Claire Saffitz

Claire Saffitz (born 1986)[1] is an American pastry chef, food writer and YouTube personality. She is a contributing editor at Bon Appétit magazine. Saffitz stars in several series on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel, most notably Gourmet Makes, in which she creates gourmet versions of popular snack foods by reverse engineering them.

Claire Saffitz
Born1986 (age 33–34)[1]
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
EducationHarvard University BA[2][3]

École Grégoire-Ferrandi[2][3]

McGill University MA[2][3]
Culinary career
Cooking styleAmerican cuisine
Websitedessertperson.com

Early life and education

Saffitz was born in St. Louis, Missouri,[4] to an Ashkenazi Jewish family.[5] She attended Clayton High School, graduating in 2005.[6] She then graduated from Harvard University in 2009 with a BA in U.S. history and literature, after which she studied French cuisine and pastry at École Grégoire-Ferrandi in Paris, France. After working at Spring Restaurant for a four-month externship, Saffitz moved to Montreal, Québec, where she received a master's degree in History at McGill University in 2013, with a focus on French culinary history in the early modern era.[2][3][7][8][9]

Career

Saffitz joined Bon Appétit in 2013, and worked there as a senior food editor until August 2018.[10] She returned in November 2018 as a freelance recipe developer and video host.[11]

In July 2017, Gourmet Makes debuted, in which Saffitz attempts to recreate or elevate popular snack foods such as Doritos, Twinkies, and Gushers.[12][1] Gourmet Makes consistently trends on YouTube and has developed a cult following on social media.[13] Saffitz's work has been described as taking "junk food staples and...elevating them from their humble processed beginnings into wonders of gastronomy."[14]

In February 2019, Bon Appétit launched two new series that featured Saffitz: Bon Appétit’s Baking School and Making Perfect.[15][16][17]

On January 22, 2020, Saffitz appeared on a cooking segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[18]

Saffitz has written her debut cookbook, Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence, which is set to be published by Penguin Random House in October 2020.[19][8][20]

Personal life

Saffitz lives with her fiancé, fellow chef Harris Mayer-Selinger, in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York City. She has two cats, Maya and Felix.[10][21]

References
  1. Sung, Morgan (July 13, 2019). "Pastry chef Claire Saffitz attempts to explain what it's like to be the internet's crush". Mashable. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  2. "About Claire". Claire Saffitz. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. Saffitz, Claire (2013). "Constructing the Politics of Cookery: Authorial Strategy and Domestic Politics in English Cookery Books, 1655-1670". Cuizine: The Journal of Canadian Food Cultures. 4 (2). doi:10.7202/1019318ar. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. "You Can Thank The Election For Claire Saffitz's Trademark Hair". Into The Gloss. 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  5. Saffitz, Claire. "Gefilte Fish: The Myth, the Challenge, and the Recipe You Can Actually Make". Bon Appetit. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  6. "10 Questions with Claire Saffitz ('05)". www.claytoneducationfoundation.org.
  7. "Meet Senior Associate Food Editor Claire Saffitz". Bon Appetit. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. Gayla, Marella. "Meet Claire Saffitz, the Internet's favorite pastry chef - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Boston Globe. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  9. "Behind-the-Scenes Conversation with the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen - 92Y, New York". 92Y. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  10. Crowley, Chris (8 February 2019). "Pastry Chef Claire Saffitz Is 'Always in the Mood to Eat'". Grub Street. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  11. "Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Sno Balls". Youtube. Bon Appetit. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  12. "Gourmet Makes". Bon Appétit Videos.
  13. Preston, Hannah (June 20, 2019). "Bon Appétit 'Gourmet Makes' Series: 40-Minute Videos Viewers Rarely Skip Through is Creating a Cult Following". Newsweek. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  14. Baxter, Hannah. "In the Kitchen with Claire Saffitz". Coveteur. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  15. "Bon Appétit, Now on Your TV". Bon Appétit. Condé Nast. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  16. "'Bon Appétit' YouTube Series Expands Into a Streaming Service—But Will Its Audience Follow?". Observer. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  17. "What Makes the Perfect Thanksgiving Meal? | Making Perfect: Thanksgiving - Prologue | Bon Appétit". YouTube. Conde Nast. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  18. "Bon Appétit's Claire Saffitz Challenges Jimmy to a Layer Cake-Decorating Contest". YouTube. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  19. "Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  20. Saffitz, Claire. "Claire Saffitz on Instagram: "I am beyond proud and excited to share the cover of my first book Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence, and to…"". Instagram. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  21. Beggs, Alex. "Sing Alongs and Tagalongs: What Goes Down on the Set of Gourmet Makes". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 17 March 2020. She’s been [...] planning a wedding.
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