bakerySave My Bakery · Season 1, Episode 5 · Aired April 16, 2014
Schenk's Family Bakery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yes. This one is still open.
On the show
Season 1, Episode 5 · April 16, 2014 · bakery
26-year-old family bakery per synopsis
What happened after
Actively operating, family-owned since 1938, at 7951 Verree Road, Philadelphia. Official site lists current hours (Wed-Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-2pm), an active order form, and DoorDash/Uber Eats delivery options.
What happened on the show
Twenty-six years in, Steve and Christine were watching Schenk's Family Bakery slide toward a place they could not bear to see it go. The Philadelphia bakery ran so lean that some weeks it took in too little to pay the staff, the kind of shortfall that tells you a business is failing even when the ovens are still running. Their attachment to it was deep, a life built around baking, which is exactly the emotional lever Kerry Vincent worked across this Food Network season. Owners who love the craft but have lost control of the economics were her recurring subject, and Schenk's fit the mold: real skill, real history, and a ledger that no longer added up. The episode aired in mid-April 2014, fifth of the nine. Vincent's short turnaround had to steady a couple watching a decades-old family shop wobble, and convince them that caring about the place was not the same as running it well enough to survive.
After the cameras left
Schenk's is still standing. As of our latest verification pass the bakery is operating at 7951 Verree Road in Philadelphia, family-owned since 1938, with a maintained website listing current hours, Wednesday through Saturday from 8 to 4 and Sunday from 8 to 2. The site also carries an active order form and delivery through DoorDash and Uber Eats, all signals of a business tending its storefront rather than coasting toward the exit. For a shop that some weeks in 2014 could not cover its own payroll, more than a decade of continued trading, plus a modern ordering setup, marks it as one of the season's clear successes. Confirmed operating as of 2026.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.