Tara Jensen

My name is Tara Jensen and my mission is to inspire self-confidence and community change through the craft of baking. I’ve been baking daily in one way or another for twenty years. In my twenties I baked professionally for bakeries like Red Hen Baking, in Middlsex, Vermont and Farm and Sparrow, in Asheville, North Carolina. I ran a wood fired market bakery, Smoke Signals, from 2011 to 2018, in Asheville, North Carolina, while also learning about fresh flour at Carolina Ground. My bread and pies have been featured in Food & Wine and Bon Appetit and my Instagram includes over 109,000 followers from around the world. Currently, I teach in-person and digital workshops on a variety of breads and baking subjects, often featuring baking friends and colleagues. Catch me enjoying my new toddler and baking up a storm on Instagram under @Bakerhands.