Toni Tipton-Martin
Keynote Bio:
Toni Tipton-Martin is a three-time James Beard Book Award winner, and recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award. She is Editor in Chief of Cook’s Country magazine by America’s Test Kitchen, a cast member of its PBS television show, and founder of a nonprofit organization using cultural heritage and cooking to build community. Toni is the recipient of the prestigious Julia Child Award, an honor given to an individual (or team) who has made a profound and significant difference in the way America cooks, eats and drinks as well as the International Association of Culinary Professional’s Trailblazer Award. Her celebrated books are: Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs & Juice: Cocktails From Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks, Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries of African American Cooking, and The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks. In 2024, Toni shepherded, When Southern Women Cook: History, Lore, and 300 Recipes with Contributions from 70 Women Writers, a first-of-its-kind cookbook for America’s Test Kitchen.
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