Hi, my name is Martin and I’m a food nerd.

I’m particularly obsessed with baking. I’ve loved it ever since I set the microwave on fire making a “biscuit” as a wee youngster. Luckily, I’ve learned a lot since then. I am a home baker and cook, taught by dozens of blogs, a vast cookbook collection, my local public library, the people around me, and what grows around the Great Lakes. I used to be afraid of baker’s math, measuring, kitchen thermometers, and latticing pie crusts. But now I’ve figured out how to do it…and I’m still learning.

Originally from Indiana, I grew up in a loving family, surrounded by cornfields, Amish farms, and a distant relative’s apple orchard. As Hoosier now based in Chicago, my baking combines my Great Lakes roots, my multicultural urban home, and my goofy, think-outside-the-box attitude. While I am a huge nerd about food and baking, I don’t take things too seriously. I’m really here to have fun, and I hope you do, too!

I post about baking on Instagram @martinsorge, TikTok @martinsorge, Twitter (you guessed it) @martinsorge, at my website martinbakes.com and here in my newsletter.

[SPOILER ALERT] Oh, one more thing. Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith named me the winner of The Great American Baking Show, streaming now for free on The Roku Channel! Tune in to watch me and eight other incredible bakers.

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