It all began with an Easy Bake Oven and batter puffed to all its glory under the heat of a light bulb. From an early age, Jenny had her hand in whatever her mother was baking; the smells and flavors coming out of Mama Bergin’s kitchen in small town West Virginia were legendary.  But what truly fascinated Jenny were the beautiful bakery cakes that her mother absolutely refused to buy -“Cheap ingredients, no taste!”  That all changed with a school trip to Paris at the age of 12 where it became evident to the young chef that bakery goods could indeed be beautiful and delicious.

The journey continued as Jenny experimented with the tastes and inspirations she encountered while living overseas.  Deciding to put some culinary “oompf” under her belt, she graduated from the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, then interned in one of the most successful bakeries in Paris, “Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Lohezic.”  Upon her arrival in Charlottesville, Jenny worked at the Boar’s Head Inn, but soon decided to pursue her pastry dreams by working on her own and  returning to work in her other life long passion – health and fitness!!  Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? I mean, really, what's the use to have cake if you can't eat it!!!

So, welcome to Paradox Pastry and enjoy the delightfully absurd truth of it all. Live life and love it all!