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Flourish Caters to Special Diets… Naturally: Scarsdale Bakery Specializes in Gluten, Dairy, Soy-Free and Vegan Options

Children’s workshop at Flourish Baking Company.

Since its 2009 opening, Flourish Baking Company in Scarsdale, NY, has always focused on creating healthier offerings—incorporating organic, locally sourced, all-natural ingredients in everything they do. Now they’ve taken that mission a step further, creating new lines of snacks, meals and treats that are gluten-free, soy-free and vegan. 

Headed up by Diane Forley, a professional chef known for her veggie-centric menu, Flourish offers a variety of wholesome products including homemade soups, biscotti, apple and kale chips, muffins, brownies, granola bars, crackers, breads, pot pies and vegetarian burgers and meatballs.

Not a traditional bakery, Flourish is a customer-friendly commercial production kitchen that serves local patrons and also delivers custom orders to restaurants, universities, airports and other businesses. Customers can stop by to purchase any of the culinary creations on display in the main room’s freezers or racks, or they can call ahead to see what’s fresh out of the oven. By calling ahead, they can check in to see if Flourish has what they are looking for on a given day, Forley says. 

The bakery has three rooms: a café space for party and event guests, a workshop and prep room, and a big kosher kitchen it shares with event guests for their special occasions. Flourish can often accommodate special orders for off-site school events, parties, clubs, and so forth, and it operates an online shop on its website, FlourishBakingCompany.com.

After hours, Flourish makes its space available for private events and children’s parties.

 “Seeing how many children sit out of special treats and celebrations in school and at parties, I wanted to create a place where people can find quality foods they or their guests need, so that every guest can enjoy good food, good company and good fun together,” says Natalie Le Bon, a partner in workshop and business development at Flourish. “After years of me being a Flourish customer, Diane and I decided to join to create workshops and parties for children and adults. The nice thing is that we can cater to special diets so people who might not be able to seamlessly join in the enjoyment of a meal or treats at other parties can do so at ours.” 

Flourish Baking Company is located at 160 Summerfield St., Scarsdale, NY. For more info and wholesale inquiries, call 914.725.1026, email [email protected] or visit FlourishBakingCompany.com. Scroll to the bottom of the website to sign up for the Flourish newsletter, which posts regular updates about products, promotions and events, including baking workshops and parties that are in development for spring.