Shaw Dixon, founder of Baked in Seattle will be at the company's 'Grand Opening Celebration' Thursday, June 10th, 2010 6-9 p.m as they bring their products to West Seattle's Blue Willow Luncheonette, at 4310 SW Oregon St..

Baked In Seattle's mission is to balance culinary pleasure with local purveyor/merchant support and aggressive charitable donations to Seattle non-profits Lifelong AIDS Alliance, KEXP Listener-Powered Radio, Seattle Out And Proud, Country Doctor Community Health Center and Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest.

Baked In Seattle products utilize Pacific Northwest ingredients, eggs without steroids, hormones, stimulants or cages, recyclable compostable packaging, and their desserts contain no trans fat. Baked In Seattle uses Shepherd's Grain "identity preserved" Food Alliance Certified flour, traceable back to its originating environmentally-sustainable Northwest family farm.

Dixon spent 15 years cooking in Chicago's fine dining restaurants and 2 years food service manager/cook at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Metropolitan Park Tower.

Visitors will enjoy free appetizers, wine, mini-cheesecake and fruit-filled crumblepie at Baked In Seattle's new home in West Seattle.