HANDCRAFTED PASTRY
Meet the Team
A Bakery with a focus on health and wellness!
Head Chef/Co-Owner
Ashwin Rao
Ashwin has been baking breads & pastries since 2010. He is passionate about making high quality bread accessible to our Miami Valley community. His focus is to use small-batch traditional baking techniques, like those used by artisans in the old-world Europe.
After completing his Diploma in Pastry & Breads from Escoffier, he started Handcrafted Pastry so he could share his wonderful fresh breads & pastries with the local community.
Co-Owner
Dr. Indu Rao
Besides being an accomplished Internal Medicine physician in the Miami Valley area for more than 29 years, Indu has a flare for flavors. She is an accomplished cook, with a knack of getting the best of the ingredients.
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Indu and Ashwin have worked collaboratively to come up with the choice of baked goods being offered at HCP.