Tieghan Gerard

Tieghan Elizabeth Gerard (born September 15, 1993) is an American food blogger and social media influencer. She created Half Baked Harvest in 2012, a food blog that she has since expanded into several popular social media accounts, a daily newsletter, and four cookbooks.

Early and personal life Tieghan Elizabeth Gerard was born on September 15, 1993.

Gerard lives near her family and has seven siblings with an age range of 35 years. One of her brothers is Olympic snowboarder Red Gerard.

Half Baked Harvest Gerard created her food blog Half Baked Harvest in 2012 on WordPress when she was nineteen years old. She originally focused on documenting the meals she would cook for her family. She has stated that she had already been cooking for her family for many years, as her father, who was in charge of cooking dinner, would often not have the food ready until late in the evening. Gerard has posted a recipe to Half Baked Harvest nearly every day since its inception. Gerard also has a daily newsletter with 700,000 subscribers. In September 2023, Gerard partnered with meal kit delivery service Home Chef.

In 2023, The New York Times described Gerard as an "unwilling lightning rod for controversy, entangled in issues that have galvanized the food world in the last decade: cultural appropriation, intellectual property, body shaming, privilege and racism." In 2021, Gerard faced significant backlash when she posted a recipe she called "pho", but that was largely unrelated to the soup considered Vietnam's national dish. She has been the subject of accusations of recipe plagiarism and speculation about her mental health. Gerard has four full-time and two part-time employees, one of whose duties include deleting negative comments across her social media accounts. Gerard produces the content from a studio next to her house.