Nicola Lamb is a pastry chef, consultant and the author of Kitchen Projects, a newsletter and journal that offers readers a look behind the scenes at the highs and lows of recipe development. She has also contributed to the London Evening Standard and Guardian Feast. In 2020, Lamb co-founded Puff the Bakery, heralded by Vogue magazine as a ‘cult bakery pop-up’ that later transformed into a virtual pastry school with over 2,000 students during lockdown. Lamb’s past work includes Dominique Ansel New York, Ottolenghi, and Little Bread Pedlar. Nicola won the award for Best Baking and Desserts Book at the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2025 and the 2024 André Simon Food Book Award for her book Sift: The Elements of Great Baking.