Press and Awards

Good Food Awards

The Accidental Baker is the recipient of three Good Food Awards for our Firecracker and Sea Salt artisan flatbread crackers in 2020 and our Tuxedo Sesame Crackers in 2021.

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Hillsborough bakers’ national attention is no accident

Sascha Godfrey for the News of Orange interviewed The Accidental Baker in the February of 2020 after the announcement of The Accidental Baker’s two Good Food Award wins, for their Firecracker and Sea Salt artisan flatbread crackers.

2020 Good Foods Awarded Firecrackers and Sea Salt Artisan Flatbread Crackers

Triangle Businesses Clean Up at Annual Good Food Awards

Eric Ginsburg for IndyWeek covered North Carolina’s 2021 Good Food Award winners in January 2021, which The Accidental Baker was included in for their Tuxedo Sesame artisan flatbread crackers.

A silver award trophy with a red, white, and blue ribbon draped over it, placed in front of a box labeled 'Tuxedo Sesame' and 'The Accredited Baker,' with a small illustrations of a rustic barn and a landscape in the background.

Accidental Baker starts in home kitchen, now it's an award-winning NC cracker company

Amber Rupinta with ABC 11 interviewed The Accidental Baker in June 2026 for ABC 11’s North Carolina Made series, which highlights small businesses and products across the state.