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Doran Brooks went to culinary school in Australia, learned how to make udon and soba in the Japanese countryside, and has worked as the pastry chef for Pixar Animation Studios in California.
But four years ago, he was presented with an opportunity to open a bakery somewhere he may not have imagined himself ending up: Metro Detroit. “I was a little hesitant at first, to be completely honest,” says the Oakland, California native of relocating to a place where he had no ties. “Detroit doesn’t have the best reputation.”
