Christina Tosi
Christina Tosi is the pastry chef behind Milk Bar, a cookbook author and Bake Squad host who shares playful home baking through Bake Club.
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- Work
- Pastry chef, Milk Bar founder, cookbook author and television host
- Roots
- Born in Berea, Ohio; grew up in Virginia
- Breakout
- Milk Bar opened in New York City’s East Village in 2008
- Signatures
- Cereal Milk, Compost Cookies and Birthday Cake with unfrosted sides
- Online community
- Bake Club began on Instagram in March 2020
Mini bio
How it started.
Tosi grew up baking with family, and credits her grandmother’s oatmeal cookies with helping her fall in love with dessert. A math major before a career in pastry, Tosi worked in New York kitchens including Bouley and wd~50 before joining David Chang at Momofuku.
Finding a voice.
At Momofuku, an initially administrative job grew into a role building the restaurants’ pastry program. Desserts inspired by childhood treats led to Milk Bar’s opening in 2008. Cereal Milk, Compost Cookies and cakes with exposed layers became signatures.
Baking together.
Tosi brought that curiosity to cookbooks and television, including MasterChef, Chef’s Table: Pastry and Bake Squad. In March 2020, Bake Club began as an Instagram gathering for home bakers. It grew into a recipe archive, videos, a weekly newsletter and, in 2024, a cookbook with Shannon Salzano.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2024Bake ClubCo-author with Shannon Salzano
- 2011Momofuku Milk BarAuthor
Screen
- 2021Bake SquadHost
- 2015MasterChefJudge, beginning with season six
Talks
- 2021My secret to creating real magicTEDWomen speaker
Awards
Quotes
Inspiration comes from all over!Christina Tosi, James Beard Foundation, “Ode to the Cookie”
Asked where inspiration for cookie flavor combinations comes from, December 18, 2012.
Trivia
- Tosi describes a love of long-distance running and hunting for finds at yard sales on the official website.
- An early restaurant job was serving at Calhoun’s in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Tosi asked to come in early to work as a prep cook.
- Before being interviewed by SAVEUR as Milk Bar’s founder, Tosi had been an intern at the magazine.
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