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Molly Yeh (born May 22, 1989) is an American cookbook author, television personality, restaurateur, and . She is the host of the Food Network cooking show Girl Meets Farm. She is trained as a musician and is a graduate of the Juilliard School, but when she moved to her husband-to-be's family farm, she began devoting time to a food blog that evolved into her cooking show and subsequent cookbooks and a restaurant.
Yeh attended Glenbrook South High School and the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, where she was a member of two percussion Musical ensemble—The Rattan Trio and Beat 3—that won consecutive gold medals (2004 and 2005) in the junior division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. She kept journals from a young age that she turned into her blog in 2009.
After high school, she moved to New York City to attend the Juilliard School, where she was editorial assistant and writer at The Juilliard Journal; in 2011, she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in percussion.
Yeh began hosting her cooking show Girl Meets Farm on Food Network, debuting on June 24, 2018. The series is recorded at Yeh's farm and features Midwestern cuisine as well as elements from her Chinese and Jewish heritage. Her show has been repeatedly renewed so, as of June 2025, there have been 15 seasons. In November 2018, she was a guest co-host on From the Top, a podcast showcasing young classical musicians. Yeh had previously appeared on the show twice as a teenager, in 2004 and 2007. She hosted the Food Network competition shows Ben and Jerry's Clash of the Cones in 2021 and the eighth season of Spring Baking Championship, which premiered on February 28, 2022.
In 2022, Yeh opened Bernie's, a café restaurant in East Grand Forks, Minnesota specializing in Midwestern dishes with Scandinavian and Jewish influences.
In 2025, Yeh wrote Sweet Farm!, a desserts-only cookbook, featuring over 100 happy, whimsical recipes that blend her Jewish, Chinese, and Midwestern roots. It includes signature treats like black sesame babka, frosted tahini cookies, and rhubarb‑rose bars, saffron‑cardamom tiramisu.
In November 2018, Yeh announced that she and her husband were expecting their first child. On March 30, 2019, Yeh gave birth to a daughter named after her husband's great-great-grandfather (who started the Hagen farm) and her own great-great-grandfather. In September 2021, Yeh announced she and her husband were expecting their second child in February 2022. Their second daughter was born on February 20, 2022. Her name was suggested by the Cinematographer for Girl Meets Farm.
| 2025 | Sweet Farm! More Than 100 Cookies, Cakes, Salads (!), and Other Delights from My Kitchen on a Sugar Beet Farm | HarperCollins US |
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