About Us

Located in West Town Chicago, Aya Pastry celebrates the best of seasonal ingredients, with products crafted with precision and love by Pastry Chef Aya Fukai. Aya Pastry offers a creative take on signature breads along with celebratory cakes, whimsical sweets, and breakfast pastries. 

Our mission is to spread smiles by sharing our crave-worthy treats.  We would love to be able to bring Michelin star quality to your table.

Aya won Eater’s National Pastry Chef of the Year in 2016, was nominated in 2017 for James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef, and won the Chicago Tribune’s Pastry Chef of the Year in 2018.  The bakery recently received the "Best New Baked Good Empire" title for the 2021 Eater Awards.