Less than a year after selling cinnamon rolls from the trunk of a car at a local library, the Broward-based bakery Chubby Boy Rolls now sells out its oversized rolls through nearly weekly preorder drops. Customers pick up in Wilton Manors, and the owners also run occasional pop-ups across Broward.
Anthony Perez and Sean Kotowich, who are engaged, started the queer-owned microbakery in December 2025. The rolls grew out of a family tradition. Kotowich brought a batch to Thanksgiving dinner with Perez’s family, and the rolls became a fixture at holiday meals. Perez, who had long wanted a business of his own, filmed the process of building the website, designing the logo and developing the recipe, and he made the brioche dough the night before each bake.
The menu includes a classic cinnamon roll and rotating specials such as guava and cheese, coquito and apple crumb. A tiramisu version is in the works. The bakery also sells chocolate chip cookies and a cheese flan based on a recipe from Perez’s mother.
Customers can sign up for the Chubby Boy Club on the bakery’s website to receive preorder links by email. Pop-up locations are first come, first served, and each customer is limited to three rolls for both preorders and pop-ups. The couple usually brings 120 to 150 rolls to a pop-up.
Both men still work full time. Perez said he has no interest in a permanent storefront and wants to take the business on wheels, with a trailer that could move between South Florida neighborhoods.
