At noon on a Tuesday in November, the two men are the only bakers at 2AM Bakery, a small wholesale shop that specializes in pastries of all sorts. They met while on a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1996. The two hit it off instantly as they bonded over a love of cooking and baking. They made a brotherly pact to open up a bakery together, and more than a decade later in 2009, 2AM Bakery was born*. Choosing a name for the bakery was, well, a piece of cake. Abdul Mateen also happens to be Carpenter's adopted last name; add the number 2 in front, keep the initials, drop the rest of the letters, and there you have it.