Private Chef Danielle Hertel

I am a highly creative baker and founder of an award-winning online bakery with over five years of experience creating new and unique recipes, pastry decoration, and collaborating with customers and high-profile clients. My skills have been featured in the press as Houston's "next big thing" and I am currently looking to expand my business into a physical storefront location, following this success. I specialize in custom, colorful and unique yet delicious baked goods such as : cupcakes, cookies, cakes, and brownies. Growing up an artist, my artistic eye translates well to exquisitely decorated pastries.

For me, cooking is...

Starting out as an escape rom reality, baking soon became the biggest passion in my life and the most fulfilling and wonderful career.

I learned to cook at...

I am extremely proud to say that I am self-taught but honed my skills at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts.

A cooking secret...

Pushing the bounds of pastry arts by putting a new, modern spin on nostalgic treats and flavors, such as Orange Dreamsicle Cookies or PB & J Cupcakes.