
H O W I T A L L S T A R T E D
IT ALL STARTED WITH MIKE'S MOTHER, KATHY, THE INSPIRATION BEHIND DONUT LOVE. FOR AS LONG AS HE COULD REMEMBER, MIKE WOULD HEAR HIS MOTHER EXPRESS HER DESIRE TO OPEN A BAKERY WHERE ALL FAMILY MEMBERS COULD WORK AND SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
KATHY LOST HER LONG COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER IN 2016. SHORTLY AFTER, MIKE, A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER, WAS HOME ON PATERNITY LEAVE AND BRAINSTORMING WAYS TO HONOR HIS MOTHER. THATS WHEN IT HIT HIM. DONUTS! WHO DOESN'T LOVE A GOOD DONUT!? AFTER MANY RECIPE EXPERIMENTS IN HIS KITCHEN WITH A TINY FRYOLATOR, THE POTATO CONCOCTION WAS BORN.
MIKE'S DONUTS ARE DIFFERENT AND DELICIOUS. CRUNCHY ON THE OUTSIDE AND CAKEY ON THE INSIDE. AFTER GAINING A HUGE FOLLOWING THROUGH FARMERS MARKETS AND HOME DELIVERIES ACROSS THE GREATER SEACOAST AREA, THE DONUT LOVE SHOP FINALLY OPENED IN NORTH HAMPTON IN THE SUMMER OF 2017.
IF YOU HEAD OVER TO THEIR SHOP ON LAFAYETTE RD., YOU CAN OFTEN FIND MIKE'S WIFE, STEPH BEHIND THE REGISTER AND THE DONUT KING HIMSELF, WHIPPING UP HIS NEXT DELICIOUS DONUT CREATION IN THEIR OPEN KITCHEN. THEIR INFECTIOUS SMILES WILL HAVE YOU GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR.
MIKE AND STEPH ARE PROUD TO UPHOLD THEIR VISION OF ALWAYS USING FRESH, WHOLESOME, AND LOCAL INGREDIENTS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR PRODUCTS. THEIR DONUTS ARE MADE WITH LOVE TO HONOR AN INCREDIBLE MOTHER AND IN TURN IT SERVES HER MISSION OF BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER OVER DELICIOUS TREATS.
