RICHARD A. BONTEMPO
40 Years of Sweat & Dough
Learn More >Based in Brodheadsville, PA, Richard A. Bontempo founded RB Bake-Tech LLC in 2008. Richard is currently the owner and operator of this baking services company and the top sales representative across the globe for Gold Coast Ingredients.
His passion for helping others be the best that they can be in their journey has allowed him to develop a successful business and happy customers. Richard specializes in baking consulting services, including formulation help and troubleshooting, and is Brodheadsville’s expert in baking flavors and ingredients.
His decades of experience and knowledge has made him one of the most sought-after baking partners in the Northeast United States.
Richard is excited to help his clients with product development and testing, acquiring difficult-to-find ingredients, and share his expertise in stabilizers, natural mold inhibitors, and GCI flavors.
Bakery Consulting
Decades of experience and knowledge into various consulting services such as troubleshooting, formulation help, procurement assistance, and workflow guidance.
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Flavor Crafting
Richard sells GCI flavors, including everything from their extensive catalog. Choose from a wide selection of flavors.
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Product Development
Developing new dessert and bread recipes with services including counsel, providing direction, and design. He also has a fully stocked test kitchen for customers to create their masterpieces.
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Request Samples
Feel free to request up to 5 4oz. Flavor samples of any flavor under the sun!
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Richard’s familiarity with the industry and market, paired with his relationship and connection to Gold Coast Inc. makes him an incredible resource for many bakers looking to find the ingredients (even hard-to-find ingredients) that they need for their recipes and plans.
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Industry Experience
Working His Way Up
After Richard obtained his baking degree at Dunwoody Institute of Minneapolis in 1977, he opened a bakery in South Somerville, NJ.
He was the owner and chief baker of Richard’s Amwell Bakery for 6 years, at which point he moved to Manville, NJ to supervise the wholesale bread manufacturing facility of Somerset Bakery, followed by supervising the Aramark Inc. Basking Ridge department for 9 years.
After managing Salsons Bakery in Metuchen, NJ for 5 years and Old Dutch (later Irmark Foods) for 3 years, Richard moved back to Minneapolis where he became an Area Technical Services Manager for General Mills until 2008.
About Richard
Richard is a family man and loves spending time with his two grandsons. His woodworking creations also keep him busy outside of his professional passion for baking.
His artistic abilities have earned him quite a few remarkable experiences. Richard once made dessert for George Bush Sr. and had the opportunity to make 24ft x 6ft holiday cakes to feed 3,000 people!
His most impressive baking accomplishments are eaten every day by customers of some of the largest commercial baking companies in the world.
His unique talent to create a wildly delicious dessert from conception to completion has earned him many rewards professionally and personally.
Richard’s extraordinary commitment to helping bakers achieve their goals is one of the main reasons that most of his clients were referred to him.
