“If you want to be a chef you should go learn from great chefs at the world’s premier culinary college,” says Kamal. The Navy was good for me because it helped me grow up and gave me structure.” The Navy also exposed him to different cuisines and flavor profiles from around the world, which expanded his palate and prepared him for the CIA. “It was my first taste of large-scale baking and I saw how much my shipmates loved doughnuts. “When I graduated high school I enlisted in the Navy and served as a Baker 3rd Class Petty Officer on the USS John Young,” Kamal says. A visit to his school from The Culinary Institute of America sealed the deal. When I saw my first return customer, I felt confident in the future.” Kamal’s doughnuts, like the Maple Bacon Cheddar, Salted Caramel & Reduced Balsamic Vinegar, Orange Dream Star, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and Fresh Strawberry N Cream, quickly caught on with Atlanta’s culinary aficionados and food writers.Ī high school career day presentation by a Dunkin’ Donuts executive lit a spark in Kamal and gave him the idea of becoming a baker and owning his own business. I’d tell my customers that I only use the best quality ingredients to create the best quality product and it would be the best doughnut they’ve ever tasted. “People really didn’t know what to make of my creations. “At first it was a struggle,” says Kamal.
Instead, Kamal held fast to his belief that his creative flavor combinations and artistic presentation would win over patrons. The chef/owner of Sublime Doughnuts refused to serve the expected jelly, chocolate, or sugar varieties. M.Kamal Grant took a big chance with his business plan for his small bakery in Atlanta’s Westside neighborhood. Washed Away | Gifts… on The Not So Lost Original 82 Po…īroadsideblog on Keeping Company With Poldark I… Taskrabbitgizzy on Mt Eden April Fool’s Pra… Keeping Company With Poldark In America.You have to admire a man who leaves a good job in down economy and cashes in his 401K to go after a dream. I was already living in the UK when Kamal Grant decided to put his creative culinary skills, education, and experience to use in a business of his own called Sublime Doughnuts and while his success is no surprise to those who flock to savor the fresh-all-day treats, you might be surprised to learn that he opened Sublime Doughnuts when he was only 28. The Red Velvet Cake doughnut was tasty and sweet, but after polishing off the Caramel Apple Fritter and half of the Crackberry, I mean Chocolate Wildberry, all I could manage was a bite-size slice of the Red Velvet Cake doughnut and wrapped up the rest to share later with my daughter. I had a Caramel Apple Fritter which had been my number one until I tried something called a Chocolate Wildberry Fritter that I laughingly described to my friend Kimberly as a Chocolate ” Crackberry ” Fritter because it was so good I thought I might easily become addicted. In the photo above you can see what I sampled this morning. Within walking distance to my home in Atlanta, there is place that sells a sweet treat so mouth-watering that you’ll be planning your next visit while you’re still licking the crumbs of your last bite from your fingertips. So … let me show you what I was doing this morning while the rest of you were having your oatmeal and fruit cups. I know it may seem strange to follow the previous post about spinning and weight loss with one about my favorite place to go for doughnuts, but hey, like most people I’m striving for balance and my balanced life has to include doughnuts.
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