Olá! I am Lucy!
Welcome to my dream, Brownies da Lucy
read my story
A need that turned into a passion; a passion that became a way of life.
I’ve always loved sweets—in fact, I always carried a small chocolate bar in my backpack. Perhaps it’s because Brazilians have such a deep love for sweets.
But I never imagined myself actually baking them. When I first started this journey, I had no intention of making it permanent. It was supposed to be just a temporary task.
In 2016, after completing my PhD in Biology in Brazil, I found myself without a job. I was unsure of my next steps, especially since I had met Daniël (my husband) a year earlier in the Netherlands, and we were living in different countries, trying to figure out how to reunite.
While we applied for my visa, I began selling brownies on the streets for some extra income. Soon after, I got a temporary job as a researcher at the university while waiting for my visa, but I continued selling brownies in small quantities to friends, online, and even at the university. It wasn’t long before I realized that baking brownies brought me much more joy than being a scientist.
Moving to the Netherlands was one of the biggest changes in my life—a new country, new language, and new culture. I saw this as a unique opportunity to reinvent my career.
I decided to leave Biology behind and started working at a restaurant, then later at a chocolate shop. Through these jobs, I gained valuable experience in patisserie, chocolate, and baking. I also took courses at the Bakery Institute in Zaandam. Meanwhile, “Brownies da Lucy” was becoming a reality. I began baking brownies again and selling them to friends—and soon, friends of friends. Word quickly spread, and what had started as a temporary job was no longer temporary.
On July 5, 2018, I officially registered “Brownies da Lucy” with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce and started my own business.
In a way, my kitchen has become my new laboratory.
I still experiment, create, and search for new ideas, just like I did in science. And what drives me now is the joy of seeing people smile because of something I’ve baked with my own hands.
