Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
There’s a new place in town serving up donuts with a difference.
Auntie M’s Bakery and Café held its grand opening, offering a menu that is entirely gluten- and dairy-free.
For chef and owner Michaela Buteau, the bakery is about more than satisfying a sweet tooth. It grew out of her own health journey and a career she once thought she would have to leave behind.
After earning a degree in baking and pastry arts, Buteau discovered that she would have to cut gluten and dairy from her diet. But finding food that fit her needs was difficult, and so was figuring out what that meant for the career she had worked toward for years.
Read more: wset.com/news/local/auntie-ms-brings-gluten-and-dairy-free-donuts-to-lynchburg-august-2026
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There’s a new place in town serving up donuts with a difference.
Auntie M’s Bakery and Café held its grand opening, offering a menu that is entirely gluten- and dairy-free.
For chef and owner Michaela Buteau, the bakery is about more than satisfying a sweet tooth. It grew out of her own health journey and a career she once thought she would have to leave behind.
After earning a degree in baking and pastry arts, Buteau discovered that she would have to cut gluten and dairy from her diet. But finding food that fit her needs was difficult, and so was figuring out what that meant for the career she had worked toward for years.
Read more: wset.com/news/local/auntie-ms-brings-gluten-and-dairy-free-donuts-to-lynchburg-august-2026
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For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit wset.com
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Email us: newsdesk@wset.com
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WSET is a VA based station and an ABC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates
#wset #wsettv #wsetabcnews13 #lynchburgnews #breakingnews #lynchburg #trending #localnews #news #glutenfree #dairyfree #donuts #donut #bakery
