Sep 8, 2022
In this episode Gabi talks to "Q" Queneesha about learning to live and love life. Q talks to us about how she followed her dreams to open an award winning bakery and what it takes to make that happen while raising three duaghters.
She talks about what led up to her divorce and how she learned to live and love again afterwards.
Quotable: "The best thing a woman can wear is confidence."
Learn more about Q:
Owner Queneesha Meyers was born in Brooklyn New York where her love for baking started when she was 11 years old. She found a recipe for chocolate chip cookies on a bag of flour at her grandmother’s house. She used her allowance to purchase additional ingredients, baked the cookies and gave them to the kids in her neighborhood in Brooklyn.
After serving 10 years in the Air Force, she started baking for friends and family. In 2009 she rented a commercial kitchen space to bake out of for her clients. In 2013, ALBUQUERQUE the magazine featured her cupcake bouquet and red velvet cheesecake in their mother’s day guide.
Her business took off and she was named a top five bakery without having a physical bakery. In 2014 she opened her storefront. Q is known for putting a unique spin on classic desserts. She has a line of “comfort food cakes” that incorporates classic comfort foods into cake form. She currently has 26 flavors to include, peach cobbler, green Chile caramel apple, and the churro to name a few.
Her bakery has won numerous awards and she’s been featured in national magazines such as Party Style and she was in the promo commercial for Bite Club on the food network with Tyler Florence. Facebook has also featured her bakery in billboards in Albuquerque, DC and via commercials on Facebook, instagram and YouTube. Additionally, she uses her bakery to give back to the community. She hosts a drive for Distributing Dignity which provides bras with tags and feminine hygiene products to homeless women, she also works with the local NSBE jr chapter and helps to raise funds for their regional and national conferences.
She has been on the Great Food Truck Race and Good Morning America. She’s also used her space as a business incubator for another upcoming bakery and an all natural body products line. Q's Cakes have won numerous awards throughout Albuquerque and was featured in the Wall Street Journal. Queneesha is the mother of 3 daughters. She’s also an ordained minister and has been a member of Bethesda Community Church since arriving in NM.
Visit her website: https://www.qcakes.com/
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This podcast is produced and edited by: Resilient Heart Media.