Zac Young

Zac Young is an American pastry chef and TV personality. He has been featured on various baking shows on Food Network and the Cooking Channel, most noticeably on Top Chef: Just Desserts and Unique Sweets. He also appeared as a guest judge on baking competition show Nailed It! on Netflix.

Early life
Young was born in Portland, Maine. Growing up, he wanted to learn how to bake after his vegan mother never baked cookies for him. Young was enrolled at Walnut Hill School for the Arts High School in Natick, Massachusetts. Young momentarily worked as a costume designer before deciding that baking was his true passion. He then moved to New York City in 2003 to enroll at the Institute of Culinary Education and graduated in 2006. Young originated the PieCaken dessert.

Personal Life
Young is gay.