Kayla Hoang: Contributing Writer for Simply Recipes

Location: New Jersey

Education: Johnson and Wales University with a BS in Baking and Pastry, Training from Alain Ducasse’s Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie in Yssingeaux, France

Expertise: Baking and Pastry

Interned at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Food Network.
Curated "At the Table", a series highlighting underrepresented BIPOC communities through their cuisines, on Kitchn.
Conducts freelance recipe tests for NYT Cooking, The Spruce Eats, and Food Network Recipes can be found on Food Network, Kitchn, and Simply Recipes.

Experience

Kayla Hoang is a freelance recipe developer, writer, and baker. Her love of food comes from her parents and their Bangladeshi and Vietnamese roots. Her journey in food media began with interning at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. From there she interned at Food Network after which she continued to freelance, testing and developing recipes. Kayla also freelances regularly for NYT Cooking, Kitchn, and The Spruce Eats. Most recently she curated a series called "At the Table" on Kitchn which highlights underrepresented BIPOC communities through their cuisines.

Lover of Musicals: "I'm always listening to musicals when I'm in the kitchen — Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, The Greatest Showman, A Star is Born — I love them all. And chances are, you can always find a hot cup of coffee nearby, too."

About Simply Recipes

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