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Juliet Sear

Juliet Grace Sear (née Walker; born 29 April 1974) is an English baker, writer, and television personality. She is the ITV daytime programme This Morning’s resident baker and has authored six baking books.

Juliet Sear
Born
Juliet Grace Walker

(1974-04-29) 29 April 1974 (age 50)[1]
Rochford, England
Years active2008–present
Spouse
Simon Sear
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(m. 1997)​
Children3; including George
Culinary career
Cooking styleBaking
Television show(s)
Websitejulietsear.co.uk

Early life

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Sear was born in Rochford near Southend and grew up in Leigh-on-Sea.[2][3] She went to university in London.[4] She taught herself to bake and practiced after getting her start baking a cake for her son's fourth birthday.[5]

Career

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In 2008, Sear founded her cake bakery Fancy Nancy (originally the Little Venice Cake Company) on Rectory Road in Leigh-on-Sea. Her products were stocked in Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason.[6][7] Sear taught at Leith's School of Food and Wine[8] and wrote for publications such as LoveFood. In 2012, Sear published her debut book The Cake Decorating Bible.[9]

Sear featured in the 2013 Cake and Bake Show in Manchester alongside the likes of Paul Hollywood[10] and became a UK ambassador for range from American series Cake Boss in 2014.[11] She made cakes for public figures such as Peaches Geldof, Tom Daley, Alan Titchmarsh, and Fearne Cotton.[12][13] Her second cookbook Cakeology was published in 2015.[14] The bakery closed in 2016 when Sear relocated to London.[15]

In 2017, Sear joined ITV's daytime talk show This Morning as resident baking expert.[16] She also began uploading videos to her YouTube channel and released her third cookbook Kawaii Cakes.[17][5] This was followed by her fourth cookbook Botanical Baking in 2018.[18] In late 2019, Sear hosted her own 10-part Sunday morning series on the network titled Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear.[19]

By that time, Sear's public figure clientele included Ian McKellen at the Oxford Literary Festival,[20] Louise Roe,[21] Bryan Adams, and Prince Harry.[22][23][24] Sear's baking, dinner, snack, and plant-based and vegetarian recipes have appeared in BBC Good Food,[25] Hello!,[26] and SquareMeal.[1] She appeared on the BBC's Good Food Show Winter 2021 and created edible characters for The Great British Bake-Off on Channel 4.[27]

In May 2024, it was announced HarperCollins had acquired the rights to publish Sear's sixth cookbook Air Fryer Baking Magic that July.[28] Upon release, the book became a Sunday Times bestseller. That same year, Sear joined the Guild of Food Writers (GFW)[29] and became an ambassador for the charity Leukaemia UK.[30]

Personal life

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Juliet Walker married Simon Sear in 1997. They have three children; their son George and daughter Ruby are both actors, while their eldest Lydia is an artist.[31] Sear previously lived and raised her children in Leigh-on-Sea before moving to Barnsbury, North London.[4]

Bibliography

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  • The Cake Decorating Bible: Simple Steps to Creating Beautiful Cupcakes, Biscuits, Birthday Cakes and More (2012)
  • Cakeology: Over 20 Sensational Step-by-Step Cake Decorating Projects (2015)
  • Kawaii Cakes: Adorable and Cute Japanese-Inspired Cakes and Treats (2017)
  • Botanical Baking: Contemporary Baking and Cake Decorating with Edible Flowers and Herbs (2018)
  • Cute Bakes: Adorable Kawaii-Inspired Cakes and Treats (2021)
  • Air Fryer Baking Magic: 100 Incredible Recipes for Every Baking Occasion (2024)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chef Juliet Sear". SquareMeal. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Have Your Cake". Absolutely Essex. 30 May 2022. p. 46. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Juliet Sear". Baking Heaven. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b Bloomfield, Ruth (15 August 2024). "'Barnsbury is actually friendlier than Essex': How baker Juliet Sear stopped worrying and moved to London". Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b "5 Minutes with Juliet Sear". Baking Mad. 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Cake Baking and Decorating with Juliet Sear". One Dish Closer. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  7. ^ Sear, Juliet (15 December 2022). "A Christmas Cake loved by Fortnum & Mason that can be made just a week in advance". Wylde Moon. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Juliet Sear". Melbourne University Publishing. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Cake Decorating Trends 2014: Juliet Sear's Predictions". Renshaw Baking. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Cake and Bake Show: inspirational cake designs". The Daily Telegraph. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  11. ^ Trivuncic, Sarah (2014). "Juliet Sear shows who's Cake Boss". Maison Cupcake. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  12. ^ Rainey, Sarah (30 January 2014). "Face to face with my marzipan twin - what will she/it taste like?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  13. ^ "The 50 most iconic celebrity weddings of the last decade". Lace and Favour. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Behind the Scenes with Juliet Sear". Baking Mad. 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  15. ^ Day-Parker, Jessica (25 June 2022). "Juliet Sear - from Leigh business owner to This Morning expert". Echo. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  16. ^ Crawford, Sue (19 May 2022). "This Morning cook Juliet Sear reveals the Queen's food favourites". Metro. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  17. ^ Salter, Jessica (2017). "Kawaii: the 'cute' baking trend". Sainsbury Magazine. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Juliet Sear & Botanical Baking". Baking Mad. 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  19. ^ Cordell, James (23 September 2019). "ITV cooks up new Sunday morning shows". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Sir Ian McKellen to speak on playing Shakespeare". Oxford Literary Festival. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  21. ^ Fecteau, Jessica (19 December 2016). "See Louise Roe's Stunning Naked Wedding Cake Topped with Kumquats". People. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  22. ^ "The beautiful art of baking". Derby Telegraph. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  23. ^ "A fabulous feast that's fit for a queen". Bath Chronicle. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Meet the neighbours – Juliet Sear, Queen of the Cakewalk". Henry & James. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Juliet Sear recipes". Good Food. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  26. ^ Hamilton, Sophie (23 March 2020). "Bake Juliet Sear's pretty chouxnuts with Chantilly cream filling". Hello!. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  27. ^ "Chefs: Juliet Sear". Good Food Show. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  28. ^ Spanoudi, Melina (24 May 2024). "HarperCollins snaps up Air Fryer Baking Magic by TV baker Juliet Sear". The Bookseller. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  29. ^ "Member Profile: Juliet Sear". Guild of Food Writers. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  30. ^ "TV baker Juliet Sear announced as Leukaemia UK Ambassador". Leukeamia UK. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  31. ^ Ngimbi, Emmanuella (6 August 2024). "ITV This Morning star shares baby announcement in emotional family update". Daily Express. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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