page_title: Christina Tosi
section_title: Early life and family
hierarchical_section_title: Christina Tosi / Early life and family
caption_attribution_description: English: Christina Tosi at Hot Bread Kitchen
context_page_description: Christina Tosi is an American chef, author, and television personality. She is the chef, founder, and owner of Milk Bar, the sister bakery to the Momofuku restaurant group, with sixteen locations across North America.
context_section_description: Tosi was born in Ohio and raised primarily in Springfield, Virginia to an agricultural economist father of Italian origin and to an accountant mother. After studying to become an electrical engineer for one year at the University of Virginia, she spent time in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, to see if she wanted to be a translator. Eventually, she graduated from James Madison University. After graduating, she moved to New York and enrolled in the French Culinary Institute's pastry arts program.
  On July 30, 2016, Tosi married New York City-based restaurateur Will Guidara.
caption: Christina Tosi at Hot Bread Kitchen (2012)
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