Juliet Sear

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

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.

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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