Juliet Sear Explained

Birth Name:Juliet Grace Walker
Birth Date:29 April 1974[1]
Birth Place:Rochford, England
Years Active:2008–present
Children:3; including George
Style:Baking

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

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

Career

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.[4] [5] Sear taught at Leith's School of Food and Wine[6] and wrote for publications such as LoveFood. In 2012, Sear published her debut book The Cake Decorating Bible.[7]

Sear featured in the 2013 Cake and Bake Show in Manchester alongside the likes of Paul Hollywood[8] and became a UK ambassador for range from American series Cake Boss in 2014.[9] She made cakes for public figures such as Peaches Geldof, Tom Daley, Alan Titchmarsh, and Fearne Cotton.[10] [11] Her second cookbook Cakeology was published in 2015.[12] The bakery closed in 2016 when Sear relocated to London.[13]

In 2017, Sear joined ITV's daytime talk show This Morning as resident baking expert.[14] She also began uploading videos to her YouTube channel and released her third cookbook Kawaii Cakes.[15] [16] This was followed by her fourth cookbook Botanical Baking in 2018.[17] In late 2019, Sear hosted her own 10-part Sunday morning series on the network titled Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear.[18]

By that time, Sear's public figure clientele included Ian McKellen at the Oxford Literary Festival,[19] Louise Roe,[20] Bryan Adams, and Prince Harry.[21] [22] [23] Sear's baking, dinner, snack, and plant-based and vegetarian recipes have appeared in BBC Good Food,[24] Hello!,[25] 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.[26]

In May 2024, it was announced HarperCollins had acquired the rights to publish Sear's sixth cookbook Air Fryer Baking Magic that July.[27] Upon release, the book became a Sunday Times bestseller. That same year, Sear joined the Guild of Food Writers (GFW)[28] and became an ambassador for the charity Leukaemia UK.[29]

Personal life

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.[30] Sear previously lived and raised her children in Leigh-on-Sea before moving to Barnsbury, North London.[31]

Bibliography

Notes and References

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

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