WEBVTT - Melanie Wideman Full Interview 0:00:01.200 --> 0:00:04.160 Now is the chance to use reliable energy to grow 0:00:04.200 --> 0:00:08.639 your money with the Dominion Energy Reliability Investment. Our new 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:13.360 investment product offers competitive returns, no maintenance fees and flexible 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:17.279 online access to your money. Make the Reliable investment in 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:22.560 reliable energy the Dominion Energy Reliability Investment. To find out more, 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:27.960 go online to Reliability Investment dot com. That's Reliability Investment 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:34.840 dot com. There's Jean McDonald, my next Yest. I already 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:37.480 told her she cain't come in my studio without food 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:41.000 and gives what she wrote some food. When ardent from 0:00:41.000 --> 0:00:43.520 next my next nest company, a Little Slice of Heaven, 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:47.000 you can expect to get custom made to autobate goods 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:49.880 which I'm eating right now. Is that with you in mind? 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.600 From birthdays to showers, graduation parties to weddings, A Little 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:55.800 Slice of Heaven, which is the name of her business, 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:58.760 would create a custom centerpiece that we enjoyed by all. 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:00.720 If you go on my website, if you're going on 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.240 my social media, she made me for my birthday. It 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:07.640 is beautiful, local design, cake of money making conversation. Nobody 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:09.560 ever did that for me in my life. It was 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:12.720 like a total surprise and she's back in studio because 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:17.320 we believe you should taste as good as it looks, really, 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:20.720 you know, and that not only was the logo good looking, 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:24.640 but the food was better all gates, all guests. I 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:27.679 believe that when you raping by food, it should be 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.720 the experience and then the I would like to sell 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.000 the desserts that have made it a little A little 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.920 slice of heaven is truly an experience. Please work with 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:40.759 the money making conversation, Melanie wide money. Thank you so 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.680 much for having me. It's a pleasure to be here 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:47.600 again with you today. Bearing treats again, of course based 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.960 on the tell everybody about sweet that I'm eating. It's 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:54.160 gonna give me time to tall eat a little bit snap. 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:59.120 So I brought for Rushan today our best selling flavor, 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:03.240 which is many lemon pound cakes, and we ship these 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:07.600 all across the nation and a two count, six count 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:11.440 or a twelve count um. So we've shipped over thirty 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.720 states across the US, and we will definitely left to 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.560 ship to your doorstep fresh from our ovens. But that 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.120 is what you're eating now. My mother developed that recipe 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:26.000 leon right, lemon, that's right, it's not overly lemon it's 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:29.359 more in the middle. It's like that this mini buntcake, right, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.960 that's right, But I do them in full size as well. 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.519 Just work for me, right because you know, I don't 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.240 have to worry about slicing anything. The mini buntcake, you know, 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.799 it's just like you know, just putting your hand, pick 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.320 that plastic off of and just just snack on it. 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.960 That's right. And then while you're driving, make sure you 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:51.480 keep the plastic right, so the chron phone falling driving. 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:54.440 So I got a technique. So I'm gonna have a 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:56.480 fight with my wife now. I'm gonna tell you right now, 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:58.840 because I'm gonna sneak him in the house keeping in 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.280 the outside refrigeration it. I won't bring him. I parked 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:04.440 my car. They're gonna stay out there. Maybe she won't 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:09.000 notice why I'm standing in the garage. So long to 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:15.960 wiping my lips. Baby, everything good. You shows out there 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:18.920 a lot, don't worry about it. It's cold like them. 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:22.400 So how all this baking begin? So I grew up 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:26.320 in the household of people who love to bake and 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.160 make food from scratch, and so that's how my love 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:33.280 began of baking. My mother was a scratch baker, and 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.440 I used to help her in the kitchen, and I 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:39.120 used to love to hand her the ingredients and of 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:43.400 course after she got finished beating all the ingredients stuff, 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.240 I would get to lick the bowls. Who doesn't love that? 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:50.680 So that's how I began just loving all things about 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.720 cake and and that's when I developed that love and passion. 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.480 What type of product does your baker Real offer? So, 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:58.920 which is, by the way, a little slice of him, 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.520 that's right, look at up on social media, a little 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.960 slice they have and bakery. So we offer all types 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.920 of different cakes like you just had the pound cake. 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.360 We do them in meaning form as well as full 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:15.440 size having right now, that's right, that's right. We also 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.880 do dessert style cakes, which are your homestyle cakes like 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:24.560 red velvet cake and UM chocolate cake and um premium 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:28.640 flavors like strawberry and key lime and German chocolate. So 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:32.240 we offer those. But we also offer, as you stated before, 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.839 custom cakes, cakes that really take you to another level 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:40.400 because they are designed with you the client in mind, 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:44.240 and those are available locally for our local clients. And 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:49.400 I do sculptic cakes, cakes with three D edible creations 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:53.600 design whatever you have in mind. I can make it 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.440 because a lot, you know, because I've have a head 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:59.880 all about daughter. I did a like a fantasy king 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.040 the type cake. She was so young, she didn't understand, 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:05.560 you know, all that money. She don't even know what's 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:10.880 going on. Really bothered from me. It was my fantasy. 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.520 And so when I when I talk about what was it? 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:17.279 What was the longest length of time from start to 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.200 finish you've done on the cake? And what what cake 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:22.560 was that? Wow? So I spent a lot of time 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.400 on my custom creations, but the one that took me 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:29.159 probably the longest, is thirty six hours total. It was 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.040 one I made for my youngest son. It was a 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:35.440 toy box cake, and so I made all the little 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:39.679 toys and details, wood grain floor, I had the toy 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:44.120 box elevated, I had it open and had a custom rug. 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.760 It had a toy block spelling out his name, and 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:55.760 it was absolutely wonderful. All of it was. Yeah, it's 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:58.560 been over a year since the last saw you. That's right, okay, 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:02.560 because that's my anniversary. So some things have been happening 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.240 positive in your life. Business been doing well, but we 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:09.080 may be seeing you on the small screen. That's right. Actually, 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.440 the big screen because we are about to them be 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:16.400 making our television debut on the Food Network. That was 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:21.279 the highlight, definitely the highlights of my career. Being invited 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.680 out to California to film for a new show called 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:30.640 Winner Cake All. It's uh aired. It started airing on 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:35.599 January seventh of this year. In our episode is February eleventh. 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.000 It's a Monday at ten pm. So I can't wait 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:43.120 to see me on the screen and see how it's 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:46.560 been edited. But it was a wonderful, wonderful it spen. 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.799 How were you selected for that? It's called Winner Cake 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:53.440 All Winter Cake All. That's right. I was selected. I applied, 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:57.520 I sent my portfolio. When they saw all the different 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.760 creations that I've made, they were interested than my work. 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:04.520 Then they called me. I did the telephone interview, like 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.680 love my personality and they're like, we gotta have you. 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:12.240 So what was the goal of Internet contest our internet 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:14.960 television show? What? What? What was the purpose? The purpose 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:20.200 was just to challenge myself personally. I know I'm capable 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.880 with any type of design, but you know, when you're 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.600 on a Food network type show is like competition base. 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.560 So that was definitely something that I stepped out of 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:34.120 my comfort zone for but I knew that I wanted 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.280 a little slice of Head and Bakery to be a 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.960 household name. And in order to be able to have 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.200 that kind of exposure, you have to put yourself out. 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.120 What is the format? How do how does it work? Okay? 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:50.400 So the show is four teams up to compete, and 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.240 there's two rounds. One is the top a round which 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:56.600 you get one hour, and then one team is eliminated, 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.320 and then it goes on to a second round, which 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:02.120 is the cake round. You get five hours for that, 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:05.840 and then whoever wins that is the winner, Winner, Cake All. 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:08.720 So we can't tell us and I can't tell us. 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.840 You're all gonna have to watch Favorite eleven at ten 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:20.400 pm Eastern. Watch me watch you don't watch a loser? 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.920 But what was what was the most difficult moment in 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:28.679 the show for you? Winner Take All, Cake Alls call, 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.080 which would be airing on The Food That Works on 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.960 February eleven, which is a monthm What was it? Because 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:36.680 you know you woke in there and I've been in 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:40.840 these kitchens. You know the oven looks different, heats different, 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.480 It's set up, everything set up supposed to be even 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.440 what was the trippy part of the production for you. 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:49.839 The trippy part for me is I like to be 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:53.640 behind the scenes. I like to just create, so I 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.400 don't like being in front of camera. So that was 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.440 kind of nerve wracking to have all those lights, all 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.240 the camera it's just directly in your face while you're 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:04.920 trying to work and them calling out you got five minutes, 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.800 you've got two minutes, so you know, the time pressure, 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.920 not knowing the surroundings of the kitchen because they gave 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:15.439 us a tour like immediately and they said go, So 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:18.120 you're trying to scramble to the fine things. So that 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:21.679 was definitely a lot of pressure. Definitely a lot of stress, 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:25.360 but the experience was just absolutely amazing. Well that's really good. 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.280 That's really good there because you know, I look at 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.200 individuals like you and know this is just one step, 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.480 but it's a magical step. And I always always tell 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:37.400 people the temper themselves, you know, don't don't look at 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.080 this like the lottery. This is what you just you 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.600 be on TV many more times. You know, you you'd 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.200 be exposed many more time, and each time you get 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:48.800 exposed to give you another level of opportunity. To be 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.920 successful because next time you be on TV, you're gonna go, yeah, 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.000 I remember I did this, but I'm gonna do it. 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.640 I'm a handred like this, or I won't talk so fast, 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.720 or my nerves. I know how to calm them down 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:04.800 a better. I'll tell you something. You know. I'm teasing, 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:08.439 you know because with my sister, so she talked to fast. 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.760 I can understand it, but I don't think they understand anything. 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:13.280 You're sati shot. I go. So I have my little 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:15.800 critique team out there, you know, because I don't like 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:19.319 watching myself on TV until way like a moth past 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:22.760 I watched Oh yeah, because it's really difficult. Steve Harvey, 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.439 he's never watched himself on TV because it's really hard 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.640 to watch yourself, you know, unless you a method actor 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.480 or you try to create a dramatic moment. If you're 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.400 just a regular person. You're not just sitting at the 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:37.520 home my show. Don't nobody does that, you know, because 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.360 you gotta you want to move on and create multiple 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.960 streams of income so you can be very successful in 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.120 your craft. And that's what you're doing. So tell us 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.280 one more time about Little Slice of Heaven and how 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:50.160 we can orders some of baked goods online. That's right. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.319 So for those of you all who are not local 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:57.760 to Atlanta, you can still benefit from our bake goods. 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.839 You can visit us at w W dot a L 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:06.480 s H Bakery dot com and you can order your 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.120 mini pound cakes, your full size pound cakes and they'll 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.240 be shipped directly to your doorstep. You know something, I 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.800 first of all, as as an individual who started this 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:19.240 brand to give exposure to young entrepreneurs, I can continue 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:22.600 a young portunuere in this business trying to find avenues 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:26.240 just to get the word out. And again, my commitment 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:28.120 to you, as if I say the first time I 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.760 met you was to help you be successful. I will 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:34.280 definitely be posting um this on the social media. In fact, 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.079 when on Monday when it airs, I'll be posting myself 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.960 eating one of your delicious lemon mini bunk cakes and 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:45.560 promoting that. You'll be on February level on Winner Cake 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:50.120 all ten pm. That's a Monday on the Food Network. 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.400 That's right. You're open to coming to my studio anytime, 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:57.040 especially when you bring food. But Ms Wideman, you're wonderful, 0:11:57.240 --> 0:12:00.719 You're gifted again, don't make it be a year. It 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.040 won't be a year, and I'm about to open the 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:07.079 storefront actually, so be looking out for our social media 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.360 so you can see when we will be having our 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:12.880 grand opening when you can get some more sweetly, thank 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:16.400 you appreciate it as Medley a widement. Now is the 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:19.720 chance to use reliable energy to grow your money with 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:24.760 the Dominion Energy Reliability Investment. Our new investment product offers 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:29.280 competitive returns, no maintenance fees and flexible online access to 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:33.560 your money. 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