Podcast appearances and mentions of umber ahmad

Umber Ahmad is the baker extraordinaire and owner behind the buzzy Mah-Ze-Dahr bakeries in Manhattan, Washington D.C., and Arlington, Virginia, known for their nostalgic desserts, breads, and pastries. Before entering the food world professionally, Umber worked in finance as an investment banker and simply baked for fun on the side. But eventually, her passion became too strong, and after a little push from a certain Top Chef judge, she followed her dreams and opened Mah-Ze-Dahr in 2016.In this episode, Umber joins host Jessie Sheehan to chat about her journey into the sweet world of baked goods, the special meaning behind her bakery's name, and some of the delicious treats you'll find at Mah-Ze-Dahr locations. She also walks Jessie through her recipe for Nisu, a traditional Finnish bread with cardamom and coffee, which was the first thing Umber learned how to make. Click here for Umber's Nisu recipe. Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter and California Prunes for supporting our show. Hosted by Jessie SheehanProduced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine BakerEdited by Jenna SadhuEditorial Assistant Londyn CrenshawRecorded at CityVox StudiosShe's My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.More on Umber: Instagram, Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery, websiteMore on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable BakesSubscribe to Cherry Bombe Magazine here

Dorie Greenspan thought she was finished writing cookbooks. She had published her 13th book—“a baker's dozen,” she joked—but a suggestion that she do a savory baking book was enough to get her excited and inspired. The result, Baking With Dorie, was recently released and it's not the savory-only work she thought she would produce. “I just couldn't stay away from desserts,” she says. Interviewing Dorie is baker Umber Ahmad, the owner of Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery, which has locations in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia. Their chat took place during the Cherry Bombe Cooks & Books conference, held at Ace Hotel Brooklyn. This episode is supported by Kerrygold. Visit kerrygoldusa.com to learn more about their butter and cheeses made with milk from Irish grass-fed cows.

This week's guest is Umber Ahmad - the founder of the rapidly growing bakery, Mah Ze Dahr. Her journey from banker to baker has been told before by everyone from Martha Stewart to Buzzfeed to Time magazine. Umber was a guest in the early days of this podcast in June of 2017.  Over the last few years, I've come to know Umber well and in full disclosure I've worked with her both formally and informally as she launched and began to grow her business. When the pandemic hit us all like a tidal wave in March of 2020, I wondered how Umber would keep Mah Ze Dahr afloat.  A business that depended hugely on a single brick and mortar location in Greenwich village didn't seem to have much future as her customers fled New York and the city turned into a post apocalyptic landscape of deserted streets and shuttered storefronts. Twenty months later, Mah Ze Dahr hasn't just survived it has thrived. That single location has turned into four and her online business has doubled.  The leadership instincts on which the business is growing were honed in Umber at an early age. It is too easy to think of leadership as an abstract, intellectual, and even academic construct.  It is not. Leadership is the most powerful change agent on the planet - this one or any of the others that we attempt to occupy in years and generations to come.  Leadership is most visible when we are confronted by the twists and turns that life brings us.  Coronavirus has been a series of hair-pin bends on the side of a mountain and many so-called leaders have climbed into the back seat and clung on for dear life. When faced with these moments we quickly discover whether we are a leader in name only, or whether we are willing to confront the challenges of whatever lies ahead.  Whether we hit the brakes and stop, or whether we accelerate through the curve and head for the future.

Edited highlights of our full conversation. This week's guest is Umber Ahmad - the founder of the rapidly growing bakery, Mah Ze Dahr. Her journey from banker to baker has been told before by everyone from Martha Stewart to Buzzfeed to Time magazine. Umber was a guest in the early days of this podcast in June of 2017.  Over the last few years, I've come to know Umber well and in full disclosure I've worked with her both formally and informally as she launched and began to grow her business. When the pandemic hit us all like a tidal wave in March of 2020, I wondered how Umber would keep Mah Ze Dahr afloat.  A business that depended hugely on a single brick and mortar location in Greenwich village didn't seem to have much future as her customers fled New York and the city turned into a post apocalyptic landscape of deserted streets and shuttered storefronts. Twenty months later, Mah Ze Dahr hasn't just survived it has thrived. That single location has turned into four and her online business has doubled.  The leadership instincts on which the business is growing were honed in Umber at an early age. It is too easy to think of leadership as an abstract, intellectual, and even academic construct.  It is not. Leadership is the most powerful change agent on the planet - this one or any of the others that we attempt to occupy in years and generations to come.  Leadership is most visible when we are confronted by the twists and turns that life brings us.  Coronavirus has been a series of hair-pin bends on the side of a mountain and many so-called leaders have climbed into the back seat and clung on for dear life. When faced with these moments we quickly discover whether we are a leader in name only, or whether we are willing to confront the challenges of whatever lies ahead.  Whether we hit the brakes and stop, or whether we accelerate through the curve and head for the future.

Knead Hospitality & Design is a multi-concept restaurant group based in Washington, D.C. The group not only runs its restaurants, but it designs them as well. Knead is known for partnering with well-known chefs such as Edward Lee, Roberto Santibanez and Umber Ahmad to create scaleable concepts. Listen to the conversation with Knead Hospitality & Design's Founder and Principal Jason Berry.

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • As a financial consultant, Umber Ahmad typically spent her days counseling people on how to expand their brands. Chef Tom Colicchio, heard about her baking hobby and asked for a taste. He must’ve liked it, because Umber became the first member of his “Tom Colicchio Discovery” brands group. She opened her bakery, Mazedar, and now is referred to as New York’s busiest baker. With her new location on the Capitol Riverfront, she’s likely to be D.C.’s busiest, too; • Renowned Chef Paul Yellin - also known as “The Rhum Chef" - is best known for being the owner and head chef at the Cane Rhum Bar in Charleston, South Carolina. Yellin describes himself as a “rum drinker with a cooking problem” who aims to bring Caribbean food, culture and rum to the world stage; • Andrew Darneille is the owner and driving force behind Smokecraft Modern Barbecue, an award-winning barbecue restaurant in Clarendon. Smokecraft Modern Barbecue’s award-winning techniques are tested and perfected on the competition circuit, and we hear from him how his team constantly pushes the boundaries of barbecue; • Susan Soorenko studied under renowned ice cream experts in New York and a master gelato maker in Italy and clearly her education paid off. Her rich, wholesome ice creams are so good, they’re the only ones sold on QVC in the past 20 years. Susan join us to discuss why everyone screams for her Moorenko ice creams.

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today's show: • As a financial consultant, Umber Ahmad typically spent her days counseling people on how to expand their brands. Chef Tom Colicchio, heard about her baking hobby and asked for a taste. He must've liked it, because Umber became the first member of his “Tom Colicchio Discovery” brands group. She opened her bakery, Mazedar, and now is referred to as New York's busiest baker. With her new location on the Capitol Riverfront, she's likely to be D.C.'s busiest, too; • Renowned Chef Paul Yellin - also known as “The Rhum Chef" - is best known for being the owner and head chef at the Cane Rhum Bar in Charleston, South Carolina. Yellin describes himself as a “rum drinker with a cooking problem” who aims to bring Caribbean food, culture and rum to the world stage; • Andrew Darneille is the owner and driving force behind Smokecraft Modern Barbecue, an award-winning barbecue restaurant in Clarendon. Smokecraft Modern Barbecue's award-winning techniques are tested and perfected on the competition circuit, and we hear from him how his team constantly pushes the boundaries of barbecue; • Susan Soorenko studied under renowned ice cream experts in New York and a master gelato maker in Italy and clearly her education paid off. Her rich, wholesome ice creams are so good, they're the only ones sold on QVC in the past 20 years. Susan join us to discuss why everyone screams for her Moorenko ice creams.

Growing up in Michigan, Umber Ahmad’s family stood out. Immigrants from Pakistan, they were living “1000 Arabian Nights,” she jokes. When Umber brought friends over for playdates, she dreamed there would be Little Debbie Snack Cakes. Her mom had other plans.

Umber Ahmad, founder of Mah-Ze-Dahr, steps onto the New York Launch Pod to discuss her bakery located in the West Village that is expanding to new locations in New York City and the Washington D.C. metro area. Mah-Ze-Dahr prides itself on the quality of its baked goods, its sustainable approach to food, and its commitment to hospitality, all in the effort to create a heritage brand. Before founding Mah-Ze-Dahr, Umber worked in finance while baking “on the side”. Through her work, she met celebrity chef Tom Colicchio who was blown away by her skills as a chef and implored her to start her own bakery. Since then, Mah-Ze-Dahr not only supplies JetBlue’s first class Mint program but has opened two businesses in New York City. In this episode we discuss the meaning of the Urdu word Mah-Ze-Dahr, how Umber developed her passion into a successful business, how Umber is looking to change the world through her delicious food and a whole lot more! For more information on Mah-Ze-Dahr visit: mahzedahrbakery.com/ Transcript available at: https://www.nylaunchpod.com/transcript-mahzedahr/

These days, everyone is hungry for more advice, especially about being an entrepreneur or finding smarter ways to run a business. For Follow The Leader, our special mini-series, we’re talking to four women at different stages of their careers about how they handle key aspects of their business. On this episode, host Kerry Diamond sits down with Umber Ahmad, the founder and financier behind Mah Ze Dahr Bakery in New York City. Before she was a baker, Umber worked as a finance executive and she’s here to share her hard-earned knowledge about raising money, financing your business, and planning for the future.Thank you to Uber Eats for supporting Follow The Leader. To learn more about working with Uber Eats, visit UberEats.com/Bombesquad.

Donate to the Unorthodox fundraising drive and help us keep going strong! Our Jewish guest is Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times Magazine writer and author of Fleischman is in Trouble. She tells us about the moment she learned her debut novel was a New York Times bestseller, why she writes from such a specific—and jewish—place, and why people are always asking her about Philip Roth. Our Gentile of the Week is Umber Ahmad, the banker-turned baker behind Mah-Ze-Dahr bakery in Manhattan's West Village. She brings us their delicious old-fashioned donuts, which are made with buttermilk, lemon zest, and vanilla bean and are fried and then glazed. She tells us about growing up in Northern Michigan to Pakistani immigrant parents, and learning from a young age to use food to tell stories and create community. Her question for the hosts is about how food became such an integral part of the Jewish holiday calendar. Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Umber Ahmad. Umber's family moved from Pakistan to Marquette a city in Northern Michigan right before she was born. She attended MIT for undergrad for a degree in genetics, went to U of M for a master's in public health and also holds a MBA from Upenn. She has worked extensively as an investment banker and counseled people on how to expand their own brands. When her famous chef client Tom Colicchio caught wind of her baking and tried it, he decided to back her as she opened her own bakery/wholesale business. This lead to the formation of an online bakery operation with international wholesale clients and the opening in 2013 of Mah-Ze-Dahr, her bakery storefront in Manhattan. The Line is powered by Simplecast

'The Taste Maker'.  Umber Ahmad has lived many lives in one lifetime. Professional violinist at 13. Pilot at 15. Aspiring surgeon at 18. Financier. Investor. Entrepreneur. And finally, (although probably not lastly) baker. She talks about the inspiration that set her on her path, the triumphs and despair she has encountered along the way, the moment when she realized that even $10 was more than she could afford, and how she turned a brothel into one of New York City's best bakeries. For more information: Mah-Ze-Dar Bakery www.FearlessCreativeLeadership.com

A five minute highlight of our full conversation.

Chatting with Umber Ahmad, investment powerhouse & Founder of Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery. Music edited from 'Something Elated' by Broke For Free. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Something_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Something_EP_-_05_Something_Elated From the Free Music Archive. CC Attribution 3.0 Produced by Rachel James. Positively Gotham Gal is proud to be made in NYC.