ABOUT US

Sift Bake Shop specializes in artisanal breads, pastries, desserts, macarons, signature cakes, savory items, and more. Our bakers arrive by 3:00 AM to start the daily production, and every single menu item is made fresh daily within the in-house exhibition kitchen, where guests can watch the bakers hard at work through the glass windows. In order to maintain the freshest baked goods possible, we aim to sell out of product by the close of business.

It is our goal to deliver our customers quality, unique, and delicious food in a warm and welcoming environment.

OWNERSHIP

ADAM & EBBIE YOUNG

Meet Adam and Ebbie Young. The husband and wife team met while working at the Ocean House Hotel & Resort and share a deep love for hospitality, a passion for quality food, and an appreciation for genuine service. Sift is truly dream come true for the couple, and a labor of love. Adam is the Proprietor and head Pastry Chef, and Ebbie assists behind the scenes supporting marketing efforts and social media. When Adam is not at Sift, the Youngs can be found enjoying quality time with their beautiful daughters, Stella and Eva.

CHEF ADAM YOUNG

Adam Young began his career at the age of 12 washing dishes at the local inn in his hometown of Brandon, Vermont. He grew up on a working dairy farm, where he would milk the cows before school and developed a strong worth ethic set forth by his farming parents. He went on to attend New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, V.T. and found himself working all along the East Coast after graduation. He was fortunate to work under the late French Master Chef Chef René Bajeux,, and Olympic Chef Joe Faria, where he gained a strong passion for cultivating the talents of the next generation of young chefs. Before opening Sift Bake Shop in the spring of 2016, Young was the Executive Pastry Chef at Ocean House Hotel & Resort, a Forbes Five Star, Five Diamond, Relais & Chateaux property where he was on the opening culinary team and ran a 24-hour pastry operation for six years.

In 2016, he left Ocean House to venture out on his own, and opened Sift Bake Shop in May of 2016 to rave reviews. In summer of 2018, he opened a second Sift location in Watch Hill, R.I., and in 2019 Sift underwent a massive expansion, which included a rooftop cocktail bar, Mix at Sift. Young opened his eponymous doughnut shop, Young Buns Doughnuts, in Downtown Mystic in summer of 2020 and Sift Niantic in the summer of 2022. Most recently, he renovated Mix at Sift to become a year-round fully operating restaurant and rooftop bar, Mix Restaurant & Rooftop as well as expanding his confections line to have a chocolate shop and dessert bar, A.T.Y. Bar & Bonbons.

Young was crowned Food Network’s Best Baker in America in 2018, and was also named Best Pastry Chef in Connecticut by the CT Restaurant Association in 2019. Young is also a frequent contributor to Food Network and can recently be seen as a guest judge on Food Network’s “Holiday Gingerbread Showdown” and “Chopped Sweets.” Recently Young published his own Sift cookbook, and enjoys spending his free time with wife and two daughters.

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