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Gemma first became fascinated by cakes as a child, watching her gran make birthday cakes for all the family – blue icing for the boys and pink icing for the girls! But her interest did not stop at cakes and, having trained as a chef and worked in a hospital as a commis chef, she became head cook in a home for children and young adults with learning difficulties, many of whom also had dietary problems. Soon she was adapting dishes – and cakes – for gluten, lactose, egg and sodium free diets. However, her real loved remained pastry and all things sweet, so she moved on to work as a confectioner in a bakery in Cornwall and then back home to Brighton to work as Head Pastry Chef at the University of Sussex. As the university's pastry chef she made so many celebration cakes and enjoyed it so much that she enrolled and completed a City and Guilds in Sugarcraft. 'When you first discover you have to start a gluten free diet, your first thought may be ‘I can never eat a cake or sandwich again. You’ll visit all the supermarkets and try what gluten free treats they have to offer; they’re OK but you long for a good homemade cake. All you need is as copy of Gluten-, Nut-, Egg-, and Dairy-free Celebration Cakes from B.Dutton Publishing! A mere £16.99 (a snip) from good bookshops or direct from the publisher at www.squires-shop.com - or from Amazon here. |