Pete Souvall left his L.A. comedy career to come home to Utah during the pandemic — and found his calling in food

The comic and baker talks about how he battled eating disorders, and built up his sense of humor.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pete Souvall, who had a successful career in comedy in L.A. before returning to Salt Lake City to recover from an eating disorder, holds one of his cheesecake creations on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Part of how he did that was by changing his relationship to food and is considered to be one of the best bakers in town, currently supplying cookies and other sweets to Central Ninth Market and Coffee Noir.

Pete Souvall left his L.A. comedy career to come home to Utah during the pandemic — and found his calling in food

The comic and baker talks about how he battled eating disorders, and built up his sense of humor.

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