Martin Philip (baker)

Martin Rainey Philip is an American baker, author, and banjoist.[1][2] He is the head bread baker at King Arthur Flour in Norwich, Vermont.[3][4]

Martin Philip
Born
Martin Rainey Philip

Arkansas
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBread maker
Years active2006-present
Spouse(s)Julie Ness
Children3
Websitebreadwright.com

Early life and education

Philip was born in the Ozark Mountains area of Arkansas.[5] He grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[6]

In 1992, Philip received a Bachelor of Music in performance (voice) from the Oberlin College's conservatory for classical music.[7]

Career

After college, Philip lived in San Francisco until 2000. After moving to New York City to pursue work in opera,[8] Philip worked in the operations division of the investment bank Credit Suisse until 2006.[9] He attended classes at Art Students League of New York for drawing. Philip wrote about how being in the City during September 11 attacks initiated a career change.[10]

In May 2006, after a long period of home baking,[11] Philip moved to Vermont to work at King Arthur Flour in Norwich, Vermont.[10] He was hired by King Arthur head baker Jeffrey Hamelman.[9][12] He is now head bread baker.[13]

In 2017, Philip wrote the book Breaking Bread: A Baker's Journey Home in 75 Recipes.[5][14] He wrote the book – part memoir, part cook book – in Hanover Town Library in Hanover, New Hampshire[9] and during a 2016 residency at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.[15] The authors Sarah Stewart Taylor and Jodi Picoult provided guidance and Picoult connected him to a book agent.[12][9]

As part of the book release, Philip did a week long tour of the Ozark region where he grew up, that he called Baker Maker Roadshow and Biscuits for Strangers,[16] where he rode his bike with his banjo and baking ingredients as a way to connect with the community where he grew up.[17]

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic where self-isolation and physical distancing increased the popularity of home bread baking,[18] Philip shared regular baking stories on Instagram, often with his son as an assistant and his daughter behind the camera.[19]

Personal life

Philip is married to Julie Ness.[20] They have three children and live in White River Junction, Vermont.[9]

Philip plays the banjo, typically clawhammer-style. He is also an avid trail runner in the Vermont woods near his home.[11]

Honors

Selected works and publications
  • Philip, Martin; Reed, Julia A. (photography by) (2017). Breaking Bread: A Baker's Journey Home in 75 Recipes. New York, NY: Harper Wave, HaperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 978-0-062-44793-7. OCLC 1132370646.
  • Philip, Martin (26 October 2017). "I Was Too Busy to Run. So I Started a Streak, and It Changed Everything". Runner's World.
  • Philip, Martin (13 September 2018). "We slept in that day". Medium.
  • Philip, Martin (6 April 2020). "Don't be a bread hostage". King Arthur Flour.

References
  1. Unrein, John (11 December 2018). "Bake Twentyfive: Martin Philip". Bake Magazine.
  2. Kellams, Kyle (15 May 2018). "Baking, Writing, Playing the Banjo". KUAF.
  3. Conte, Annemarie (9 April 2019). "I Took a 3-Day Bread Baking Class, and Walked Away With More Than a Full Stomach". Woman's Day.
  4. Barry, Jordan (3 September 2019). "Martin Philip Talks Baking, Conversation and Humanity". Seven Days.
  5. Monk, Ginny (22 November 2017). "Ex-Arkansan's Bread quest ends at home". Arkansas Online.
  6. "Breaking Bread: A Baker's Journey Home in 75 Recipes with Martin Philip". Fayetteville Public Library. 31 March 2018.
  7. "Recipe: For Nights at Round Table". Oberlin Alumni Magazine: 17. Winter 2018–19.
  8. Hill, Amanda (15 February 2018). "Breaking Bread; how an opera singer became a baker". WCSH, News Center Maine.
  9. Smith, Nicola (4 October 2018). "Upper Valley Baker and Writer Garners Vermont Book Award". Valley News.
  10. Philip, Martin (13 September 2018). "We slept in that day". Medium.
  11. Prescott, Virginia; McCarthy, Hannah (18 May 2017). "From Investment Banker to Head Baker". NHPR.
  12. Dyck, Mark; Philip, Martin (12 September 2018). "Rise Up #25: Martin Philip". Rise Up! The Baker Podcast with Mark Dyck.
  13. Lindholm, Jane; Smith, Matthew F. (6 November 2017). "Sharing Stories And 'Breaking Bread' With King Arthur Flour's Head Baker". VPR.
  14. Philip, Martin; Reed, Julia A. (photography by) (2017). Breaking Bread: A Baker's Journey Home in 75 Recipes. New York, NY: Harper Wave, HaperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 978-0-062-44793-7. OCLC 1132370646.
  15. "Martin Philip - Artist". MacDowell Colony. 2016.
  16. Smittle, Stephanie (1 November 2019). "Feeding strangers on the Pig Trail: Martin Philip's "Baker Maker Roadshow"". Arkansas Times.
  17. Martin-Brown, Becca (4 October 2018). "A bicycle, a banjo and biscuits - Baker takes to road to collect stories of the Ozarks". Arkansas Online.
  18. Hanson, Alex (1 May 2020). "The Great American Baking Boom shakes the Upper Valley". Valley News.
  19. Grayson, Margaret (15 April 2020). "King Arthur Flour's Martin Philip Talks Sourdough and Baking With Kids". Seven Days.
  20. "Bio". Breadwright. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  21. Cloud, Kristen (18 January 2013). "King Arthur's Martin Philip Competing In Golden Bread Cup This Weekend". Shelby Report.
  22. Reed, Julia (28 May 2016). "The Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie". King Arthur Flour.
  23. "32nd Annual New York Book Show Catalog". Book Industry Guild of New York. 2018. pp. 26–27.
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