Aug 19, 2026 · 30 min · 9 segments
Heather Hardcastle is a California-based pastry chef known for redefining gluten-free baking through a seasonal, ingredient-driven lens. Her work centers on creating food that feels generous…
Heather HardcastleGuestTish BoyleHost
I surrounded myself with people who had more production experience than me.
And I really focused on recipe development and what I knew how to do, which was...
And I relied on the people that I hired and the people around me to bring me up to speed on how to make enough food in a production setting to open to the public.
I would imagine that you wouldn't necessarily know what equipment to buy either, right?
I kind of, I did do stages in other kitchens and I relied a lot on what I knew from school and what I was working with in the rented commercial kitchen that I had and what I could afford.
And what fit in my physical space? And I just knew that I could start with kind of the bare minimum, design a menu around that, and we could add as we needed to and as we could afford to.
I find that people who are gluten-free tend to have some cross allergies.
I surrounded myself with people who had more production experience than me.
And I really focused on recipe development and what I knew how to do, which was...
And I relied on the people that I hired and the people around me to bring me up to speed on how to make enough food in a production setting to open to the public.
I would imagine that you wouldn't necessarily know what equipment to buy either, right?
I kind of, I did do stages in other kitchens and I relied a lot on what I knew from school and what I was working with in the rented commercial kitchen that I had and what I could afford.
And what fit in my physical space? And I just knew that I could start with kind of the bare minimum, design a menu around that, and we could add as we needed to and as we could afford to.
I find that people who are gluten-free tend to have some cross allergies.
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