Church's, world-renowned fried chicken restaurant, opens location in Omaha (2024)

WHOOP. WELCOME BACK. WE’RE HERE WITH NOW SERVING PARTNERED WITH VISIT OMAHA. WE’RE HERE AT THE OMAHA BAKERY IN BELLEVUE. LOOK AT ALL THIS GORGEOUS STUFF HERE. HERE WITH ME IS THE OWNER, MICHELLE. MICHELLE, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BAKING? I’VE BEEN BAKING PROFESSIONALLY. 35 YEARS. WOW. IT’S A LONG TIME. LET’S GET RIGHT INTO SOME OF THESE DELICIOUS TREATS. MASSIVE CAKE HERE. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS CUSTOM CAKE. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO THAT’S A CUSTOM WEDDING CAKE. WE DO A LOT OF CUSTOM CAKES. PEOPLE CALL IT AS AND THEY WANT THE CRAZIEST OF ON THEIR CAKES. AND WE PRETTY MUCH CAN PUT THEIR IDEAS TO CAKE. WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU PUT ON A CAKE? OKAY, SO JUST THIS WEEK, WE HAD SOMEBODY THEY SENT US PICTURES OF THEIR BULLDOG AND WE ARE CUSTOM DESIGNING A BULLDOG TO GO ON THEIR CAKE. SO, I MEAN, EVERYTHING GOES IN THIS BUSINESS. YOU REALLY HAVE TO JUST BE OPEN TO A LOT OF CREATIVITY AND YOUR BIG THING, THOUGH, ARE THE CHEESECAKES. YES. YOU WERE ON THE FOOD NETWORK, RIGHT? YES, I WAS ON THE FOOD NETWORK IN 2018. OKAY. AND TELL ME WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR CHEESECAKES? WELL, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, BECAUSE DUFF GOLDMAN SAID WERE THE BEST HE’D EVER HAD. SO THAT’S KIND OF MY CLAIM TO FAME ON THAT. BUT WHAT MAKES OUR CHEESECAKES SO SPECIAL IS THEY’RE A NEW YORK CHEESECAKE. THEY’RE SLOW BAKED TO GET A SUPER CREAMY TEXTURE AND HERE WE HAVE OUR PEANUT BUTTER CUPS. SO AS A LAYER, A CHOCOLATE COOKIES, CAKE, A LAYER OF PEANUT BUTTER, CHEESECAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE, FRESH WHIPPED CREAM, PEANUT BUTTER CUPS AND MORE PEANUT BUTTER. THIS IS OUR PUMPKIN STREUSEL CHEESECAKE. WE LIKE TO CALL IT A PUMPKIN PIE AND THIS IS OUR OREO COOKIES AND CREAM SPEAKS. OREO THAT’S LIKE THAT SAYS IT ALL. BUT THAT SOUNDS DELICIOUS. SO BUT ALSO IF PEOPLE WANT TO KIND OF CUSTOMIZE OWN STUFF, THEY CAN BUILD THEIR OWN CINNAMON ROLLS. YES. SO WE JUST LAUNCHED BUILD YOUR OWN CINNAMON ROLL ON NATIONAL CINNAMON ROLL DAY AND HERE I HAVE OUR PEANUT BUTTER BACON CINNAMON ROLL. IT’S A PEANUT BUTTER CINNAMON ROLL WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING WITH BACON, PEANUT BUTTER CUP AND MORE PEANUT BUTTER. OUR PEANUT BUTTER ROLLS ARE MY GRANDMA’S RECIPE. BUT THEN I TOOK IT A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND BACON. THIS IS OUR S’MORES ROLL. IT’S A TRADITIONAL CINNAMON ROLL WITH, A CARMEL FROSTING. AND THEN IT’S GOT MARSHMALLOWS AND GRAHAM CRACKERS AND CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND GANACHE AND CARAMEL. AND THIS IS OUR FROSTED MONKEY ROLL. AND IT’S A STICKY BUN WITH PECANS AND CALM, HOMEMADE CARAMEL WITH CARAMEL FROSTING, MORE PECANS, AND THEN CARAMEL ON TOP AND BASE. YOU CAN COME IN, CHOOSE YOUR ROLL, CHOOSE YOUR FROSTING. YOU CAN DO ONE OF OUR CLASSIC OPTIONS OR DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ON A ROLL. YEAH. AND JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, QUICK, QUICKLY, TELL ME, WHY ARE YOU SO PASSIONATE ABOUT BAKING? BECAUSE MY GRANDMA, BOTH MY GRANDMOTHERS WERE BAKERS. MY MOM IS A BAKER. LIKE MY WHOLE FAMILY. EVERY TIME I CREATE SOMETHING OR I BAKE SOMETHING, IT BRINGS ME BACK TO THOSE FOND MEMORIES OF BEING A CHILD WITH MY GRANDMA’S. AND IT’S IT. IT DOESN’T GET BETTER THAN THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHELLE. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON VISIT OMAHA. PLUS ALL THE OTHER RESTAURANTS NOW