Jenn Davis

Hi, I’m Jenn!

I’m a full flavor, sugar, real butter, buttermilk, fresh fruit, and dark chocolate kinda girl. I started Two Cups Flour to share my love for baking, as I believe food is art, comfort, and love.

My culinary roots run deep, from growing gardens and raising cattle to keeping backyard chickens and learning how to bake from scratch. Whether I’m sharing a well worn family recipe or creating a special dessert, every dish is made with intention.

Today I live in Bordeaux, France with my husband Sam and our two dogs, Mojito and Zoe. Besides eating baguettes and cheese, my days are filled with discovering new recipe techniques, visiting marchés and plenty of dog smooches. I’m so grateful you are here and can’t wait to share my creations, what I’ve learned, and hear how your baking grows.

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The Professional Bio

Jenn is the founder, recipe developer, photographer, and content creator behind everything Two Cups Flour. Starting out as a self taught baker, Jenn continued her education with professional baking workshops, as well as through an intensive French pastry school program at the Institut Culinaire de France in Bordeaux, France. Here she studied French techniques for pastry, bakery (breads), ice cream, confection, and chocolate. Jenn blends her American baking roots with her passion and training in classic French pastry into all of her recipes.

Jenn Davis at French pastry school holding two trays of French tarts.
Jenn Davis rolling out laminated pastry dough at French pastry school.

She claimed the title as Winner of the prestigious 2019 Saveur Blog Awards for Best Photography, building on her previous success as a Finalist in the 2018 Saveur Blog Awards for Best Baking Blog. Her talents extended to television when she appeared as a contestant on Food Network’s Chopped Sweets, showcasing her skills on a national stage.

In addition to the blog in 2022, she published her first cookbook, The Southern Baking Cookbook, a compilation of favorite Southern American recipes and inspired bakes from her years living in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

Beyond her cookbook success, Jenn’s work has been featured in top culinary publications including Food Network Magazine, Country Living Magazine, Bake From Scratch, Where Women Cook, Folk, and many others, establishing her as a respected voice in the baking and food photography communities.

Jenn also teaches food photography and styling workshops across the US, covering everything from mastering artificial light to creating the perfect editorial table spread. She’s even hosted a cheeseburger food styling workshop inside the Kansas City Kauffman Stadium.

Alongside her work on the blog, Jenn has been a professional commercial food photographer and food stylist since 2018. She also travels the United States teaching food photography and styling workshops, covering everything from mastering artificial light to creating the perfect editorial table spread.

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Photographer and stylist shooting a bowl of jam.

In 2021, she stepped into the role of Creative Producer, orchestrating photo and video shoots for brands including KFC, Cracker Barrel, Brown-Forman, Herradura, Outback Steakhouse, and Cîroc. She later served as Senior Producer for the combined photo studios of Crate & Barrel and CB2 in Chicago, applying her creative vision and production expertise to projects on a larger scale.

In December 2024, Jenn expanded her food writing by launching My French Table, a Substack newsletter where she shares her unique perspective on French living and cooking from her home in Bordeaux.

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Jenn Davis in chef coat for chopped sweets.

My Journey – A Winding Road…

Here’s the real behind the scenes story!

I grew up in North Carolina, with a horticulturist father and an artist mother. My father taught me to connect with ingredients at their source, walking foggy blueberry paths in rubber boots, milking Holsteins, and harvesting tomatoes still warm from the sun. My mother, an avid baker, showed me that food is a form of art, much like a painting it can be intricate and beautiful.

Today, I combine those lessons: honoring ingredients, respecting the craft, and presenting Southern baking classics with the same thoughtful consideration I learned standing on a little red stool in my parent’s kitchen.

Post high school my focus turned towards my other lifelong love of horses, a bit far from flour and butter. I studied Animal Science at North Carolina State University and worked as a surgical technician for large animals, emergency veterinary medicine and ophthalmology.

After years in scrubs, my journey took a side step turning my after school sport of showjumping from hobby to becoming a professional rider and trainer. I worked with European imports, racehorses, sport horse breeding farms, and was a coach for intercollegiate riders.

Rider and horse going over a competition jump.
Rider and horse going over a competition jump.

While working with horses, I also co-owned a beef cattle farm. Raising and selling all natural beef to restaurants and grocery stores in western North Carolina. You truly learn to appreciate food when you have the first hand experience of farm to table.

With over ten years of coaching students, training and competing jumping horses up and down the east coast, I felt the need to hang up my boots.

I learned to bake cakes, make pies, and layer biscuits from an early age. My sweet tooth was quite strong in those days and though it led me to the kitchen, I never thought of pursuing food as a career. It wasn’t until after I became a photographer, and started pointing my camera at food, that my baking emerged from passion to profession.

Before launching Two Cups Flour, I spent years as a commercial food stylist and photographer, bringing other people’s culinary visions to life. Eventually, I slowly began sharing my own creations on Instagram, but when friends and followers kept asking for the recipes behind the images, I decided to start a blog. Since 2018, Two Cups Flour has been my way of welcoming readers into my kitchen. This is something I truly love, cooking with friends and family.

My baking journey led me to Nashville, Louisville, and Chicago. I worked as a food photographer and food stylist for familiar brands including KFC, Brown-Forman, Herradura, Outback Steakhouse, Cîroc, and Cracker Barrel.

I published my first cookbook, in early 2022, sharing stories and recipes from my life in the South. Not long after, I relocated to Chicago and began working as the Senior Producer for the Crate & Barrel and CB2 photo studios.

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Woman dressed in all black sitting in a producer chair.

My love for discovering new food and living abroad eventually led me to France. In 2024, I sold most of my belongings, furniture, cars, home, etc., packed up all my kitchen supplies, and moved to Bordeaux.

Today, I’m solely focused on sharing my love of baking while exploring life in a new country.

My French Table Newsletter

Join My Weekly Newsletter filled with French inspired recipes and life as an American Expat in France.

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Follow on Instagram

Jenn posts recipe pics, videos, baking tips, and photography on Instagram, @twocupsflour . Any news and upcoming recipes will be on the gram feed and in Stories. We love to see and share your TwoCupsFlour recipes, so please remember to tag @twocupsflour #twocupsflour on Instagram!

Jenn’s Favorite Recipes