23-05-2025
What's that? Nevada-based Perenn Bakery opening its first Tennessee location in Franklin
From the Culinary Institute of America in New York to Lake Tahoe in Nevada, Aubrey and Tyler O'Laskey's lives have been surrounded by food.
Now they are bringing their European-style bakery and rotisserie to downtown Franklin.
After graduating from the cooking school in Hyde Park, New York, the couple relocated and tried several ventures before opening their own storefront in Nevada.
'When we moved to Lake Tahoe, we became private chefs because there wasn't a huge private chef population,' Aubrey O'Laskey said. 'After that, so many people asked us to cater, so we created a catering company.'
They also began to bake their own bread to serve with their meals. After they realized that many customers wanted to buy just the bread, they took the next step and opened a bakery, Perenn.
'It was a tiny little bakery with only 800 square feet to begin with,' Aubrey O'Laskey said. 'It was just a way of us seeing what was kind of needed in the community, and then we expanded into opening the grocery.'
After 10 years operating in the Southwest, the O'Laskey's decided to pack up their four kids, two dogs, a cat and even a support beta fish and move to Williamson County.
'We were interested in moving because we really missed the growing seasons on big farms,' Aubrey O'Laskey said. "We had been looking into Idaho and Utah, but just by chance, a customer from Franklin convinced us.'
One of their local customers had recently relocated to Reno from Franklin and said that many people in the area would love to have a bakery like Perenn.
'Three days later, we flew here to explore for 48 hours and fell in love.'
Since relocating, the O'Laskey's have connected with local farms, including Bloomsbury, and created Bread Rover, a mobile truck that drives around the downtown Franklin area delivering freshly baked bread.
' We're incorporating a little bit more of those grocery goods, so there's things that you can take home to eat, as well as grab breakfast or lunch,' O'Laskey said.
Their European bakery and rotisserie, has grown to several locations and even has a location in Nevada called Claio that is described as 'Perenn's fun little sister.'
With Claio being such a big hit, some have asked if the new Franklin location will also play host to it.
"Everyone was asking, 'Are you bringing Claio to Nashville?'' O'Laskey said. 'Maybe one day we will, but for now, we've incorporated aspects such as the rotisserie into Perenn.'
With the date of their grand opening approaching, Franklin's newest residents are ecstatic for locals to come in and try some of their baked goods and recipes.
They officially open their doors at 94 E. Main St. on May 31.
A Nashville location, which serves as their bread production kitchen along with retail and pastry, will be located at 2934 Sidco Road, Suite 130. An opening date has yet to be announced.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: From Reno to Franklin: Perenn Bakery opens first Middle TN location
