Awards & Recognition
★Three-time James Beard Award winner: Outstanding Pastry Chef (2002), Best Baking Cookbook (2004), Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America (2014)
★Bon Appétit Pastry Chef of the Year (2000)
★Southern California Restaurant Writers Association Pastry Chef of the Year (2000)
★Women Chefs and Restaurateurs Golden Bowl Award (2004)
★Julia Child Cookbook Award
★CIA Alumni Walk of Fame inductee
Notable Facts
→Graduate of Culinary Institute of America (1991) and CIA Alumni Walk of Fame inductee
→Executive Pastry Chef for Wolfgang Puck's restaurant empire for nearly 20 years
→Created desserts for Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Emmy Awards
→Author of two award-winning cookbooks: 'The Secrets of Baking' and 'Desserts by the Yard'
→Former COO of iPic Entertainment restaurant division (resigned 2019)
→Currently owns Bakery by the Yard in El Segundo, California
→Regular TV judge on multiple Food Network and ABC cooking shows
→Born January 11, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York