 In 2000 Warren left his career as a lawyer to become a baker.
Armed with a credit card and a sense that people wanted something better than
what was currently on the market, he founded CakeLove, a bakery. With luck and
fortunate timing, both the public and media recognized his passion and delicious
scratch-made cakes.
His career up until then had been varied but tied to a theme of health education
and an admiration for the human body. Warren began professional work as a health
educator in Providence, RI in 1993 teaching reproductive health education and
continued that work as a health educator in Los Angeles, California focusing on
tobacco and reproductive health. His passion for providing honest and frank
discussion about reproductive health compelled him to attend law school, aiming
to earn credentials to gain authority and effect change in the curricula of
reproductive health for youth in America.
After passing the New York bar exam in 1998, Warren practiced health care law
from 1998 to 2000 in the office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. He litigated against alleged fraudulent health
care providers on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services and
enforced emergency-room regulations against hospitals and health care
professionals.
In 1999 Warren pursued a New Year’s resolution that changed his life. He
resolved to end his fear of flour and learn to bake. Although he began cooking
as a young boy and practiced constantly over the years by sharing his creations
with friends and family, baking was unfamiliar territory. His resolution
uncovered a new dimension in the kitchen that he quickly recognized was his
calling.
Warren opened CakeLove bakery in March 2002 and then opened Love Cafe in August
2003.
He has been recognized in the national media, including The Oprah Winfrey Show,
The Today Show, NBC Dateline, Fox News Sunday, GQ (June 2005), Inc Magazine's
2005 "26 Entrepreneurs We Love" (March 2005), People Magazine, Reader's Digest,
Southern Living, Black Enterprise, The American Lawyer, Kiplinger's Personal
Finance, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Washingtonian magazine, The
Plain Dealer, Brown Alumni Monthly, The George Washington University alumni
magazine, What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson, and Baking From The
Heart, published by Share Our Strength, and Best Of The Best Of, by Marc
Silverstein
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