Sweet Condesa is a Filipino & Latin-inspired dessert catering company rooted in the Bay Area.

Founded in 2017 by Melody Lorenzo, a Filipina immigrant, self-taught baker, and a former public servant turned entrepreneur who is passionate in creating reimagined desserts that represents her Filipino heritage and traditions.

Featured in several media outlets such as Eater SF, KQED, ABC7, Localish, Diablo Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Brides and more.

About the Founder

Melody Anne Lorenzo, better known as the “Pinay Pie Lady,” represents as the ambassador of Filipino desserts in the Bay Area. Her culinary journey started when she took a baking class with Meg Ray of Miette in 2008. What started as a passion project baking treats for family, friends, and coworkers turned into an entrepreneurial endeavor.

Still working as a state employee, she launched Sweet Condesa Pastries on the side in 2017. First catering weddings, then popping up at Undiscovered SF in October 2019, she debuted her signature Filipino-flavored pies - ube, calamansi, and pandan flavors. She left her job to pursue Sweet Condesa full time right before the pandemic in February 2020. At the San Ramon Farmer’s Market, she reintroduced #BayAreaFilipinoPies and launched her scones and vegan banana bread.

Melody's desserts are influenced by growing up in the Philippines, featuring nostalgic treats like turon, halo-halo, bibingka, and brazo de mercedes, and including adjacent Latin ingredients, such as dulce de leche, guava, avocado, and cafe de olla.