Cheryl Day: Contributing Writer for Simply Recipes

Location: Savannah, Georgia

Expertise: Baking

Cofounded the Back in the Day Bakery and the Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice.
Founding member of the leadership committee for the James Beard Foundation Investment Fund for Black and Indigenous Americans.
Treasury of Southern Baking nominated for James Beard in the Baking and Desserts category.

Experience

Cheryl Day is a New York Times bestselling cookbook author, a James Beard Award semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef, a self-taught scratch baker, and an entrepreneur. Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking was nominated for James Beard in the Baking and Desserts category. With her husband, Griffith Day, she is a cofounder of the Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Georgia, and coauthor of The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook. Cheryl is a cofounder of Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice and a founding member of the leadership committee for the James Beard Foundation Investment Fund for Black and Indigenous Americans.

Cheryl lives with Griff, her baking soul mate; Story, their beloved dog; and a vast collection of vintage cookbooks in Savannah. Keep up with Cheryl at backinthedaybakery.com and on Instagram at @cherylday, where she lives out her mantra to “slow down and enjoy the sweet life.”

Fun Fact: "I love taco nights"

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