• Business
  • California
  • Climate & Environment
  • Entertainment & Arts
  • En Español
  • Food
  • Housing & Homelessness
  • Image
  • Lifestyle
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Travel & Experiences
  • World & Nation
  • All Sections
  • _________________
  • Newsletters
  • Photography
  • Podcasts
  • Video
  • _________________
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Archives
    • Company News
    • eNewspaper
    • For the Record
    • Got a Tip?
    • L.A. Times Careers
    • L.A. Times Store
    • LA Times Studios
    • News App: Apple IOS
    • News App: Google Play
    • Newsroom Directory
    • Public Affairs
    • Rights, Clearance & Permissions
    • Short Docs
    • About Us
    • Archives
    • Company News
    • eNewspaper
    • For the Record
    • Got a Tip?
    • L.A. Times Careers
    • L.A. Times Store
    • LA Times Studios
    • News App: Apple IOS
    • News App: Google Play
    • Newsroom Directory
    • Public Affairs
    • Rights, Clearance & Permissions
    • Short Docs
  • Advertising
    • Place an Ad
    • Classifieds
    • Coupons
    • People on the Move
    • Find/Post Jobs
    • Local Ads Marketplace
    • Media Kit: Why the L.A. Times?
    • Hot Property Sections
    • Place an Open House
    • Sotheby’s International Realty
    • Place an Ad
    • Classifieds
    • Coupons
    • People on the Move
    • Find/Post Jobs
    • Local Ads Marketplace
    • Media Kit: Why the L.A. Times?
    • Hot Property Sections
    • Place an Open House
    • Sotheby’s International Realty
  • Bestcovery
  • B2B Publishing
  • Business Visionaries
  • Hot Property
  • Crossword & Games
  • L.A. Times Events
  • L.A. Times Store
  • Subscriptions
    • Manage Subscription
    • EZPAY
    • Delivery Issue
    • eNewspaper
    • Students & Educators
    • Subscribe
    • Subscriber Terms
    • Gift Subscription Terms
    • Manage Subscription
    • EZPAY
    • Delivery Issue
    • eNewspaper
    • Students & Educators
    • Subscribe
    • Subscriber Terms
    • Gift Subscription Terms
  • Special Supplements
    • Best of the Southland
    • Healthy Living
    • Las Vegas Guide
    • Best of the Southland
    • Healthy Living
    • Las Vegas Guide
Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | CA Notice of Collection | Do Not Sell My Personal Information
  • California
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Food
  • Climate
  • Image
  • Opinion
  • |
  • Bestcovery
  • Coupons
  • Crossword
  • eNewspaper
Anna Posey
13 Images

Baking for a cause

Pastry chefs are banding together and throwing old-fashioned bake sales to raise funds for causes they care about. L.A.-based Pastry Action Network and Gather for Good are among the many leading the way, locally and nationally.

Anna Posey

Chef Anna Posey of Elske in Chicago sprinkles toppings on her pastry. Posey was one of several chefs who took part in the Pastry Action Network’s bake sale to raise money for the Yellowhammer Fund and the James Beard Foundation’s Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 29, 2019: Lillian Anjarjolian, right, receives a box of baked goods from chef Sasha Piligian, right, with chef Anna Posey, center, during Jessica Koslow's Pastry Action Network event at Sqirl on June 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. All proceeds will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, which provides funding for those seeking care at one of AlabamaÕs three abortion clinics. (Photo By Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Lillian Anjarjolian, left, receives a box of baked goods from chef Sasha Piligian as chef Anna Posey looks on at the Pastry Action Network’s fundraiser June 29 at Sqirl in Los Angeles. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 29, 2019: Chef Natasha Pickowicz, left, places Kolache's into a box of baked goods during Jessica Koslow's Pastry Action Network event at Sqirl on June 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. All proceeds will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, which provides funding for those seeking care at one of Alabama’s three abortion clinics. (Photo By Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Chef Natasha Pickowicz lays out kolaches for the Pastry Action Network’s first fundraiser. Her annual bake sales benefiting Planned Parenthood inspired the Pastry Action Network’s fundraiser. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 29, 2019: A box of baked goods are photographed during Jessica Koslow's Pastry Action Network event at Sqirl on June 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. All proceeds will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, which provides funding for those seeking care at one of AlabamaÕs three abortion clinics. (Photo By Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

A box of baked goods at Jessica Koslow’s Pastry Action Network fundraiser at Sqirl. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 29, 2019: Kristen Olsen feeds her daughter Olivia Stouffer a baked good during Jessica Koslow's Pastry Action Network event at Sqirl on June 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. All proceeds will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, which provides funding for those seeking care at one of AlabamaÕs three abortion clinics. (Photo By Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Kristen Olsen feeds her daughter Olivia Stouffer a pastry. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 29, 2019: Pastry chefs Anna Posey, Natasha Pickowicz, Zoe Kanan, Caitlyn Jarvis, Sasha Piligian and Jess Stephens, left to right, pose for a portrait during Jessica Koslow's Pastry Action Network event at Sqirl on June 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. All proceeds will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, which provides funding for those seeking care at one of Alabama’s three abortion clinics. (Photo By Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Pastry chefs, from left, Anna Posey, seated, Natasha Pickowicz, Zoe Kanan, Caitlyn Jarvis, Sasha Piligian and Jess Stephens. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 29, 2019: Jessica Koslow poses for a portrait holding onto jam during her Pastry Action Network event at Sqirl on June 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. All proceeds will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, which provides funding for those seeking care at one of AlabamaÕs three abortion clinics. (Photo By Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Jessica Koslow of Sqirl organized the Pastry Action Network’s first fundraiser. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2019: Leah Chin-Katz, Pastry Chef at The Manufactory, prepares to move cakes at a bake sale supporting Planned Parenthood and Yellowhammer Fund with a group called Gather for Good on July 21, 2019. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

Pastry chef Leah Chin-Katz prepares to move cakes at Gather for Good’s fundraiser at the Manufactory in downtown L.A. July 21.  (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2019: The Manufactory pastry chefs look out at the cake walk display at a bake sale supporting Planned Parenthood and Yellowhammer Fund with a group called Gather for Good on July 21, 2019. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

Pastry chefs from Manufactory look at the display of cakes for the bake sale. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2019: Some of Los Angeles’ best pastry chef’s came out to The Manufactory at the Row DTLA for a bake sale supporting Planned Parenthood and Yellowhammer Fund with a group called Gather for Good on July 21, 2019. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

One of the cakes at Gather for Food’s fundraiser was decorated to read “pro-vasectomy.” The bake sale raised almost $6,000 for Planned Parenthood and the Yellowhammer Fund, which supports women’s reproductive fights in Alabama. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2019: Cecilia Leung and some of Los Angeles’ best pastry chef’s came out to The Manufactory at the Row DTLA for a bake sale supporting Planned Parenthood and Yellowhammer Fund with a group called Gather for Good on July 21, 2019. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

Chef Cecilia Leung of Lincoln in Pasadena offered a cake that was decorated to read “no more hangers.” (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2019: Steph Chen of Sugarbear Bakes and other top pastry chefs donated cakes for a cake walk at The Manufactory supporting Planned Parenthood and Yellowhammer Fund with a group called Gather for Good on July 21, 2019. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

Sugarbear Bakes and others donated treats for a cake walk supporting Planned Parenthood and the Yellowhammer Fund. (Allison Zaucha/For Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2019: Josephine Tanous and her dad Will came to support Julie Tanous at a bake sale supporting Planned Parenthood and Yellowhammer Fund with a group called Gather for Good on July 21, 2019. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

Josephine Tanous and her father Will visited her mother Julie Tanous at Gather for Good’s bake sale at the Manufactory in downtown L.A. July 21. (Allison Zaucha / For The Times)

1/13

Baking for a cause

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Show more sharing options
Share
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
  • Copy Link URLCopied!
  • Print
Advertisement