Nathan Hildebrandt

Sales Manager, bakery flour sales

Nathan Hildebrandt joined King Arthur Flour in 2010 as the Sales Manager for bakery flour sales customers in the Midwest region.

Nate got his start in the field of baking while in culinary school at Kendall College in Evanston, Ill., where after one year he realized he didn’t really like cooking – but baking was another story. “I think I liked the structure of it. With baking, you need to be precise,” Nate says. “I love being in the bakery.”

Highlights of his baking experience include cooking with his mentor Sanford D’Amato at events including James Beard House dinners, and Julia Child’s 80th birthday.

After spending nearly 10 years making breads, pastries, and more in restaurants and bakeries in the Midwest, Nate moved out of the kitchen and into sales for Karp’s Bakery Supplies (now BakeMark USA). “I really liked the quality of the product that they manufactured; it made the product easy to sell. And that’s the kind of feeling I get at King Arthur, known as the top brand name in the flour industry,” Nate says. “If I’m going to sell something, I have to believe in the product. People say King Arthur and it goes hand-in-hand with quality.”

Nate enjoys working with the kind of high-caliber bakers who are committed to using the best ingredients for the best results. “The passion for food and quality ingredients inspires me, and I enjoy learning from the customers I work with, also,” Nate says.

When he’s not working with customers at their bakeries in the Midwest, Nate keeps busy with his wife and four children, all baseball fans and active members of their school, church, and the community of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Nate also enjoys bow hunting and sharing the pleasure of wild game with his appreciative family.