Alison Dagger, a Vermont native, grew up around good food from an early age. Alison started tagging along to fine-dining restaurants with her food-obsessed parents at age six. She worked her first job at a gourmet food market, where she learned about cheese, how to fillet fish, and eventually moved to the market's bakery department. After graduating college, Alison had a choice between music and baking, and decided to make a move to Boston to seek a career in the kitchen, baking up a storm at Hi-Rise Bread Company, crafting delicious artisan breads and pastries.