Founded in 1902 by John & Louise Baggenstoss, Swiss immigrants who moved to Tennessee in the 1880s, the Dutch Maid Bakery is Tennessee’s oldest family-owned bakery.

The Dutch Maid was rebuilt in the 1920’s after an errant ember burned the bakery, but many of the ovens, mixers, and other pieces of equipment are the same that ones that have been used since then.

The bakery stayed in the Baggenstoss family and extended family until 2003, at which point it was closed. Cindy Day, the Executive Chef and Baker, saw the bakery for sale while visiting the area and immediately knew that she had to buy and restore the bakery to its former glory.

After purchasing the bakery in 2005, Cindy and her family reopened the Dutch Maid 18 months later, with the original spirit still intact, upholding the Dutch Maid tradition of baking from scratch.