James Beard Award-Winning Chef and Owner of Milk Bar
Christina Tosi: Biography at a Glance
- Christina Tosi is the chef, owner and founder of Milk Bar, the sister bakery of the Momofuku restaurant group.
- She is also the host of the Netflix series Bake Squad. She was a judge on Fox’s MasterChef Junior series and was featured on the hit Netflix docuseries Chef’s Table: Pastry.
- Tosi is the creator of cereal milk ice cream, compost cookies and crack pie.
- 2012 recipient of the James Beard Rising Star Chef Award and a finalist for the 2014 James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef Award
- She is the author of Momofuku Milk Bar, Milk Bar Life, All About Cake, and Milk Bar: Kids Only.
Media
Official Site: Milk BarBook: Momofuku Milk BarBook: Milk Bar Life: Recipes & StoriesLA Mag: Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi Is Letting Her Imagination Run Wild in L.A.Entrepreneur: How Christina Tosi Took Milk Bar From a Single Bakery to a Sugary...NY Times: For Christina Tosi, Building a Dessert Empire Is Not All Milk and Cook...
Videos
Biography
Christina Tosi is the two-time James Beard Award–winning chef and owner of Milk Bar, with locations in New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. She is also the host of the Netflix series Bake Squad. She was a judge on Fox’s MasterChef Junior series and was featured on the hit Netflix docuseries Chef’s Table: Pastry. She is the author of Momofuku Milk Bar, Milk Bar Life, All About Cake, and Milk Bar: Kids Only.
Topics
Entrepreneurial Lessons from the Sweet Side of Business
Drawing from her personal journey with Milk Bar, Christina Tosi delves into the highs and lows of turning a passion for baking into a thriving business. This speech explores the essential lessons Christina has learned about leadership, resilience, and innovation while scaling a bakery into an international brand. She will discuss the importance of staying true to your vision, navigating the challenges of scaling a business, and the power of creating a community around your brand. Entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners will gain valuable insights on how to build and sustain a successful venture while maintaining their creative spirit.
Innovating Joy: How to Create Products That Delight
Joy and delight have a profound impact in our everyday lives, and bring out the childlike awe in all of us. Hear how the spark was ignited for Christina’s passion for innovation, which led her to create products and experiences that bring happiness to others. Christina will discuss the importance of understanding your audience, the role of nostalgia and emotion in product development, and how to balance creativity with practicality. This session is perfect for anyone looking to inject a bit of joy into their work and creations and make their customers smile.
Unlocking Creativity: Bringing Out the Artist in Anyone
Christina Tosi, the visionary behind Milk Bar, has more than just a knack for tapping into creative potential. In this talk, she shares her unique approaches to fostering creativity, whether it’s through playful experimentation in the kitchen or creating an environment where ideas can flow freely. Christina will reveal how embracing failures, celebrating the ordinary, and finding joy in the process can transform anyone into a creative powerhouse. You will walk away with actionable techniques to ignite your own creative spark and apply it to your own work.
Milk Bar Bake Class Led by Christina Tosi
What’s that incredible smell coming from the kitchen? Nostalgia. Here, award winning baker Christina Tosi will guide you through building your own 6” Milk Bar B’day cake. Learn how to layer vanilla funfetti cake, frosting and crumbs with your favorite childhood flavors and complete the look with our unfrosted, peek-a-boo sides. Then, turn your cake scraps into scrumptious little B’day truffles. But don’t stash them in your locker! Take home all your hard work.
