Born in Tokyo in 1969, Hisako Ogita studied at Tokyo's Rikkyou University, where she earned a degree in Sociology. From there she went on to pursue a career in confections, by taking a one year course of studies at the Tokyo-based culinary school Ecole Tsuji. Ogita applied her training working in the well-renowned French bakery Chandon in Tokyo's ritzy Aoyama district. For two years she worked there as an apprentice studying candy making under culinary specialist and international TV cook Yoko Ishihara.
Through the years Ogita's passion for sweets and pastries has manifested itself in a handful of books, the international hit I LOVE Macaroons, Interesting and Tasty Sweets Made with a Handmixer, and The Rollcake Book. Ms. Ogita continues to work as a patissière in Tokyo's trendy Shimokitazawa neighborhood.
