JULIA BAKER

Whether it's a delectable truffle overflowing with flavor or a breathtaking cake that tastes as amazing as it looks, there's one ingredient that goes into everything Julia Baker creates - her passion for chocolate.

Julia Baker

Julia Baker serves as founder, head chef and CEO of Julia Baker Confections. Originally beginning her career as a statistician, Julia used her passion for food to take her personal and professional dreams in another direction. With the belief that learning classical French techniques would be essential to creating extraordinary cuisine, Julia moved to Paris to enroll in culinary school at the world-renowned Le Cordon Bleu Paris.

In 2002, Julia graduated first in her class and obtained the Grande Diplôme de Cuisine & de Pâtisserie – the highest diplomas in both pastry and cuisine from the school.  Due to her high ranking, Julia was granted a prestigious internship under famed Alain Ducasse protégé, Jean-Louis Nomicos.  In order to refine her skills in classic cake decoration, Julia continued her studies with Sue MacMahon, famed sugar-paste flower artist and chef of The Queen Mum’s 100th birthday cake.

Though well-versed in all areas of cuisine, Julia realized that her true passion was in the creation of desserts and chocolate. In 2004, she moved to Scottsdale, Arizona and founded Gateaux & Chocolats, which served as a catering company prior to establishing Julia Baker Confections in 2006. Today, Julia Baker Confections focuses exclusively on luxury chocolates and custom cake creations. Her sweet creations have garnered Julia notoriety as the “Chocolatier to the Stars” as she has made chocolates for many celebrities including Bono & U2, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Aniston, and Britney Spears among many others.

As head chef and CEO of Julia Baker Confections, Julia personally writes and creates all of her recipes and trains her select employees in the creation of her high quality desserts – all of which are made from scratch without any preservatives or artificial ingredients. Along with creating custom chocolate orders in her Scottsdale-based factory, she is solely responsible for the design and construction of the custom cakes which are reserved as far as 2 years in advance.