Mumbai-based dessert brand Love & Flour by Chef Sarah Patka builds a zero-wastage, pre-order-led business model

 Apr 18: Mumbai-based dessert brand Love & Flour, founded by pastry chef Sarah Patka, is building a trusted homegrown business through a zero-wastage, pre-order model, offering an alternative to traditional bakery formats in a highly competitive market.

With over a decade of experience in luxury hospitality, Sarah transitioned from hotel kitchens to entrepreneurship, combining technical precision with a clear, quality-driven approach to dessert-making. A graduate of Anjuman-I-Islam’s Institute of Hotel Management, she trained at The Taj Mahal Palace and later worked with Trident Hotels. While these roles shaped her discipline and operational rigour, the structured environment led her to explore a more independent and creative path.

In 2015, she launched Love & Flour as a home-run bakery, following a period of training and development under chefs including Chef Pooja Dhingra of Le15 Patisserie and Chef Tarranum Merchant of Love Sugar Dough. The brand was built on a defining principle, a strict pre-order system designed to eliminate food wastage, paired with a no-substitution approach to ingredients.