BagelFest Launches Brands to Impossible Heights

  • POPUP BAGELS

    - 2x winner of “Best Bagel” Award (2021, 2022)

    - Have since raised millions and as of 2024 were valued at $54M

    - Investors include Hollywood producer Johnny Davis, Darren Rovell’s Tastemaker Capital, branding agency Red Antler, and angel investors Matt LaCasse, Paul Applebaum, Sam Hendel, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Paul Rudd, JJ and TJ Watt, Michael Phelps, and Michael Strahan

  • STARSHIP BAGEL

    - Winner “Best Bagel” (2023) “Schmear of the Year” (2024)

    - James Beard Award finalist for Outstanding Bakery - the first bagel shop to ever be nominated in the category

    - Featured on “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives” June 2025

    "BagelFest has honestly been the best thing ever for my business...We went from neighborhood bagel shop to regional bagel shop and people started driving out from over an hour away to wait in line for our bagels.” -Oren Salomon, Owner