Rebecca Rather
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Rebecca Rather, known in the culinary world as "The Pastry Queen,"[1] is an American pastry chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author from Beaumont, Texas[2] best known for her bakery café, The Rather Sweet Bakery, which was located in the Texas Hill Country.[3]
Before she reached international acclaim, Rather headed the bakery side for Houston restaurateur Tony Vallone at Tony's, La Griglia and Grotto in Houston. She then moved to upstate New York to study artisanal breads. She returned to Texas to oversee the pastry side of Schlotzsky's Bread Alone Bakery. Aside from her commercial work, Rather has also taught baking classes at Houston's Central Market and The Rather Sweet Cafe.[4]