Cake of the Week..

Olive Chase February 24, 2012

The weather outside is pretty gloomy today but look at what’s cheering us up in the Kitchen! Marcy has decorated this fabulous cake for a very special two year old.

About Olive Chase

Olive runs the show with more than 30 years of catering and event production experience and some 25 years of restaurant and food service experience prior to that. As the owner and president of The Casual Gourmet, Olive oversees three Express locations, two food service contracts, our main bakery and cafe and a catering operation that plans and hosts more than 100 weddings each year.

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