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Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts • 285 23rd

Street • Oakland, CA 94612

Tel: (510) 272-9722 • Fax: (510) 272-9755

www.GregorysGourmetDesserts.com • [email protected]

Media Contact: Pam May • [email protected]

Oakland’s Best Underground Bakery

Press Kit Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts

285 23rd Street

Oakland, CA 94612

Tel: (510) 272-9722

Fax: (510) 272-9755

Web: www.gregorysgourmetdesserts.com

Email: [email protected]

Media Contact: Pam May




Tel: (510) 272-9722 • Fax: (510) 272-9755



Background

Inspired by nostalgia and simpler days gone by, Gregory’s Gourmet

Desserts recreates the tastes and flavors that owner Gregory

Williams had while growing up in Brooklyn, New York. Their

cheesecakes, cobblers, pies and more are made from scratch using

all natural local ingredients.

A wholesale bakery first, Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts also serves

retail patrons at the bakery between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday. Gregory’s will soon be open

every Saturdays starting September 6, 2014, specific hours to be

announced. Retail baked goods can be made to order for pickup

with advance notice.

Company Facts

Company Name: Gregory's Gourmet Desserts

Location: 285 23rd Street, Oakland, CA 94612 (Uptown

District)

Founded: 1987

Founder/Owner: Gregory Williams, Chief Baker and Flavor

Master

Description: Wholesale bakery with select retail hours open

from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday and also Saturdays, starting September 6,

2014. Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts features the following sweet fare:

Cheesecakes Specialty Layer Cakes Apple Streusel Apple Sour Cream

Banana Pudding 8-Up

Best Milkshake German Chocolate

Blueberry Streusel Raspberry Cake

Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes Chocolate Macadamia Blackberry

Coconut Thai Chili Chocolate Hazelnut

Cookies 'n Cream Lemon Bar

Lake Merritt Special Pistachio

New York Style Red Velvet

Pina Colada Salted Caramel with Bacon

Strawberry Streusel The Old Fashioned

Ugly Duckling Lemon Cookie Tiramisu

White Chocolate Macadamia Tres Leche



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(Sweet fare continued)

Pies Cobblers Banana Cream Blackberry

Blackberry Peach

Chocolate Cream Strawberry Peach

Coconut Cream

Coconut Cream Macadamia

Peach

Pecan Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato

Tropical (Pineapple & Coconut Flake)

Cookies Scones Blueberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Apple Walnut

Butter Pecan Blueberry Almond

Chocolate Chip Cherry Almond

Chocolate Chip Pecan Chocolate Chunk Cappuccino

Chocolate Chip Walnut Gorgonzola Cashew

Dark Chocolate Coffee Irish Soda

Peanut Butter Lemon Currant

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Orange Cranberry

Pecan Cranberry Oatmeal Savory Bacon Sundried Tomato

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Pistachio White Chocolate Raspberry

Oatmeal Raisin Deep Fried Cinnamon Rolls

Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Apple Fritters

Smokehouse Dark

Smokehouse White

Snickerdoodle

Tea Cakes

White Chocolate Macadamia

One-of-a-Kind Products: Ugly Duckling Lemon Cookie Cheesecake,

8-Up Cake, Salted Caramel with Bacon Cupcakes, Lake Merritt

Special Cheesecake (partial list).

Product Availability: Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts’ products can be

found at Umami Burger restaurants in Oakland, San Francisco and

Palo Alto, as well as at the Steelhead Brewing Co. in Burlingame,

California.



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Biography

Gregory Williams, Founder and Owner of Gregory's Gourmet Desserts was raised in Brooklyn, New York.

He came to the San Francisco/Bay Area as a teenager, later attended and graduated from Sonoma State

University with a Marketing Degree.

Gregory’s odyssey began with his love for sweets. He was a fan of Le Petite Boulangerie’s apple strudel

cheesecake and would daily purchase a slice. Later Gregory discovered that they no longer carried the

item, so he decided to create his own.

His demand for a slice of Le Petite Boulangerie’s apple strudel cheesecake is what sparked a passionate

journey into baking. In the late 80s Gregory’s business began with merely a doodling image, three

months later Color Me Plump Cheesecakes was born, which later evolved into Gregory’s Gourmet

Desserts. Gregory had no prior experience in baking. Armed with a cookbook received from a friend, he

bought a cheesecake pan, and garnered his first customer all on his first try. And the rest is sweet

dessert history!

Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts in the News

CBS SF Bay Area - Best Summertime Desserts in the East Bay

East Bay Express – 2014 Best Underground Dessert Shop

East Bay Express – Oakland’s Underground Bakery

Face 4Ward - Gregory's Gourmet Desserts Leaving a Trail to

Success

Top 20 Sites.com - Top Gourmet Dessert Sites (scroll down to

view Gregory's Gourmet Desserts)

The CHOW San Francisco Bay Area - Oakland's Best Cheesecake

Yet

Social Media

Facebook -

https://www.facebook.com/GregorysGourmetDesserts

Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/gregorysgourmet/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/gregorysgourmet

Yelp - http://www.yelp.com/biz/gregorys-gourmet-desserts-oakland



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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2014

Contact: Gregory Williams, Founder/Owner

Tel: (510)


Web: http://www.gregroysgourmetdesserts.com

Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts Recently Sweetens SpoonRocket’s Healthy Fast Food Menu

(Oakland, California – March 31, 2014) SpoonRocket, the healthy fast food delivery startup just got a

little sweeter as they have recently added Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts to the menu. In addition to their

daily gourmet meal selection consisting of a vegetarian entree and a non-vegetarian entree,

SpoonRocket now also offers options to satisfy a sweet tooth, including Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts’

cobbler. Cobbler flavors currently range between peach and apple and with SpookRocket’s lightening

fast meal delivery a delicious slice of cobbler can be at your curbside, along with an entree in less than

10 minutes for just $8.00.

Cobblers are not the only treat this sweet shop creates. Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts also bakes an

amazing array of cheesecakes, cookies, layer cakes, pies and scones all made from scratch using the

freshest local ingredients. By teaming with SpoonRocket, Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts are now being

delivered to parts of San Francisco, Albany, Emeryville, North and South Berkeley, as well as to parts of

Oakland, California.

A wholesale bakery first, Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts has retail hours from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

every Wednesday and Friday and the bakery is located at 285 23rd Street in the Uptown District of

Oakland. Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts can also be found at Umami Burger restaurants located

throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Retail baked goods can be made to order for pickup at the

bakery with advance notice. To place an order, visit: http://gregorysgourmetdesserts.com or call (510)

272.2922. To place an order via Spoonrocket, visit http://www.spoonrocket.com.

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Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts is a wholesale bakery located in the Uptown District of Oakland, California. They specialize in

creating an amazing array of cheesecakes, pies, cobblers and more. Surely becoming known as one of Oakland’s “best kept

secret,” the bakery is open for retail patrons between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday.

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