Sarah O’Brien

Sarah O’Brien has owned and operated Little Tart Bakeshop in Atlanta’s Grant Park neighborhood for over a decade. What started as a farmers market table has grown into a business with three locations, multiple market tables, and a sister soft-serve shop, Big Softie. O’Brien is passionate about using the best of what is grown and made in Georgia, and about moving the needle in the food industry toward higher wages and sustainable employment. She is a graduate of Brown University and the Iowa Writers Workshop, and a self-taught baker. She has been nominated as a semifinalist for the James Beard Outstanding Baker award three times. You’ll generally find her in the kitchen at Little Tart making pie dough by hand, surrounded by her incredible team.