About Hannah

Hi! I am Hannah! The Owner/Pastry Chef of Honeybear Bake Shop! Ever since I was a young girl, I have wanted to be a pastry chef. I would run home every day from elementary school to watch my favorite show Sweet Dreams with Gale Gand! I was also inspired by my mother who had her own cookie business when I was young and sold via eBay. She would stay up baking cookies with my Dad into the late hours of the night 

I studied Baking and Pastry Arts at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.  After graduating I worked at The Inn at Little Washington. I then moved to Vail, Colorado, and worked at Sweet Basil and The Sebastian Hotel. After my time in Colorado, I moved and found my home in Charlotte, NC. I took my first Pastry Chef position at 5Church Restaurant. I oversaw the pastry program at 5Church Charlotte and Nan and Byron’s. I then helped open 5Church Charleston. After my time at the 5Church Group, I became the Pastry Chef at Big View Diner. I held that title for 3 years. I left Big View Diner to become the Pastry Chef at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel. When Covid-19 hit Charlotte in March 2020 I was furloughed from my position at the hotel. 

That is when Honeybear was created, during being furloughed I started baking more from home. I wanted to fulfill my dream of opening my own bakery. I started baking cookies, lots and lots of cookies. I decided that Charlotte needed a fun cookie bakery with unique fun flavors! Here we are today! Thank you for being a loyal cookie monster!