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SARAH PHILLIPS
New York, New York
"I work with novice and seasoned home bakers and act as a spokesperson, as well as develop recipes for companies that sell to consumers.
I also create marketing concepts for those interested in selling their products to the marketplace and write articles on baking with accompanying recipes".

email: baking911@yahoo.com*

All baking questions:
Ask Sarah

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Member:
IACP

International Association of Culinary Professionals

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FOUNDER & CEO:

www.baking911.com and websites. Launched, October, 2000 ~ currently over 11 million hits per month

baking911school.com baking911.com's online School for Home Baker's. Launched September 15, 2004!

www.cooking911.com to come.

COOKBOOK AUTHOR:

Baking 9-1-1, Simon and Schuster, 2003 ~ ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!

~ Take a peek of what's inside ~

What others have to say :

"...the art of baking calls forth a never-ending variety of questions...now comes sweet-talking Sarah Phillips, professional baker, with all the answers."  - John Mack Carter, former President, Hearst Magazine Enterprises and Editor-in-Chief, Good Housekeeping Magazine

"The go-to guide for baking emergencies...Keep this one close by your oven." - Reese Schonfeld, Founding CEO, TV Food Network

CHICAGO (IL) TRIBUNE/ Knight-Ridder/Tribune Syndicated, 2-2-04 - (scroll to food) "Baking 9-1-1" (Fireside, $14) offers how-to's for hundreds of cooking techniques and conundrums (from breads and spongecakes to emergency substitutions and culinary rescue missions). Author Sarah Phillips offers dozens of recipes, including one for fantastic oatmeal-raisin cookies. (cdm) 2004

"Baking 9-1-1: Rescue From Recipe Disasters, by Sarah Phillips (Fireside, $14), is the answer guide for baking emergencies". Philadelphia Inquirer, December 11, 2003

 

The Healthy Oven Baking Book

The Healthy Oven Baking Book,  Doubleday, 1999

REVIEW - Good Housekeeping Magazine, January, 1999: (included in subscriber issues only--subscriber circ 4,600,000): THE HEALTHY OVEN BAKING BOOK provides the perfect capers to your nutritious meals. Reducing the fat in baked goods without sacrificing taste is an acquired skill. Author Sarah Phillips is here to help, with clear cut explanations and concise recipe instructions...Phillips' Frosted Classic Fudge Layer Cake--an adaptation of her mother's recipe the fat grams from 28 per serving to a more manageable nine. Judging by their requests for seconds, our staffers had no complaints.

... features more than 125 classic baking recipes with less fat. All recipes are fast healthful and delicious and made with all-natural ingredients. Applesauce, a reduced amount of butter, the minimum of whole eggs, as well as a wide selection of readily available ingredients are used in the recipes.

Healthy Oven Baking Book review by Irene Sax, Gourmet / Bon Appetit Magazine "It's a good book...I'd recommend it not just to people who want to eat their cake and be healthy too but to anyone who loves to bake".

Many recipes took months to develop. Innovative recipes include: a White Cake, reduced in fat and never done before, with low-fat frosting recipe that is thick and creamy, a Frosted Classic Fudge Layer Cake, an easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Ring and even Whole Wheat Buttermilk Glazed Doughnuts that are healthy because they're baked. There is a recipe for thick and chocolaty Fudge Brownies, as well as ones for crispy reduced-fat cookies, such as Sugar Cookies, Chocolate Chip and Lemon Crisps. Other recipes include those for muffins, pies, fruit desserts and more.

SPOKESPERSON

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CANOLAINFO’S RADIO MEDIA TOUR: "Healthy Holiday Baking with Canola Oil" and "Rescue Your Holiday Baking. Does your holiday baking need a rescue? Maybe you need to call Baking 911" .Listen for me on December 6 (various national & international radio markets) and December 8, 2005 on ABC radio national networks. More information about canola oil on canolainfo.org  Sample of out takes: US Newswire / Radio News Feature / GoodNews

EXPERTISE IN PRINT: For more, see Baking911.com in the NEWS!

bullet Scholastic Lesson Plan, My America: We Are Patriots, Hope’s Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two, by Kristiana Gregory, Scholastic Books
bullet"How to Repurpose a Fruitcake", Sarah Phillips, Expert, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Holidays, by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht and Brenda Brown, Chronicle Books, 2002
bullet"Wedding Cakes", Sarah Phillips, Expert, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weddings, by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht, Chronicle Books, Fall, 2004
bulletSarah Phillips, Expert, Wedding Chic by Nina Willdorf, Perigee (Penguin Books), Jan, 2005
bullet Baking911.com and Baking 9-1-1 in the News

BAKING EXPERTISE ON THE WEB: 

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baking911.com's School for Home Baker's, baking911school.com, opened September 15, 2004!

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French Culinary Institute's 2004 Autumn Baking Chat Series, Chat Transcript for Sarah Phillips baking911.com, October 6, 2004

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French Culinary Institute, "Do you have a passion for pastry and want to make it your career?", 3 month advertising and educational campaign, 2004 (written by Sarah Phillips) "Ask Sarah" on BAKING911.com. Launched March, 2001 to current   

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January, 2004 to current: Monthly baking column: Did You Know?...The Secrets of Baking Revealed with Recipes appearing in Clabber Girl / Rumford /Davis Baking Powder's website. Clabber Girl's products are found in grocery stores nationwide and are the number one selling brands.

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1999 - 2002 "In the Kitchen with Sarah", kitchenlink.com (200,000 page views a day) 

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1999 - 2001 "Baking Expert" on ivillage.com (5.5 million unique visitors a month).  

TELEVISION APPEARANCES:

bullet QVC "Now You're Cooking" Show on December 26, 2003 with my new cookbook, Baking 9-1-1 (Simon and Schuster, 2003). More appearances to come.
bulletWNBC Today Show, 11-15-03, Red Tart Cherry Scone Recipe from Baking 9-1-1 (Simon and Schuster, 2003)
bulletWCBS Morning Show with Tony Tantillo, 11-2-03: Tony Tantillo whips up muffins with Sarah Phillips of 'Baking 9-1-1' ~ Recipe ~
bulletMonthly appearances for 2 years on News Channel 12, "What’s Cooking" 
bulletTips from book appeared on "Home Matters", a TV food show
bulletPrevious "Healthy Baking" appearances on TV Food Network with Donna Hanover and David Rosengarten

MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND/OR RECIPES: For more, see Baking911.com in the NEWS!

bulletNational magazines, websites and newspapers - recipes and quotes from my books, Baking 9-1-1, Simon and Schuster, 2003 and the Healthy Oven Baking Book, Doubleday, 1999.
bulletHealthy Cooking Magazine, Interview, October, 2003
bulletNew York Daily News, one of  New York's largest daily newspapers, monthly recipes. 
bulletAssociated Press and published in regional newspapers: New York Newsday, New York; Star Tribune; Minneapolis-St Paul, MN; Washington Times, Washington D.C.; Post-Tribune, Chicago; Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA; and in cities located in Massachusetts, Louisiana, Nevada, California, etc.
bulletDecember, 2000: Article and recipes on "Healthy Muffins" in cooking.com 
bulletMention in nestles.com
bulletRadio shows
bulletEWA Publications (18 publications in the NY area - circ 2,650,000)
bullet"My Yummy Valentine", Prevention Magazine, February Issue, 2000, page 169!! circ 3,100,000
bulletOther Magazines: Redbook Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Quick & Light, Ladies Home Journal, Southern Living/Goodness, Mature Living, etc.  
bulletBon Appetit, Food & Wine and Eating Well Magazines, ran feature reviews of my Healthy Oven Low-Fat Baking Mixes. (see below).

PUBLIC SPEAKING/TEACHING:

bulletDecember 12, 2005 - "Baking911: The Art & Science of Baking or, How to Get the Best Desserts", French Culinary Institute, NYC, NY
bulletOctober 17, 2004 Baking911: The Art & Science Behind Baking, at the French Culinary Institute's Sweet Success: Professional Secrets for Perfect Desserts Conference
bulletSeptember, 2003 Home Baking Association Annual Meeting, "Trends in Baking"
bulletMay, 2000 Commencement Speaker, Marymount College Graduating Class of the year 2000. Received Honorary Doctorate Degree (PhD) in the Humanities. About 1,500 in attendance.
bulletMarch, 2000 IACP Meeting, International Association for Culinary Professionals, a culinary group founded by Julia Child, on panel, "How to Get Your First Cookbook Published", a topic suggested by me.
bulletJanuary, 2000 Instructor, Healthy Baking Class at Peter Kump's Cooking School, NYC
bulletI was a sales and marketing representative in computer software companies, such as Dun & Bradstreet. Part of my job was to do extensive public speaking. I was also trained by numerous public speaking companies that D & B employed as consultants. I wrote and gave hundreds of sales presentations to potential customers, as well as wrote and trained all new employees. I won several top employee awards.

CONSULTING/RECIPE DEVELOPMENT:

bullet Ukrop's Supermarkets, 4-06, Quick Bread/Muffin Problem,
Unilever, Inc
,  2005, Consultant, Recipe and Product Prototype Development
bulletRecipes for baking911.com's School for Home Baker's, baking911school.com, opened September 15, 2004! High volume recipe development.
bulletNEW! Baking 9-1-1, Simon and Schuster, November, 2003 and The Healthy Oven Baking Book, by Sarah Phillips, Doubleday, 1999.  
bullet "Signature Spice Cake Recipe", McCormick Spice Company's  May, 2005. Reviewed and helped develop recipe. Gave problem-solving advice on how to improve recipe so it would bake successfully; balanced ingredients and consulted on consumer's baking habits so recipe's ingredient use matched how consumer's buying habits; improved mixing and baking methods.
bulletRecipe development for monthly baking column: Did You Know?...The Secrets of Baking Revealed with Recipes appearing in Clabber Girl / Rumford /Davis Baking Powder, 2004 to current. Clabber Girl's products are found in grocery stores nationwide and are the number one selling brands.
bulletRecipes for labels for a new line of 12 Chicago Metallic's GourmetWare baking pans, distributed Nationwide to gourmet and specialty food stores, January, 2003. Recipes will change periodically. CM is one of the largest bake ware suppliers in the United States.
bulletRecipes for my website, www.baking911.com from my extensive collection of recipes data base developed by me over the years.
bullet1989-1999: Founder, President and Developer of Healthy Oven, Inc’s Healthy Oven Low-Fat Baking Mixes, 12 SKU product line found nationwide in grocery stores, large health food chains and Wal-Mart Superstores
bulletPresident and Founder of Simply Sarah’s, a local New York City 5 product sugar cookie line that was in Grace’s Marketplace, Bloomingdale’s, etc.
bulletDeveloped recipes for Bigelow Tea: recipes that use honey, their new product line.
bulletDevelopment of Nutology, information and recipe newsletter for the Oregon Hazelnut Board
bulletSee also Magazine and Newspaper Articles 

EDUCATION:

bulletJanuary, 2006  Enrolled Part-time in Master's Degree Program in Food Studies and Food Management, NY University, New York, NY
bulletHonorary Graduate Degree (PhD) in the Humanities, conferred May, 2000, Marymount College, NY
bullet2004: Gumpaste Techniques Workshop, Piping Techniques Workshop and Cake Decorating with Fondant Workshop with Colette Peters, NYC, New York. Colette has delivered cakes throughout America, Europe, and the Caribbean and has created cakes for many celebrities.
bullet2004: Artisan Bread Baking Intensive Class, French Culinary Institute, NYC, New York
bullet2001: Master class in chocolate and sugar work from Chef Jacques Torres, formerly Executive Pastry Chef at Le Cirque, at the French Culinary Institute, NYC, New York
bulletCURRENT (since 1995): Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY. Adult classes in Pastry Arts. 
bulletCURRENT (since 1995): Institute for Culinary Education (Peter Kump's Cooking School) and the French Culinary Institute, New York, NY.  Adult classes in all aspects of baking.  Have taken weeklong Intensive Bread Baking, Cakes, Cake Decorating, Chocolate, Pies, Pastry, Cookies, etc.
bulletSUMMER, 1999 - I was invited to attend a week long "Canola Oil Camp" by the Canadian Canola Organization, along with other 10 other nationally known US cookbook authors and food professionals. We viewed canola farms first hand, attended seminars and baked with canola oil, as well. I have included a Flaxseed Molasses Bread Recipe, with more.
bulletWilton School of Cake Decorating
bullet1975 BA University of California, Santa Cruz, CA - University's Top Honors

PAST CEO AND FOUNDER: HEALTHY OVEN LOW- FAT BAKING MIXES

1989 - 1999, Nationwide 12 SKU Food Product Line in Grocery Stores. Reviews of Healthy Oven Baking Mixes found in Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, EatingWell magazines. 

I founded and developed Healthy Oven, Inc. in 1989. Healthy Oven a 12 SKU muffin and cake grocery store mix line that "Bakes with Applesauce Instead of Butter". I developed Healthy Oven to be easy and convenient. I also knew that a mix taking only 3 easy steps to make would be well received. To make Healthy Oven Mixes, simply: 1. Stir ingredients: baking mix, applesauce, water and canola oil; 2. Pour batter into prepared pans; 3. Bake or microwave.

Healthy Oven Muffin Mix Flavors: Cinnamon, Chocolate, Ginger and Orange

Healthy Oven Quick-Cake Mix Flavors: Apple, Chocolate, Lemon and Pumpkin. Developed concept of baking snack-cakes in an 8x8-inch pan.

Healthy Oven Refined Sugar-Free Muffin Mix Flavors (For National health food store chains): Cinnamon, Chocolate, Ginger and Orange

I brought the line, within a year, through national distributors into grocery and health food stores nationwide, such as Wal-Mart Supercenters, A & P, Von’s, Safeway, HEB, Harris Teeter, Waldbaum’s, Dominick's. Healthy Oven was cross-over line also found in national health food chains such as, Fresh Fields, Whole Foods, Mrs. Gooch's, etc.

In 1989, after studying briefly at the Culinary Institute of America, I started a cookie line from my home, called Simply Sarah's (tm) Gourmet Cookie Line. I had the State of New York approve my kitchen for commercial use -- something rarely done is home kitchens--and went to work baking cookies by night and marketing and delivering cookies by day.

Simply Sarah's Cookie Flavors: Classic Sugar, Sugar & Spice, Maple Walnut, Dark Cocoa and Lemon Twist

Prestigious stores in Manhattan, such as Bloomingdale’s and Grace’s Marketplace, and a number of other upscale gourmet stores sold the cookies. The cookies were a hit, but the manufacturing process -- baking all of the cookies from a home kitchen -- limited the quantities that could be produced. Realizing the limitations of the business, I decided to stop production of the cookies.

I negotiated all of the fees associated with getting Healthy Oven into grocery stores, hired brokers and did the publicity. Bon Appetit, Food & Wine and Eating Well, ran feature reviews and I appeared twice on the TV Food Network with Donna Hanover (former name: Sarah Eswein). I also gave hundreds of food demos with public speaking around the country.

I approached Mott's, the largest nationwide manufacturer of jarred applesauce, to do a cross-marketing campaign with Healthy Oven. It was done for several months in select grocery stores in the Southeastern United States.  

During that time I was a member of the NASFT (National Association for the Food Trade) and exhibited in about 5 major food shows a year, including distributor shows.

Due to the heavy financial demands that grocery chains place on small manufacturers, I closed the business ten years later in 1999. (Healthy Oven is a registered trademark of Sarah Phillips).

FOOD BROKER: I represented over 2,000 gourmet food products, such as Guiltless Gourmet, Terra Chips, El Paso Chili Company, La Tempesta, Dean & Deluca, and Balducci’s in the New York Metropolitan area. I developed a reputation for being the first to recognize and sign-up successful new products. Two of the lines that I helped develop in the New York area went on to become huge successes. Terra Chips (gourmet potato chips), later sold to Hain Foods, and Guiltless Gourmet (low-fat tortilla chips, salsas and bean dips), that started the whole low-fat chip niche.

Success as a broker led to a sales position with one of the leading distributors of gourmet foods in the Northeast. During the next few years, I established the company as one of the leading distributors in a portion of the Northeast. 

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