After spending 16 years traveling around the world as a private chef for Hollywood stars, Darek Makhoul moved back to Lansing and invested his skills in a new business, the Sugar Shack.
“I was traveling around and living out of a suitcase,” says Makhoul, who moved back to Lansing four years ago. “I moved every six weeks. I thought I’d move back to Michigan and open something fun for the Lansing community.”
The Sugar Shack opened in August and features a whole host of homemade sweets, including 15 original-recipe cupcakes like malted milk ball, lemon meringue, chocolate covered cherry, caramel apple and peanut butter and jelly. He also sells cookies and brownies.
“My goal is to sell a quality product and have excellent customer service,” he says. “I want to keep improving the product and changing the menu.”
The Sugar Shack, which has five employees, is located in an 800 square foot space at 2315 E. Grand River Ave. in Lansing.
“Business has been getting a little better every day,” he says.
Source: Darek Makhoul, Sugar Shack
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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