Made From Scratch

“All you have is all you need,” is the life lesson entrepreneur Mignon François learned as she turned the $5 she had to feed her family dinner for the week into a multi-million-dollar bakery brand. With no experience and no recipe for success, or cake for that matter, her path was truly made from scratch. In Made from Scratch: Finding Success Without a Recipe, Mignon shares her story of climbing out of a life of continuous upsets, struggle, and lack to building a legacy that would bless her and future generations. Made from Scratch is one woman’s story of finding her purpose with no blueprint, mapping a journey that led to the joy that has become synonymous with Mignon François.

Nashville-based, New Orleans-raised entrepreneur Mignon François is the descendant of enslaved people on a sugar cane plantation. And now she heads a multi-million-dollar bakery brand, with sugar as the main ingredient.

Despite having no prior business experience, Mignon -- the founder and CEO of The Cupcake Collection -- turned her family’s $5 weekly dinner budget into a multi-million-dollar bakery brand. And since its founding in 2008, the company has sold more than 5 million cupcakes.

In addition to celebrating 15 years of business in 2023, Mignon is sharing her journey in a new book, “Made from Scratch: Finding Success Without a Recipe” Not only is her publisher R.H. Boyd also Nashville-based, Mignon's business helped reinvigorate a struggling Nashville neighborhood.