Pastry Chef - Haley Martin
Today’s episode is extra sweet! Tiberius talks with Haley Martin, a cat the Hard Rock Hotel and the owner of Azucar Desserts. Haley shares how she went from baking with her mom to creating wild dessert flavors like jalapeño strawberry cookies, ube pretzel chocolate chip, bourbon cakes, and even giant 40-layer cakes!
She explains how much science goes into baking, how she creates new desserts, what it’s like to run a business and work in a real hotel kitchen, and why failing (and making ugly cakes) is part of becoming great. Haley also talks about Dessert Wars, her creative process, and how kids can start baking right in their own kitchen.
What We Talk About
• How Haley became a pastry chef
• Creating her business Azucar Desserts
• Weird flavor combos that actually work
• How to build tall cakes (and not crash them in the car!)
• What pastry chefs really do in hotel kitchens
• Balancing business + full-time job
• How kids can start baking at home
• Why food brings people together
• How math, science, and creativity all work together in baking
