Vallery Lomas is the author of the cookbook, Life Is What You Bake It, which the Boston Globe, the Washington Post and the Food Network named one of the best of 2021. She wrote the book after winning the third season of the popular television series, The Great American Baking Show, in 2018. A former lawyer, Lomas shares her recipes with followers on Instagram (@FoodieinNewYork) and YouTube. She also writes a column for the Wall Street Journal, “The Bakeaway,” and is a <em contributor. She earned her undergraduate degree from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and her law degree from the USC Gould School of Law.