MINDY SEGAL

Mindy’s Bakery

Mindy Segal opened “Mindy’s HotChocolate” Restaurant in 2005 after years of dedication to her craft and working in some of Chicago’s finest restaurants including: Ambria, Charlie Trotter’s, Marché and MK. In 2012, Mindy was awarded the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award for “Outstanding Pastry Chef.” Her best-selling cookbook “Cookie Love” was released through Ten Speed Press in the Spring of 2015. Segal opened “HotChocolate Bakery” in 2016 in Revival Food Hall in downtown Chicago and it has appeared on all of the “best bakery” lists in the city. After the pandemic hit in 2020, Hot Chocolate Restaurant closed to morph into weekend bakery pop-ups, where she’s gone back to her roots, filling the neighborhood with the delicious scents of yeast, sugar, flour and more. In summer of 2022, Mindy officially opened Mindy’s Bakery in Wicker Park, where she and her staff continue to work on their craft daily.