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Fortune
Jane Thier

Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi thought she'd be an accountant. Now she's a James Beard Award–winning pastry chef

Christina Tosi, Founder and Chef of Milk Bar (Credit: Fortune)

Christina Tosi, the chef and founder of “modern American” bakery Milk Bar, has never shied away from a challenge.

Tosi, 42, has loved all things sugar and baking since she was a kid in Ohio. Her summer job after freshman year of college brought her to a tiny island off the coast of New Hampshire, churning out baked goods in an industrial kitchen with no professional experience. That was her a-ha moment that drew her away from a career in math and into the baking world for good.

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