Allison Vick on Parallel
• – • Whitaker & Atlantic
About the speaker
Allison Vick is a Raleigh-based pastry chef, mom of two kids, member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and owner of two local businesses: Little Blue Macaron and Little Blue Bakehouse.
Allison graduated from NC State University in 2010 with dual degrees in Textile & Apparel Management and Spanish Language. After working a short stint at The Cupcake Shoppe of Raleigh, she moved to Austin TX to take a corporate job in the
field of International Education. She worked as a program manager for study abroad programs in Spain and Morocco for almost four years, before a good friend pushed her to pursue her pastry dreams and take a job in the Austin food industry.
Allison worked the graveyard shift with the Whole Foods pastry catering team for two years and learned so much from her mentor during that time. After leaving Whole Foods, worked in various restaurants in Austin, moving from Pastry Cook to Pastry
Sous, eventually to Executive Pastry Chef at Enoteca/Vespaio.
With the birth of their first child in 2018, Allison and her husband returned home to their friends and family in North Carolina. Not wanting to re-enter the restaurant industry, Allison decided to follow her passion for a specific pastry, and opened a small bakery business called Little Blue Macaron, specializing in unique flavors and designs for French macarons.
After years of working in a commercial kitchen and noting the desperate need for kitchen incubator space, she and her husband opened Little Blue Bakehouse in 2022, which serves as a community coffee shop and an incubator kitchen for small bakery businesses.
Allison serves as the secretary for Les Dames North Carolina chapter, is on the advisory board for the Baking Program at Wake Tech in Raleigh, NC, volunteers with the James Beard Foundation and Main Street Alliance on policy and advocacy work for chefs and small businesses, and is currently working with NC Alliance for Health on the School Meals for All NC endeavor.
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Event Details
⏰ Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Enjoy free coffee and treats from our fantastic partners, and meet other folks in the creative community. The presentation will begin at 9 a.m. and will last 45 minutes with time after for Q&A.
💗 Spread the love and bring a friend.
☕ Reduce waste and bring your own mug!
Local partners
Our friends at Brand Fuel are a brand merchandise agency with a B Corp certification. They have invested 26 years in our community, creating branded gear worth remembering and are committed to sustainability, trust, originality – and a lot of fun. Trust us, you want them at your party ;)
MRC is a full spectrum graphic design studio with a focus on hand-crafted, out-of-the-box brand experiences for clients passionate about their business. They build iconic brands for kindred spirits.
Oak City Studio is the Official Audio Partner of CreativeMornings RDU!
At PoshNosh, simple but elegant is always in style. They’re not too big into fads. Just delicious, gourmet food that you didn’t have to cook and libations that you didn’t have to mix! They believe presentation is just as important as flavor so your food will look and taste amazing. Whether you are catering a big event or just want some prepared meals to go, they enjoy keeping Raleigh fed.
The team at Whitaker & Atlantic believes your event is special and deserves to be held in a place that can carry the significance of the moment. Maybe you’re getting married and you want to celebrate the happiest day of your life with your loved ones. Or you’re a corporate leader who’s organizing an important in-person meeting, and you need a setting that can bring out the best in your team and can impress potential customers. That’s how they designed their grand room: to be the perfect space for whatever you want to do.
Phillip Teasley is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked with clients such as Amazon, ESPN, The Design Network, FOX Sports and more. He is currently looking for projects that will push his storytelling ability, as he believes that the secret to creating impactful videos is purpose and resolve! He is CreativeMornings/RDU Lead Videographer and we are so grateful to have him on our team!
Emily Bennett is a Lifestyle, Food & Beverage, and Brand Photographer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is passionate about storytelling, and the power stories have to disarm and invite us into a deeper understanding of ourselves and each other. Her work is inspired by the coast, long walks, and dinner parties. She is our Lead Photographer, and we are so glad to have her on our team!
CreativeMornings/Raleigh is fiscally sponsored by VAE Raleigh, a 501©3 nonprofit. VAE envisions a more equitable creative community where everyone has the resources needed to thrive. VAE produces, funds, and exhibits socially-engaged art through community collaboration.
From the arts to food to nonprofits, WALTER tells the stories of our community. WALTER is available on racks around Raleigh, online at waltermagazine.com or by subscription.
Adobe is CreativeMornings’ new Global Partner! Adobe recognizes the impact CreativeMornings is having on the global ecosystem of creativity and they’re committed to reaffirming their support of creatives all around the world. This is huge!
Just like our local partners make our events here in the Triangle possible, Global Partnerships are the fuel that power us as an organization. They ensure that CreativeMornings can continue to grow and thrive around the world.
Additional details
Our global theme for March is Parallel.
Like train tracks receding into the distance, our lives eventually reach the end of the line. And for a large part of our journey, most people tend to live parallel lives. We go to school, hang out with friends, get jobs, and take care of our families.
Just look out the window at the home or office across the street. We exist side by side with strangers. Always keeping the same distance of anonymity between us – even though we have so much in common. All of us trying to build a better life for ourselves and our loved ones.
Of course, we are not carbon copies. The differences make our lives our own. Her black coffee. His energy drink. Their chamomile tea. So, we may never see eye to eye. After all, mathematics prove that parallel lines never meet.
But unlike those train tracks, our paths don’t run in straight lines. We can meet someone new at every turn. Look someone in the eye and smile. Reach across that gap between us and make a connection.
We may be living parallel lives. But we don’t have to go through them alone.
This month’s theme was chosen by our Kuala Lumpur chapter in Malaysia, illustrated by OLI, and is presented by our global partner Adobe.
Location
Hosted at
Whitaker & Atlantic
1053 E Whitaker Mill Rd, Suite 111
Raleigh, North Carolina United States 27604
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