bakery on uh on Commercial Street tell us take us through what happened of course the pandemic H so so many struggles for local businesses and let’s take us through the whole story up nowour yeah well I it started in 2011 we purchased the business in 2017 I was a.
Customer and uh she’ had decided that she wanted to move on to other things so we took over in 2017 and we’re kind of building it up and then of course 2020 hit and that was a you know big blow and you know you couldn’t pick up the phone and ask your Mentor hey what’ you do during the last pandemic so we all kind of mused through and decided that was.
The rent was pretty high and and uh decided that we should probably try to go another another route so we uh vacated that and then been kind of looking since then and now we found the place in fouth yeah tell us the location and how it’s going so 125 bucknam Road it’s uh right off 295 and of course we’re kind of a destination for a lot of.
People looking for their gluten-free treats so the uh this the spot is great the space is beautiful uh way more equipment than we’ve ever had you know like real walk-ins and that sort of thing so that’s been really nice yeah seems like it’s a good spot too as people get off i295 uh into fth on Buck you guys are right there even people.
That don’t know about you guys or know you location are going wait like I I got up and I’m like wait Bam Bam open back up again so it seems like it’s a really good location yeah it is it is and we have this nice big open sign and as soon as we put that out there people are doing u-turns to come in you know grab a treat and see what’s going on I love to.
Hear that Michaela tell us about the treats that you brought with you this morning yeah we got some minis of our Whoopi pie oh they look so good our blueberry muffins and our cinnamon rolls are these some of the more popular items yeah definitely a whoy pie is a classic main tree obvious l so the mini wey pie so that means I could eat six and be all.
Right I’d like to see you try what has the response been from the gluten-free Community just you know being able to I hear about you know people who struggle to find especially these delicious treats we have we have people who have been customers since 2011 and and people that had my cell phone during the pandemic that were.
Reaching out and I was I was baking out of the house you know so that people could have bread and bagels and that sort of thing um but it still still have people that are like wait you know wait there’s a gluten-free bakery so yeah new customers finding us and uh yeah it’s fun how excited people get when they come in and they have to ask like six.
Times like wait everything’s glutenfree so that part’s really fun yeah that’s the best part I remember when I first discovered you guys I’m I’ve been vegan for like 12 or 13 years now remember riding my bike and I’m like wait a minute bam bad Bakery that’s the glut the glutenfree I went in there and you guys started serving vegan options.
As well a few vegan and and I was so excited now the fact that you guys are back open again in fouth I mean talk about how you I mean not only glutenfree you’re helping out people that have a plant-based die too well probably about 90% of what we do is uh dairyfree because so many people with Celiac and uh with gluten intolerance also suffer.
With lactose intolerance um so we try to accommodate both of those so a lot of the menu but we have quite a few things that are vegan great poptarts yeah the poptarts two two flavors on those now um and then bunch of cookies and chocolate cake is always vegan so the cupcakes are on the counter at all times wow and we try to have we have a broccoli salad.
Right now for a Savory option and we try to have uh gluten-free sorry vegan pizza there we go oh very very nice so we started doing that as well using dairyfree cheese and a faka base that doesn’t have any egg in it when you first started versus now you know do you feel like more awareness has spread about Celiac disas absolutely absolutely.
And it’s really funny cuz I my background is fine Dy and so working in the fine dining restaurant and you know going to a table or you know and asking the chef hey if you know got a gluten tolerance in the eyeball rolles but so many people now have people in their family so it’s definitely people are becoming a little bit more receptive and.
Uh careful so yeah it’s come a long ways for folks that are that are wondering maybe uh you know what you have on your menu uh where your location is and everything what’s what’s a website that they can go to in the address of your place what is it www. Bambam bakery.com awesome congratulations on your new location.
Thank you so much uh yeah we’re going to be uh is absolutely blueberry muffins cinnamon rolls whoopy pies oh thank you both so much for joining us we really appreciate you’re the happiest person is one of our directors Benjamin is gluten-free going I’m surprised he has oh he’s right there he’s already.
Ready go here you go right here h
