Charlie Hudson is trained as a physicist and when you look back at his career in the food industry, it describes an arc that would make a mathematician smile – professional chef for 30+ years in restaurants, resort hotels, country clubs, food trucks, teaching culinary school, research and development for a commercial trout operation and consulting for discerning chefs.

And that clear path has led him to Charlie’s Hot Buns, his bustling new bunnery/bread boîte/doughnut desmesne in Sapphire.

In a way, the location has an air of inevitability – Charlie has roots in this part of the mountain – having lived here full-time since 2018 and spending plenty of time on extended visits throughout his life, and his wife’s family have been here since the late 1800s.

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