Molly Yeh is a cookbook author, blogger, and host of Girl Meets Farm on the Food Network. She is also a classically trained percussionist, a graduate of the Juilliard School, and a former editor of Juilliard Magazine.
She lives on a farm near the border of North Dakota and Minnesota with her husband and two children. She is known for her fusion recipes.
Midwestern, Scandinavian and Jewish cuisine and her charming and humorous writing style.
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- Full name: Molly Yeh
- Date of birth: May 22, 1989
- Age: 34 years old
- Female
- Birthplace: Glenview, Illinois, USA
- Nationality: American
- Occupation: Cookbook author, blogger, TV host, percussionist
- Height: 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
- Parents: John Yeh (father), Jody Yeh (mother)
- Siblings: Jenna Yeh (sister)
- Spouse: Nick Hagen (husband)
- Children: Bernie Hagen (daughter), Poppy Hagen (son)
- Relationship status: Married
- Net worth: $3.5 million
Early Life & Education
Molly Yeh, now 34 years old, was born on May 22, 1989 in Glenview, Illinois, to a Jewish mother named Jody Yeh and a Chinese father named John Yeh.
She grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, where she attended Glenbrook South High School. She has an older sister named Jenna.
She loved music from a young age and started playing the piano at the age of 4. She later switched to percussion and joined the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. She also developed a love of baking and cooking, inspired by her mother and grandmother.
She moved to New York City in 2007 to study percussion at the Juilliard School, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
She has performed with various orchestras and ensembles, such as the New York Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Knights.
She also served as a writer and editor for The Juilliard Journal, the school’s newspaper, where she interviewed musicians and composers.
Personal life
Molly Yeh met Nick Hagen, a fifth-generation farmer, in 2011 through a mutual friend. They started dating and moved in together in Brooklyn. In 2014, they married and moved to his family’s farm near the border of North Dakota and Minnesota.
They live on a farm built by Nick’s great-grandfather in 1897. They have two children: a daughter named Bernie, born in 2019, and a son named Poppy, born in 2021. They also have a herd of chicken, a dog. , and a cat.
Molly Yeh is proud of her mixed heritage and celebrates her Jewish and Chinese cultures. She observes Jewish holidays and traditions such as Hanukkah, Passover and Shabbat.
She also incorporates Chinese ingredients and dishes such as dumplings, green onion pancakes and sesame noodles into her cooking. She loves to travel and explore new places and cuisines with her family.
Career
Molly Yeh started her food blog, My Name is Yeh, in 2009, where she shares her recipes, stories, and photos. She won the Saveur Award for Food Blogger of the Year 2015.
She published her first book, Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm, in 2016, which won an IACP Judges’ Choice Award in 2017. She also wrote a short book about yogurt for the Short Stack Editions series in 2018.
She began hosting Girl Meets Farm in 2018, a show about her life and cooking on the farm. She also hosted Ben and Jerry’s Clash of the Cones in 2021 and the 2022 Spring Baking Championship.
She opened her restaurant cafe, Bernie’s, in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, in 2022, named after her daughter. She serves breakfast, lunch and baked goods such as cakes, pies and cookies.
She is also a talented percussionist and still plays and composes music. She has collaborated with musicians such as Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly and Alarm Will Sound. She has also performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center.
Net value
Molly Yeh’s net worth is estimated at $3.5 million. She earns income from her books, blog, TV shows, restaurants, and advertisements.
Social Media
- Instagram handle: @mollyyeh
- Twitter name: @mollyyeh
Book
- Home is where the eggs are
- Molly on the range
- Yogurt
