Meet Robin Roach | Home Bakery Owner

We had the good fortune of connecting with Robin Roach and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Robin, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
I started my business because my son Bryan has Down syndrome and Autism. I wanted to use baking to work on motor and social skills at markets selling the product.

My son started out mostly non verbal, was not socially engaged and unable to do most of it. Fast forward 3 years later and he now makes the Brownies, sells them and is involved in some of the processes with the cakes and macarons. He is fully involved with his friends Stephen and Ryan (also Down syndrome) selling at the markets.

It has translated into him getting a job a few hours a week at a local sandwich shop called Sully’s Steamers. He was just the featured employee of the month!

Stephen has also has job as well as the markets and we had another employee move on to restaurant work.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
My art is defiantly Macarons and Cakes. But I love the art of Macaron making. We are so proud of how far we have come offering custom and unique macarons and displays. I also so proud of my son who does the Brownie end of the business and have come so far in this endeavor.

We got here with a lot of practice, trial and error and 12 hours a day sometimes 7 days a week of filling orders and making people happy!

The challenge was getting Bryan to participate the way I had hoped more than anything else but he also worked through it and loves being part of the processes. We just kept pushing forward.

My Dad has always said. Can’t is dead. It is not a word we were ever allowed to use in my house growing up and and one I never let my kids use including Bryan. Quitting is never and option.

You push forward until you have completed your goal and find ways to do something harder.

I want people to know you should never put someone is a box, but given the opportunity they can achieve anything.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Greenville South Carolina is the place to be. The Downtown vibe is amazing especially on the weekends. Sully’s Steamers is definitely our favorite place to eat and walking down to Falls Park to see the Falls and the Foot Bridge.

The West End has Crazy Mason Milkshakes, Smoke on the Water and Gather Greenville.

Simpsonville has some pretty cool places too. The Warehouse, Ice Cream Station, Heritage Park. There is always Market and Festival going on.

But I always tell people come during Christmas or Fall For Greenville.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I have so many people to thank here. My family is a big part of it. My husband works and comes home to help and work markets. My older boys do a lot as well. My oldest has a full time job, my middle son just got out of the Marines and goes to school full time and works. But they both work with the bakery and their little brother as well.

The community and local farmers market in Simpsonville has been a huge support. But other bakers and businesses have helped us along the way.

Maria from Gio’s in Fountain Inn, Michele from Sweet Eats, Mary Ann from Cookie Canvas, Kari from Vintage Crust, Ann Marie from Little Something Bakery there are so many more.

Businesses that have helped us and carry our Macarons and Bryan’s Brownies. Gio’s in Fountain Inn, Ding Tea in Greenville, Riverside Bagel in Greer, Harvest Kitchen in Greer and Yogesh Patel has been a huge support.

Maria was the first to ask me to make Macarons for her, and it really opened a whole other world for us.

Website: www.robinsjustdesserts.com

Instagram: @robinsjustdessertssc

Facebook: @robinsjustdesserts3

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