About Me

I'm Kayla. I cook. I blog. I study. I'm an aspiring baker, blogger, and food scientist currently attending the University of Wisconsin. I've been cooking as long as I can remember, and I started shadowing in restaurants around Atlanta at age 13. Basically, I would show up on Saturday mornings and help the pastry chef(s) with whatever he/she/they needed; I shadowed at Pricci, The Horseradish Grill, Alon's Bakery, and Seed. 

I entered the 2010 Share Our Strength Great American Baking Contest and placed second, and I won the contest in 2011 with my Caramel Apple Tartlets with Walnut Crumble. As a result, I led a demonstration at the 2011 Taste of Atlanta in the Family Food Zone, where I made Caramel Brownie Pie. In 2012, I made White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies for the Dynamic Kid's Expo, and I was featured at the 2013 Atlanta Chef's Expo.

Photo Courtesy http://www.examiner.com/article/sweet-success-for-share-our-strength-s-great-american-baking-contest

So those are some of the coolest things I've gotten to do as a chef. I've also had a summer job at Alon's Bakery, and I published recipes for www.popcosmo.com. I started my blog in December 2011 so that I could actually do something productive with all the food I cooked instead of just giving it away (or eating it myself). I am currently focusing on academic endeavors as well as culinary ones (since, you know, college and all), but I hope to maintain my blog throughout my journey as a food scientist. If anything, the recipes and stories will only get nerdier.