Pennsylvania Bakery

Baking has been a very important part of the Schenk Family since the early 20th century, when John Schenk first began the trade in Germany. Eager to take advantage of the land of opportunity, John Schenk and his wife, Pauline, packed their belongings, along with the Schenk's Family recipes and immigrated to the USA in pursuit of the American dream. They later settled in Germantown, PA, where Schenk's Bakery was opened in 1938. John and Pauline had 3 children, Ken, Carl, and Erna. Their two sons, Ken and Carl were eager to learn the trade and continued in their father's footsteps and became bakers as well.