1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Seacrest with you one or two point seven, La. Thank 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: you for listening. However you do it, assistanty tiny in 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: the back room. We're all here, so you know, I've 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: not a sugar person, more of a sweet like a 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: savory person than a sweet person, a salty person than 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: a sugary person. However, somebody who's with me all the 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: time like sugar and can have sugar and not have 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: any effects on there to them, right, like higher metabolism. Yeah, 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: I hear you, which so I try to avoid. However, 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: said person ordered the other night an ice cream sandwich 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: chocolate chip cookies and ice cream in the middle of 12 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: vanilla rolled in Oreos and said to me, oh, this 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 1: is the best thing I've ever had. And I said, 14 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: not interested, and she said, oh, you should take a bite, 15 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: and I did and it changed me. Eve took the 16 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: cookie sandwich, and now it's a disaster. Now I'm craving sweet. Yeah, man, 17 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: And that's why I wanted to just lean into it 18 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: and bring in Barb Batiste of B Sweet Sawtell in 19 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: the Grange in West la as our hometown hustler pastry chef. 20 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 1: A pastry chef. And if you like brownies, wait until 21 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: you hear this. But this is a feature we do called. 22 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: I'm a Hustle Bit. 23 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 1: Hometown Hustler Barbatinis the West LA. We're celebrating local business 24 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: as people doing what they love. And you worked as 25 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: the executive pastry chef at the Lowes Santa Monica Beach 26 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: Hotel and the head pastry chef at an La Art 27 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: Gallery and now you got your own spot, which is 28 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: Filipino inspired desserts. 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: Congratulation nice, Thank you so much. I appreciate that. So 30 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: how did you you? 31 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: We're well, I mean, we're into sugar right now. I 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: try to fight it, but I couldn't help it. And 33 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: I'm looking at your Instagram. It looks so good. How 34 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: did you make the move from working for other people 35 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: to do in your own thing? I think that's interesting 36 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: for people. 37 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: Gosh, you know, it wasn't planned. My husband talked about 38 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: my chocolate chip banana bread, which I've been making for 39 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: him for years and he's been sending it to clients. 40 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: Can't wait for you to try that, And he said, 41 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: you know what, you should probably get together with a 42 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: friend of ours and start your business. So my business partner, Kurt, 43 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: and I started the Sleep fourteen years ago, and it 44 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 2: just it took off. I mean I started from my 45 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: home kitchen and then I rented a kitchen for about 46 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 2: twenty five dollars an hour, which I thought was just insane. 47 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: How am I going to afford this? And you know, 48 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: just kind of selling it, you know, in Santa Monica. 49 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 2: Actually it started in a little place called Ocean Park Caste. 50 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: They bought a loaf of bread from me, and I 51 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 2: called my husband crying, saying, I think I'm going to 52 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 2: be wealthy, going to help them for bread for sixteen 53 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: dollars the load. 54 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: What's an expensive loaf of bread? Ocean parkast It was a. 55 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 2: Large one, real larger, I'm really big, and full of 56 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: chocolate chips and fresh bananas and so yeah, they loved it, 57 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: and soon they started to, you know, to ask for 58 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 2: more things like cookies and cupcakes, and so I started 59 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: doing that. And then I had a friend who worked 60 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 2: for Nike, and she called me and said, hey, you know, 61 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 2: we have a meeting. Why don't you bring some of 62 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: those cupcakes and cookies over. I did that, and soon 63 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: enough I was starting to do catering for them, their coaches, 64 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 2: clinics and things like that. You would think Nike, it's 65 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: not so healthy, but those desserts turned into more savory 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: items as well, and I have been catering for them 67 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: for the last fourteen years, which is as long as 68 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 2: I've had my business. 69 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: It's called b Sweet Dessert Bar, open in West La Plus. 70 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: You can check out our offerings at Downtown Disney. But 71 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: if you want to see these things and you need 72 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: to treat yourself, go to at my bee let her 73 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: be Sweet on Instagram. Bar the list of things, the 74 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: six layer brownie, the chocolate chip cookie, little Devil's so 75 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: it all looks so nu. Thank you for being our 76 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: hometown hustler. Congratulations. 77 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I appreciate it and I'm. 78 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:17,239 Speaker 1: A huge fand well, thank you. We are becoming bigger 79 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: fans of yours after that description of everything, so thanks 80 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: for being on with us. Congratulations guys. So, if you've 81 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: got your own business and you're looking for a little 82 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: spotlight to be shown on it, you can go to 83 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: kiss I'm dot com slashustler to nominate a hometown Hustler.