Bryan Ford
Bryan Ford, known as Artisan Bryan, is a Honduran-American baker, cookbook author and TV host sharing sourdough, Latin American baking and the work behind Brooklyn’s Diljan bakery.
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- Known online as
- Artisan Bryan
- Roots
- Honduran-American, raised in New Orleans
- Work
- Baker, cookbook author and television host
- Breakout
- Artisan Bryan and the 2020 cookbook New World Sourdough
- In the bakery
- Executive chef at Diljān in Brooklyn Heights
Mini bio
How it started.
Raised in a Honduran household in New Orleans, Bryan learned to cook through family food and restaurant work. He studied accounting, ran a college cooking club and sold king cakes during Mardi Gras. Even while working as a CPA, he kept baking at home.
Finding his own bread.
He left accounting and moved to Miami in 2016. Bakery jobs, pop-ups and wholesale baking helped him develop his craft. In 2018 he created Artisan Bryan, sharing breads such as sourdough pan de coco and bringing Latin American traditions into the conversation about artisan bread.
From the blog to the bookshelf.
Artisan Bryan won SAVEUR’s 2019 Editors’ Choice award for Baking & Sweets. His first cookbook, New World Sourdough, followed in June 2020 and sold out its first printing during the pandemic baking boom. Pan y Dulce arrived in November 2024, broadening that exploration of Latin American breads and sweets.
Baking, on screen and in person.
Bryan has hosted Baked in Tradition and The Artisan’s Kitchen, judged Netflix’s Blue Ribbon Baking Championship and hosted The Flaky Biscuit Podcast. His newsletter Baking Simplified shares practical recipes and workshops. At Diljān in Brooklyn Heights, he is exploring Afghan baking as executive chef.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2024Pan y Dulce: The Latin American Baking BookAuthor
- 2020New World SourdoughAuthor
Television
- 2026The Ultimate Baking ChampionshipGuest judge
- 2024Blue Ribbon Baking ChampionshipJudge
- 2022Baked in TraditionHost
Podcasts
- 2023The Flaky Biscuit PodcastHost
Awards
Quotes
A baker, by trade, perhaps is a professional, but a baker by heart can be found anywhere.Bryan Ford, Baking Simplified
In his December 2025 bakery update, Bryan reflected on what it means to be a baker while discussing recipe testing at Diljan.
Trivia
- Before baking became his full-time work, Bryan worked as a CPA.
- Selling king cakes at Mardi Gras helped him make the transition from cooking to baking.
- His sourdough pan de coco draws on a traditional Honduran coconut bread.
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