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Looking back on it now, Madame Donut can’t believe she ever thought cooking was a chore. “Growing up, it was something I had to do,” she explained. “Now, it’s not only something I love to do — it’s also who I am.”
Madame Donut of Donut Dynamite in Wailuku topped two other bakers on Tuesday’s episode of the Cooking Channel’s “Donut Showdown” and walked away with a $10,000 prize that she plans to invest in her business.
What would you do if you had to make a backyard barbecue-themed donut with beer in it? What if 10 grand was on the line to make a good donut? There’s only one person on Maui qualified to answer those questions: Madame Donut of Donut Dynamite in Wailuku. Last year, a brick and mortar shop had been on her to-do list, after operating out of a pop-up trailer and rotating commercial kitchens for the last couple years.