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Born in London, Lynne was raised in an artistic and creative environment. By the age of 9, Lynne was well on her way to becoming interested in cooking and was developing her skills in her mother's kitchen. By 13 Lynne was already making cakes in her spare time and selling them.
When she left school, Lynne did an apprenticeship at Grange Lodge Hotel in the Channel Islands (UK) under the supervision of chef Michael Owen. For a summer season she began a business called "Just Desserts" supplying cakes and truffles to restaurants and hotels on the island. She later toured South Africa with their premier watercolour artist Wallace Hulley, as his exhibition organizer.
After dabbling in various art skills Lynne moved to Nice, France and began a career fostering special needs children during which time she also wrote a book for foster parents used by carers and associations all over France. For those years the culinary arts were but a first love that remained unrequited.
Six years ago Lynne found her true love in Canada, which is now her home. During this period of re-organization in her life she rekindled some of her creative flair and began dabbling once again in salt dough sculpture and then sugar. With the compliments and encouragement from family and friends, she decided to practice to hone her skills.
When two close friends got married five years ago, Lynne immediately volunteered for the task of making the cake. She produced her first "important" cake. At this point she realized that she had no formal training in cake decorating and began night school to learn the foundation. After obtaining her certificates she created "Let Them Eat Cakes". The credit for this name and indeed the courage for this venture goes entirely to Ben, her love, her mentor, her friend, husband and business advisor.
In 2008 Lynne co-founded the Cake Spotters Guild, now known as the Canadian Cake Decorators Guild, designed for amateur and professional cake decorators to meet together, share, educate, learn and exchange. Lynne also qualified as a Wilton Instructor in 2008 and taught over 100 students in the first six months and now teaches both beginners cake decorating and advanced cake decorating for professionals.
Continuing education is her goal for 2010!
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