Maurizio Leo
Maurizio Leo is the baker behind The Perfect Loaf, sharing sourdough recipes, detailed baking guides, and cookbooks from his home kitchen in Albuquerque.
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The Perfect LoafOverview
- Based in
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Work
- Baker, recipe writer, cookbook author, and New York Times Cooking contributor
- Before baking
- Software engineer with a master’s degree in computer science
- First cookbook
- The Perfect Loaf, published November 8, 2022
Mini bio
How it started.
Maurizio grew up around his dad’s pizzeria in Albuquerque, with family food traditions continuing through summers in Italy. He later studied computer science and worked in software. A Christmas gift from his aunt, the Tartine bread book, drew him into baking sourdough at home.
Learning in public.
He began The Perfect Loaf to document his experiments and help other home bakers learn alongside him. His current official biography dates the site’s founding to 2012. Detailed recipes and guides became its calling card, and Saveur Blog Awards in 2016 and 2018 brought recognition.
From blog to bookshelf.
His first cookbook, The Perfect Loaf, arrived in 2022 and became a New York Times bestseller. It won James Beard and IACP book awards in 2023. He also contributes to New York Times Cooking and teaches through baking workshops and small-group trips. His second cookbook, The Perfect Pizza, is scheduled for November 10, 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026The Perfect PizzaAuthor; forthcoming November 10
- 2022The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and MoreAuthor
Awards
Quotes
I thought I'll just create a journal of what I'm baking and maybe some other people will find this helpful.Maurizio Leo, So This Is My Why, episode 33
On starting The Perfect Loaf as a place to share what he was learning about sourdough.
Trivia
- Before bread became his main work, he co-created the stargazing app SkyView.
- His aunt gave him the Tartine book that sparked his sourdough experiments.
- He logs dough temperatures, fermentation times, and results when testing recipes.
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