Hey, I’m Lauren!
No, not Jean or June — but I wouldn’t be here without them, figuratively and also literally because Patti June and Velma Jean are my grandmothers. Patti Velma doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.
Scratch-made desserts have long been a symbol of love in my family. My nearly compulsive baking habit has grown from my favorite manifestation of showing someone I care to a full-fledged livelihood when I decided to go to pastry school in Chicago.
After stints in Chicago and Kansas City bakeries — plus some restaurant marketing and food writing along the way — I decided to start Jean June with encouragement from friends and family who have been generously taste-testing my menu items for years.
I’m excited to bake for you so you can show someone (even if that someone is yourself) you were thinking of them.