Second Daughter Baking Co.

Photograph by Traci Elaine
A team of two sisters and Philly natives who are crazy about food. Rhonda is a classically trained chef turned baker and graduate of The Culinary Institute of America. She has a bachelors degree in culinary and hospitality management.She has worked in the Philly restaurant industry for 8 years in various roles. Pastry has always had a gravitational pull over her. Rhonda made the shift in her career because of her fascination with pastry. Mercedes' background is in customer service. Working in hospitality over the years, she has developed an expertise and vision outstanding guests experience. Her work extends beyond front of the house into a passion for creating new desserts items and baking. Within the first year of business, they were able to snag a Best of Philly for their brownies and a become Semi-finalists for outstanding baker by the James Beard foundation.
Community is one of their core values. To support other artists by bringing awareness to their business and utilizing their products within Second Daughter.
We are a bakery without a store front inside of the BOK Building. We operate on a solely on a pre-order basis.