People

Iconic Bakers

Name: Iconic Bakers
Creator: Community curated

Hollywood, Reinhart, Lahey, Robertson - the bread whisperers worth worshiping.

Iconic Bakers is a structured people dataset with 16 entries. Its fields include Baker, Born, Country. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.

Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.

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6columns

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Source:Community curated

Updated:4/9/2026

#people #bakers #bread #food #pastry

Dataset details

Table scope: All 16 rows
Fields: 6 columns
Source: Community curated
Data updated: Apr 9, 2026

Included fields: Baker, Born, Country, Bakery/Platform, Specialty, and 1 more.

The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.

Preview observations

Born range: 1,935 to 1,986; Across 16 preview rows
Country groups: 6 distinct values; Across 16 preview rows

Useful for

Comparing Baker, Born, and Country across people entries
Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 16 downloadable records

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Baker↕	Born↕	Country↕	Bakery/Platform↕	Specialty↕	Known For↕
Paul Hollywood	1,966	United Kingdom	The Great British Bake Off	Breads	GBBO judge, handshake of approval, authored bread books, bakery training at Dorchester
Mary Berry	1,935	United Kingdom	The Great British Bake Off	British cakes	National treasure, original GBBO judge, Victoria sponge authority, 80+ cookbooks
Peter Reinhart	1,950	United States	Johnson & Wales	Artisan breads	The Bread Baker's Apprentice, Whole Grain Breads, bread-baking educator and author
Jim Lahey	1,964	United States	Sullivan Street Bakery NYC	No-knead bread	Invented no-knead bread method popularized by NYT, opened Sullivan Street, pizza al taglio
Chad Robertson	1,971	United States	Tartine Bakery SF	Sourdough	Tartine co-founder, country loaf worshipped worldwide, wrote Tartine Bread bible
Nancy Silverton	1,954	United States	La Brea Bakery	Sourdough	La Brea Bakery founder (sold 1989), Mozza restaurants, James Beard Outstanding Chef 2014
Apollonia Poilane	1,984	France	Poilane Paris	Miche de campagne	Third generation Poilane, wood-fired 1.9kg country loaf, took over at 18 after parents' death
Richard Bertinet	1,963	France/UK	Bertinet Bakery Bath	French breads	Dough and Crust books, Bertinet Kitchen cooking school, French technique evangelist
Ken Forkish	1,958	United States	Ken's Artisan Bakery Portland	Sourdough and pizza	Flour Water Salt Yeast book, beloved Portland bakery, rigorous recipe approach
Sarah Owens	1,980	United States	BK17 Bakery	Sourdough with heirloom grains	Sourdough book (James Beard winner), heritage grains, floral-infused breads
Joanne Chang	1,969	United States	Flour Bakery Boston	Sticky buns	Flour Bakery founder, famous sticky buns beat Bobby Flay throwdown, Harvard math grad
Claire Saffitz	1,986	United States	Dessert Person	Desserts and pastries	Bon Appetit Gourmet Makes star, Dessert Person cookbook and YouTube channel
Nadiya Hussain	1,984	United Kingdom	BBC Nadiya's Time to Eat	Cross-cultural baking	GBBO 2015 winner, baked Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday cake, multiple BBC series
Prue Leith	1,940	South Africa/UK	The Great British Bake Off	British and French	GBBO judge since 2017, Leith's School of Food and Wine, restaurateur and novelist
Rose Levy Beranbaum	1,944	United States	Author	Cakes	The Cake Bible, obsessive scientific approach to baking, multiple James Beard awards
Dan Lepard	1,965	Australia/UK	Baker and Spice	Sourdough and short breads	The Handmade Loaf, Short and Sweet, Guardian baking columnist, gentle dough approach