This business started with 1 recipe and 2 sisters. Here’s their story…

Born in Atlanta, GA, and raised in the East Lake Meadows Housing Projects, sisters and Co-founders, Sheila Tiller-Tooks and Toshia Tiller had very humble beginnings. Although they had many reasons to fail, they never bought into the stereotype that they couldn’t be anything they wanted because of their upbringing or what they didn’t have growing up. They both grew up under their parents’ tutelage which taught them that “You can be whatever you want.”

Co-Founders Toshia Tiller and Sheila Tiller-Tooks founded CornbreadSisters after Toshia, being in the kitchen, wanted to create a recipe for cornbread that would satisfy her taste buds. After multiple attempts, she discovered a premium buttermilk homemade cornbread recipe. Sheila, known for her entrepreneurial spirit, had the idea to contact a restaurant to ask if they would carry their cornbread and the restaurant agreed, thus the business was born. The sisters joined forces integrating their skills in sales, business, and marketing, and decided to keep the recipe a family secret. They would make this cornbread for family dinners, holiday company parties, and special occasions and received rave reviews and requests for the recipe. They wanted to create a space where they would show up to events and everyone would know who actually created the original recipe. This dream birthed CornbreadSisters.