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VOGUE: This Charming Coastal Connecticut Town Just Keeps Getting Buzzier
When it comes to a weekend getaway, you can’t go wrong with a coastal town—especially one with as much beauty, history, and authenticity as Mystic, Connecticut.
Boston Globe: ‘More than a slice of heaven’: Mystic, Conn., is emerging as a culinary-driven destination
Nationally recognized chefs and restaurateurs are rewriting the village’s culinary narrative.
New York Times: Exploring Connecticut’s Culinary Corridor
You could say a bakery was the tipping point. In 2016, Adam Young, who was executive pastry chef at the luxury resort Ocean House in Watch Hill, R. I., opened his French-inspired bakery, Sift Bake Shop, in Mystic.
USA TODAY’S 10Best
A.T.Y Confections is honored to be named one of USA TODAY’S 10Best Chocolate Makers in New England!
CT Insider: How CT's Sift Bake Shop is making a name for itself in Mystic and beyond
Food Network’s Chopped Sweets
Chef Adam Young was a judge on Food Network’s Chopped Sweets, a sweet spinoff of the ultimate culinary competition.
FOOD NETWORK
Adam Young of Sift Bake Shop in Mystic is the “Best Baker In America.” The pastry chef was crowned the winner of the second season of the Food Network baking competition show Monday night. Adam Young of Sift Bake Shop in Mystic is the “Best Baker In America.”
WTNH News Channel 8: ‘Bakery Kids’: Owner of Sift in Mystic pens children’s book
Ebbie Young and Dan Kenyon publish children’s book telling the fun story of a day in the life of two sisters helping their dad in the family bakery.
The Day Magazine: Love, Labor & Lots of Pastries
Read a Q&A below with Ebbie Young!
FOOD NETWORK
“Meet the Competitors of Spring Baking Championship, Season 3. Adam began his career with dreams of becoming a savory chef, but it wasn’t until an apprenticeship in New Orleans that he fell in love with pastry; he now owns and runs his own bakery, Sift Bake Shop in Mystic, Connecticut…”
HARTFORD COURANT
"For a few years, the Food Network kept calling Adam Young. Every so often, the pastry chef's phone would ring, and producers would be interested in featuring him on upcoming programs. But the timing never seemed to work out..." READ MORE >>
CT FOOD & FARM
“Adam tells me that his vision was for customers to go out and enjoy the beautiful town of Mystic - to take his pastries to the park near the river, or eat while strolling through downtown…”
THE DAY
Video highlighting Sift Bake Shop, “Passion keeps Mystic baker up around the clock…”
CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE
“Ask any pastry chef, and they will tell you baking is not just an art, but also a science that requires precision at every step. Adam Young, head pastry chef and co-owner of Mystic’s new French-focused SIFT Bake Shop, clearly thrives in an environment of exactitude…”
