No, I never imagined to be so heavily into it. Food was always a passion of mine, and something I loved, but I never envisioned it as a career. When exploring many different career paths in my 20's it seemed to me the one link that brought them all together, and also an industry that will never die and always be in demand and evolving, so fortunately I was able to make it the center of my career while building my other passions around it!

Within our first week of opening maman, we were organically named ‘the best cookie in NYC’ by Grub Street, New York Times and a few other publications where editors happened to come by & try our cookies. That was a huge surprise for us and really helped to put us on the map. Having our nutty chocolate chip cookie featured on Oprah’s favorite things list back in 2017 was another huge highlight resulting in us having to kick start a huge e-commerce business and sell & ship all over the country! Writing and releasing our cookbook in 2021 was another dream come true for me as i was so excited to finally be able to share some of my most treasured recipes in a book & capture the essence of maman in print for those who couldn't visit us in person!

My parents always encouraged me to be an individual and be unique and in all I did and they encouraged me never to follow the crowd & that it’s ok to take risks. Be unique, be different and don't do what everyone else is doing. Minimize negativity My mother is the most positive person I have ever met & can find a ray of sunshine in the rainiest or darkest day. She has been my light and inspiration to always have a positive outlook and pushed me to surround myself with likeminded people and see positivity in every situation. Go with the flow I love to plan, have things all lined up, goals to hit and things to work towards, but more and more I am realizing how in the big picture of life, how unrealistic that is. Goals of course are always important, but you have to be open to the fact that things may not go exactly the way you have planned it - that’s ok. You can’t predict the future so don’t get too caught up and waste too much time planning for later. Find your passion There is nothing better for me than waking up every day getting to do what I love & doing it beside the person I love. I was struggling for a while, as I couldn’t pin point that one thing I wanted to do, or that ‘perfect’ job, so in reality I knew I had to create it. I had to get my hands dirty in so many different industries and various jobs until I was able to really shape my path, identify my strengths and weaknesses & ultimately figure out what I liked and didn’t like. It’s okay to not be perfect We all have our strengths and oftentimes it is very easy to point those out and know exactly what you excel at, but it is also very important to identify your weaknesses and what you are NOT good at, especially when you are starting a business, and that’s ok. We are not perfect & never will be. When going into business, no matter the industry our strengths are what will make us shine but our weaknesses will drag us down. It is very important to identify those traits and ensure you have help & support in those areas. For me math was never my thing, and if I looked after the books or numbers in this business we would have closed down after the first month. It was realizing that and owning that I am horrible with numbers that allowed me hand that over to Ben to look after (ironically that is one of his strengths). Identify your weaknesses, find a yin to your yang, and don’t think that you can do it all yourself!

It's a tie between theblue toile print button down romperand thecroissant cardigan.

Our maman homemade oreo and a large americano with a splash of whole milk ;)