Jocelyn Delk Adams

Jocelyn Delk Adams is a professional baker and the founder of grandbaby-cakes.com, which launched in 2012. Before her blog and the brand became her full-time job, she owned a freelance production company specializing in event management and was the manager of external affairs for Chicago Urban League.

Jocelyn's blog features her family's, particularly her grandmother's, recipes with a modern twist. In 2015, she came out with her cookbook Grandbaby Cakes, which People magazine, Vanity Fair, Yahoo!, and Epicurious named a top fall cookbook. It also won the Gourmand World Award 2016 for Best Blogger Cookbook USA and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award 2016 for Outstanding Literary Instructional Work. In addition to her writing, Jocelyn is a TODAY Show Tastemaker and cast member of "Unique Sweets" on the Cooking Channel. She's also appeared on The Rachael Ray Show, Food Network's The Kitchen, ABC World News Now, and more.

Jocelyn is the founder of A Charitable Confection, an anti-violence dessert fundraiser featuring the top bakeries in Chicago. She holds a bachelor's of arts degree in mass media communications from Clark Atlanta University.