Matt McDonald is a Certified Master Baker (CMB) and received his certification in 1998. He was also a part of the Bread Bakers Guild of Americas' Baking Team USA that placed in the finals in both 1999 and 2002. Matt was drawn to baking by his earliest inspirations--his mother and grandmother. Later, he considered Tom McMahon, the founder of the Bread Baker's Guild of America as well as Master Baker Didier Rosada, as some of his most formative mentors.

Matt has worked in various aspects of the industry for the past 15 years: as baker for Artisan Bakers in Sonoma, CA; as a baking and pastry instructor at the National Baking Center in Minneapolis, MN; and as Vice President of Operations for Hudson Bread South in Cherry Hill, NJ. Most recently, he was Director of Wholesale Operations for the Willo Baking Company in Phoenix, AZ.