American businessman
Italian manufacturer of chocolate and confectionery products
Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald created Levain Bakery in 1995.
They created chocolate chip walnut cookie to give them energy while training for a triathlon. They decided to sell a batch in their bakery and it was sold out very fast.
Levain Bakery now has eight locations, e-commerce gift boxes, and recently launched frozen cookies in grocery stores.