Latest Fox Segment 2/18/20!
Check out the latest Recipe of The Day Segment I did for KSDK on 1/15/20. Search YouTube for all the others!
About Sarita
I am Sarita Gelner, the creator of Ritzy Mom, a food and lifestyle blog featuring hundreds of unique and self developed recipes. I am Sri Lankan American Baker who was most recently on The Great American Baking Show. I am also a TV Chef and part of a movement to shine light on the efforts of minority women in the fields of food and media.
My love of cooking started early. My Mother immigrated from Sri Lanka decades ago. She quickly became known for her authentic cuisine. She was featured in a local St. Louis newspaper. See the top right of the newspaper clipping below for her curly haired sous chef!
My Ritzy Mom was a hard working single mother. She shaped me into a strong woman who seizes the day, puts heart and soul into everything, and never gives up. She taught me how to make my own spice blends, like her homemade curry spice. And she is the reason I know how to bring the passion, fire, and flavor to what I do! To delve deep into my Journey, read How I Found My Voice Through Food.
Cooking with my Mother has been a lifelong joy and an activity that I now do with my own two girls. I have always been interested in the story behind ingredients and what makes certain dishes stand out. My goal is to get you excited about cooking and be inspired to learn about and use the ingredients that bring food to life and make them ritzy recipes!
Make Life Ritzy!
Ritzy is a state of mind! So let’s bake life more ritzy with unique ingredients, confidence in the kitchen, and knowledge of food that leaves an impression.
XO,
Sarita Gelner
Media & More
You can see me competing on The Great American Baking Show on ABC, starting Dec. 12th at 8pm CST! Now streaming on Hulu!
Latest Fun with Dough Fox Segment!
Valentine’s Day Segment for FOX:
Feature in West Magazine: https://westnewsmagazine.com/2020/01/03/118824/chesterfield-baker-experiences-life-inside-the-tent
TISL Appearance https://www.ksdk.com/video/features/sarita-gelner-great-american-baking-show-holiday-edition-contestant/63-6795dfe2-a528-4fd1-8179-e09742f82e88
Catch my latest appearance on KTRS 550am with Kelly Jackson and Wendy Wiese! https://soundcloud.com/550ktrs/sarita-gelner-local-cooking-star-goes-national
Feature in Feast Magazine.
St. Louis is getting ready for the Baking show! Check out this announcement from the awesome Jill Devine of St. Louis’s Y98!
Several of recipes and food pictures have been featured on Show Me St. Louis and Today Food, the Instagram Food Page for NBC’s The Today Show.
Check out just a couple of the following featured recipes!
Tropical Smoothie Popsicles With Granola featured on KSDK & Today Food’s IG.
Chocolate Baked Donuts featured on Today Food IG and Show Me St. Louis.
Here’s a link to my FAVORITE appearance on KSDK’s Show Me St. Louis, where I made not one, not two, but THREE St. Patrick’s Day Green Drinks, including my Shimmering Shamrock Sour !
My Eggnog Creme Brulee was featured in STL Today!
Appearance on The McGraw Milhaven Show with Kelly Jackson with my Coconut Milk Cinnamon Rolls