great american baking show

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Vallery Lomas, an attorney turned food personality, who transitioned from hobby baker and blogger to full-time foodie after winning Season 3 of ABC's Great American Baking Show. Vallery’s debut cookbook of 100 recipes will be published September 2021 by Clarkson Potter, imprint of Penguin Random House.  She is a regular contributor to Food Network Kitchen and has appeared on CNN, Fox, ABC, & NBC.  Her writing and recipes have appeared in The New York Times, Food & Wine, Food 52, the cover of Better Homes & Gardens, People Magazine, and Taste. She is also a contributor to NYT Cooking, and co-host of Why Food? on Heritage Radio. Network. Today's show also features Shari's PR tip to take a leap of faith; speed round game, and outdoor solo dining experience at Wu's Wonton King, NYC.

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"Today we welcome two women in food who are big inspirations to us!

Vallery Lomas won ABC’s “Great American Baking Show,"" but the season never aired due to unfortunate circumstances far beyond her control. She remains undettered, and has been growing her baking presence online and through TV appearances. She also recently penned a moving tribute to the late Leah Chase.

Sarah Weiner is the ED of The Good Food Foundation. She has worked side by side with the sustainable food movement’s founders and visionaries across the globe. She joins us to talk abotu the latest with Good Food, like the upcoming Summit and Mercantile in Brooklyn."

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Vallery Lomas was working as a an attorney for the New York City government and writing a food blog when she was contacted by a casting director for the Great American Baking Show. She auditioned, was accepted and ultimately won the 2017 season, but it never aired. She has since appeared on CNN, the Hallmark Channel, ABC, and Fox, been featured in I have been featured in People Magazine, Buzzfeed, Forbes, Variety, Grubstreet, the Chicago Tribune, Food & Wine, presented at the 2018 James Beard Awards, and has joined the board for the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Join us for a conversation about reality TV, social media and beautiful baked goods!

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Vallery Lomas, winner of the 3rd season of The Great American Baking Show, is not only a phenomenal baker, but is also a food writer, blogger, photographer, soon-to-be cookbook author, and former lawyer.

She started backing and blogging years ago while she was in law school and while she practiced law, which she did full-time for 8 years.

She was cast on the 3rd Season of the Great American Baking Show, an ABC spin-off of the hugely popular Great British Baking Show. Vallery prepared for, competed on, and won her season, but we never actually got to see it on television. The show premiered on December 7th, 2017 and was pulled off the air shortly thereafter following sexual misconduct allegations against ones of the judges.

Julia sat down with Vallery in her apartment in Harlem and talked about her preparation for the show, how she navigated this unexpected turn of events, and what her freelance career looks like now.

There are also answers to listeners' questions and a shoutout to Sydnie L. Mosely Dances.

Some follow-up links:

• For more about Vallery, head here.
• For the interview Mayukh Sen did with Vallery for Munchies, head here.
• The books Julia mentioned: Claudia Fleming's The Last Course, Toni Tipton-Martin's The Jemima Code, Rochelle Udell's How to Eat An Artichoke
  The bookstores: Omnivore Books and Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks