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at prudential.com slash state of us. I'm Hillary Kerr, and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life?

Today, I am so excited to have a legend in the studio with me,

chef, CEO, and founder of Milk Bar, Christina Tosi.

She is a hugely influential, devastatingly cool, next-level pastry chef, who owns and operates a 15-location

company with over 250 employees and a crazy cult following that includes me, by the way.

Ever heard of cereal milk soft serve? That's Christina. Birthday cake truffles, all her.

She is inventive and brilliant and also the recipient of two James Beard Awards.

She just opened her first ever bakery in Los Angeles, and she also just came out with

her third cookbook, All About Cake, which is on shelves and in bookstores everywhere

right now.

But Christina did not always dominate the wonderful world of pastries, at least not

officially.

Before she became the industry trailblazer that she truly is, she actually used to work on

the business side of things, where she ran

operations for David Chang's Momofuku Empire. We're going to get into all of the nitty-gritty

of how she made that switch and what she did and how she did it, and I am so thrilled to do so.

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