After being told she should go gluten-free in 2009, Britt Royal, owner of Britt’s Bakehouse, kept baking – a favorite hobby of hers – despite her diagnosis. The doors opened at her gluten-free bakery in Kirkwood, Missouri, in November 2019, and it’s been a community favorite ever since. Although she wasn’t born here, it made sense for Royal to open her bakery in St. Louis: Her mom’s side of the family is from the area, and Royal herself attended college at Washington University in St. Louis.