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Toni Tipton-Martin

Award-Winning Food & Nutrition Journalist; Expert in Cultural Heritage & Cooking for Social Change

Toni Tipton-Martin
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Baltimore, MD, USA
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Authors, Black Heritage, Family & Parenting, Food & Beverage, Generational Issues, Health, Nutrition, Obesity Awareness Month
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Toni Tipton-Martin Biography

Toni Tipton-Martin is an award-winning food and nutrition journalist who is busy building a healthier community through her books, foundation and in her role as Editor in Chief of Cook’s Country Magazine and its television show. She is the recipient of the Julia Child Foundation Award, which is given to an individual (or team) who has made a profound and significant difference in the way America cooks, eats and drinks; is a three-time James Beard Book Award winner; and she has earned the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Trailblazer Award, its Book of the Year Award, and Member of the Year Award. She appeared as a guest judge on Bravo’s Top Chef, was featured on CBS Sunday Morning’s annual Food Show and in the anthology, Best Food Writing of 2016. She received Notable Mention in The Best American Essays of 2015 and is profiled in Aetna’s 35th Annual African American History Calendar.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama invited Tipton-Martin to the White House twice for her outreach to help families live healthier lives. In 2014 she earned the Southern Foodways Alliance John Egerton Prize for this work, which she used to host Soul Summit: A Conversation About Race, Identity, Power and Food, an unprecedented 3-day celebration of African American Foodways.

In 1991, Tipton-Martin became the first African American woman to hold the position of food editor at a major daily newspaper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Prior to that post, she was the nutrition writer for the Los Angeles Times and a contributing editor to Heart and Soul Magazine (a health and fitness book for African-American women).

Tipton-Martin has been a guest instructor at Whole Foods Culinary Center, and has appeared on the Cooking Channel’s Foodography and the PBS feature Juneteenth Jamboree. She has been a featured speaker at the Library of Congress, Duke University, the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and Charlotte; Austin History Center; the Longone Center for American Culinary Research, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan; Roger Smith Cookbook Conference; Foodways Texas; Culinary Historians of Southern California; International Association of Culinary Professionals; Les Dames D’Escoffier; Webster College; Prairie View A&M University; Women Chefs and Restaurateurs; the College of Charleston; Mississippi University for Women; and Austin Foodways. She has shared her passion for cooks and the community as a freelance writer for Epicurious, the Local Palate, UNC Wilmington’s Ecotone Journal, the Austin Chronicle, Edible Austin Magazine, Texas Co-op Magazine, Gastronomica The Journal of Food and Culture, and Cooking Light Magazine.

In 2008, after 30 years teaching cooking in the media and demonstrations, Tipton-Martin founded The SANDE Youth Project as a grassroots outreach to improve the lives of vulnerable families. The 501(c)(3) not-for-profit is dedicated to combating childhood hunger, obesity and disease by promoting the connection between cultural heritage, cooking, and wellness. Through community partnerships with universities, private and public entities, including Oldways Preservation Trust, the City of Austin, Edible Austin Magazine, and others, Tipton-Martin’s foundation has presented two community events, Soul Summit: A Conversation About Race, Identity, Power and Food and the Children’s Picnic A Real Food Fair.

Tipton-Martin is a member of the Oldways African Heritage Diet Pyramid Advisory Committee, Les Dames D’Escoffier Washington, D.C. Chapter, and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She is a co-founder and former president of Southern Foodways Alliance and Foodways Texas. Tipton-Martin is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Journalism. She and her husband are restoring a 19th Century rowhouse, one of the “Painted Ladies” in Baltimore’s historic Charles Village. She is the mother of four.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/20/2024.

Toni Tipton-Martin Speaking Topics

  • Food history, African American foodways, Southern foodways, nutrition, journalism, food writing, recipe development, rare book collecting, historic preservation

Toni Tipton-Martin Videos

  • The Dish: African American history captured in Toni Tipton's ...
    The Dish: African American history captured in Toni Tipton's ...
    A special edition of The Dish looks back at a culinary event held at New York's Gramercy Tavern -- Chef Toni Tipton offered guests a taste of ...
  • Toni Tipton-Martin: Where Are All the Black Cooks? - YouTube
    Toni Tipton-Martin: "Where Are All the Black Cooks?" - YouTube
    Toni Tipton-Martin is a culinary journalist, author, and community activist who has dedicated her career to building a healthier community.
  • Behind the image of Aunt Jemima
    Behind the image of Aunt Jemima
    In "The Jemima Code," author Toni Tipton-Martin explores a commercial stereotype, and highlights the stories and recipes of African-Americans'...
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Toni Tipton-Martin Books

  • Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook
    Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook
  • The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
    The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks

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Toni Tipton-Martin is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Food history, African American foodways, Southern foodways, nutrition, journalism, food writing, recipe development, rare book collecting, historic preservation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Toni Tipton-Martin for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Toni Tipton-Martin generally travels from Baltimore, MD, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Art Smith, Rachael Ray, Bakari Sellers, Dr. Ian Smith and Zonya Foco. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Toni Tipton-Martin for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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