Chef Thoa is a self proclaimed pastry chef by day and culinary chef by night. She studied baking and pastry arts including abroad in France. She believes that food has a way of connecting people to culture, art, memories, stories and experiences and has channeled that into her career and everything that her bakery does. 

You can find Thoa at her bakery, teaching cooking classes at the Far East Center, and Denver Botanic Gardens, helping with various community initiatives to uplift Denver and Aurora, or baking on the Food Network Channel where she competed in their Holiday Baking Challenge. 

The name of her bakery is a play on the idiom “Bread & Butter.” Croissants were a huge inspiration to to the name. “I knew ‘butter’ needed to be incorporated, but wanted to integrate my Vietnamese culture into the name. “Bánh” is a Vietnamese term that refers to a wide variety of breads, sweet and savory pastries.”

Her bakery is so much more than a Vietnamese sandwich shop, she consistently takes the opportunity to enlighten her customers to show that “bánh” is more than just bánh mi. It’s bánh croissant, bánh choux creme (cream puffs), bánh ngọt (sweet pastries), bánh mặn (savory pastries), and more.

We can’t wait to see what amazing flavors she brings to the Quesadillas For Good table.