Nathalie Shtern was at an impasse. The mother of five children, Shtern — a licensed criminologist — was looking to change careers after her third child.
“I wasn’t really that excited about going back into my field,” she told Global News.
Three years ago, she decided to go to culinary school.
The result of all that hard work? An upscale doughnut shop on Décarie Boulevard called “DoughNats,” which is a play on her name.
“I just went in head first, heart first, and hoped for the best,” she said.
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Baking doughnuts, she said, was the aspect of cooking she found the most rewarding.
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The shop creates different lines of bite-size doughnuts set to roughly match the seasons.
One of Shtern’s most popular doughnuts is the True-doh named for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to Shtern, his office ordered three dozen recently through a proxy.
Part of the business wholesales to cafes and pastry shops in Montreal, while part of the business sells to individuals, with the minimum order being a half-dozen for $10. DoughNats also creates vegan, gluten-free and baked doughnuts for those with allergies or health concerns.
A Global News reporter asked how the business could thrive in such a unique niche — bite-sized doughnuts.
“I think I realized why — we’re delivering happiness. They’re little bites of happiness.”
The next season of doughnut types is set to come out next week.
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