Leslie Bilderback

LESLIE BILDERBACK is a certified master baker, chef, and a graduate of the California Culinary Academy. She began her career as a pastry chef, and played a major role in several of California's most well-regarded and innovative restaurants, including Sedona, Postrio, Zola's, Angeli, and Georgia. Leslie appeared on Food Network’s Sweet Genius and has been featured in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Culinary Trends Magazine. She is also the author of Mug Cakes, No-Churn Ice Cream, The Spiralized Kitchen, The Complete Idiot’s Guide and Everything food-based series, and collaborated with Pastry Chef Sherry Yard of Spago on the James Beard Award-winning The Secrets of Baking.