Zac Young

Zac Young is an American pastry chef and TV personality. He has been featured on various baking shows on Food Network and the Cooking Channel, most noticeably on Top Chef: Just Desserts and Unique Sweets.[1] He also appeared as a guest judge on baking competition show Nailed It! on Netflix,[2] Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship,[3] and Food Network's Chopped.[4]

Zac Young
Born
Portland, Maine, United States
Education
Culinary career
Websitewww.chefzacyoung.com

Early life

Young was born in Portland, Maine. Growing up, he wanted to learn how to bake after his vegan mother never baked cookies for him.[5] Young was enrolled at Walnut Hill School for the Arts High School in Natick, Massachusetts.[6] Young momentarily worked as a costume designer before deciding that baking was his true passion. He then moved to New York City in 2003 to enroll at the Institute of Culinary Education and graduated in 2006.[5][7]

Young, along with David Burke Fabrick's pastry chef, Gian Martinez originated the PieCaken dessert while working as executive pastry chef for David Burke Group.[8]

Personal life

Young self-identifies as gay.[9]

References
  1. Varolli, Regina (October 31, 2017). "Zac Young: The Food Network's "King of All Halloween"". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. Bui, Andrew (February 22, 2018). "'Nailed It' Is the Food Competition Show Celebrating Terrible Home Bakers". Tasting Table. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  3. "Creepy and Crusty Creations". Food Network. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  4. "Zac Young". Food Network. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  5. Keyes, Jeffrey James (October 12, 2010). "Out on the Town: Top Chef Zac Young's New York". GayCities. Q.Digital. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  6. Witko, Nicole (February 25, 2015). "Chef Zac Young on the Theatricality of Cookies". The Chef's Connection. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  7. "Zac Young". ICE. 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  8. Rogers, Katie (November 25, 2015). "Forget Turducken. It's Piecaken Time" – via NYTimes.com.
  9. Young, Zac (January 26, 2014). "Zac Young on Twitter: "I was tormented for being fat and gay... now I've made a career out of it. #YNAC @GroovyProjects @broadway_buzz http://t.co/xY0zySiI0x"". Twitter. Retrieved June 11, 2018.


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