How Love and Acceptance Became the Foundation of Third Culture Bakery

Feb 12, 2021 | Media Coverage, Restaurants + Chefs

Owners Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu share how their relationship shaped the positive messaging behind the shop’s sweet treats.

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5280 magazine tells the beautiful and inspiring love story of Feed Media clients and Third Culture Bakery owners, Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu.

“As cheesy as it sounds, this bakery started because we fell in love with each other. And it is our love story,” says Wenter Shyu, co-owner of Aurora’s Third Culture Bakery, while reminiscing about how he met husband and business partner, pastry chef Sam Butarbutar. With that, Shyu perfectly sums up the topic at hand: how his relationship with Butarbutar shaped the powerful messaging of unconditional love and acceptance that lies behind the California-based bakery’s mochi muffins, doughnuts, and matcha tea drinks.”

Read the full story on 5280 here.

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