James Beard Award-winning chef closing popular Berkeley bakery

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Pie Society quickly grew in popularity with pop-ups across the Bay Area in 2020, and moved into a commercial kitchen in Berkeley that fall.

Pie Society is saying goodbye. Angela Pinkerton, a James Beard Award-winning pastry chef who once worked at Eleven Madison Park, started baking"grandma-style" pies when she found herself out of work in 2020. Pie Society quickly grew in popularity with pop-ups across theThis week, Pinkerton shared the news onthat she had decided to wind down business at Pie Society. SFGATE could not reach Pinkerton for comment in time for publication.

"My decision to close, may be a bit bittersweet but all my own," she wrote in a separate post on her personalMarch will be Pie Society's last regular month at the Berkeley headquarters, although in April it will also remain open for walk-in purchases and order pickups on Saturdays only through April 22, the bakery said.that she decided to close for personal reasons — her one-year lease is coming to an end, and she needed a break.

This won't be the end of Pinkerton's passion fruit bay leaf meringue or walnut pecan bourbon chocolate pies, though. She shared on Instagram that she'll continue to hold pop-ups and online sales through the summer. She'll also still be subleasing space at the Berkeley commercial kitchen, she just won't be the primary tenant anymore, according to

 

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