Good Food's 2024 Pie Contest: Judges

How does judging work? We assign each judge to a category. Categories with more entries (looking at you, apple) typically get more judges. At the end of the day, the judges wrestle in Jell-O to decide the ultimate winner. Everything except the previous sentence is true. Without further ado, here are the judges for the 2024 PieFest & Contest.

• Ben Sidell — Saltie Girl
• Bertha Mason — Baking With Bertha
• Brianna Abrams — Winston Pies
• Christine Moore — Little Flower Candy Co.
• Clemence Gosset — The Gourmandise School
• Danielle Bell — de Porres
• Elizabeth Falkner — chef
• Fabienne Toback —  producer, High on the Hog
• Genevieve Gergis — Saffy's, Bavel, Bestia
• Gustavo Arellano — journalist - Los Angeles Times, KCRW
• Hannah Ziskin — Quarter Sheets, House of Gluten 
• Heather Platt — journalist
• Ira Glass — This American Life
• Jennifer Yee — Baker's Bench
• Karen Tongson — professor - USC
• Karis Jagger —  producer, High on the Hog
• Khushbu Shah — journalist
• Lien Ta — All Day Baby, Here's Looking At You
• Meadow Ramsay — Kismet
• Mona Holmes — journalist - Eater LA
• Monica May — Nickel Diner
• Nicole Rucker — Fat & Flour
• Robert Wemischner — instructor emeritus, LATTC
• Rose Wilde - Red Bread
• Sang Yoon — Father's Office
• Sasha Piligian — pastry chef
• Shannon Swindle — Mother Wolf, Funke
• Sherry Yard — Bakery by the Yard
• Silvia Forni — Fowler Museum Director
• Stacy Michelson — artist
• Stephanie Breijo — journalist - Los Angeles Times
• Tejal Rao — critic at large - New York Times
• Valerie Gordon — Valerie Confections
• Zack Hall — Clark Street Bread