Candace Nelson Biography
Candace Nelson is an Indonesian-born pastry chef who has appeared on Cupcake Wars and Sugar Rush. She is a co-founder of the Pizzana chain of Neo-Neapolitan pizza restaurants.
How old is Candace Nelson? – Age
She is 48 years old as of 8 May 2022. She was born in 1974 in Indonesia.
Candace Nelson Family
Nelson was raised in Indonesia. Her French-American grandmother was famous for the desserts she created at her San Francisco restaurant in the 1930s. Nelson attended Groton School (class of 1991), Wesleyan University (class of 1996), and San Francisco’s Tante Marie’s Professional Pastry Program. Nelson has received the Wesleyan Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Is Candace from Sugar Rush married? – Husband
Nelson and her husband, Charles Nelson, an Oklahoma native, worked as investment bankers before starting their bakery.
Candace Nelson Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches(1.78 m).
Candace Nelson’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
Does Candace Nelson still own Sprinkles?
Sprinkles Cupcakes, the world’s first cupcake bakery, opened on April 13, 2005. They began in a 600-square-foot (56-square-meter) shop in Beverly Hills, California. Despite the bakery’s four-year no carb slump and early skeptics, they sold 2,000 cupcakes in the first week. Nelson’s take on the classic cupcake is described as “sophisticated,” with ingredients such as sweet cream butter, pure Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon vanilla, and Callebaut chocolate. She also makes unusual treats like vegan and gluten-free cupcakes, as well as cupcakes for dogs. An architect from Vienna designed the sleek, minimalistic store, and a former Martha Stewart employee recreated the logo and packaging.
Sprinkles currently has 22 locations in the United States, including New York, with plans to expand to four more cities, including London and Tokyo. The Nelsons also began traveling with the “Sprinklesmobile,” a Mercedes Sprinter van designed by Sprinkles architect Andrea Lenardin. Nelson also created a line of cupcake mixes in 2007, which are only available at her store and Williams Sonoma locations in the United States and Canada. Sprinkles debuted its Cupcake ATM, a contactless cupcake delivery system that Nelson conceived after a late-night pregnancy craving, in 2012. Sprinkles now has 38 Cupcake ATMs across the country. Oprah Winfrey, Blake Lively, Katie Holmes, Ryan Seacrest, Tom Cruise, Barbra Streisand, and Serena Williams are all Sprinkles fans. Nelson sold Sprinkles to a private equity group in 2014.
Candace Nelson Sugar Rush – Shows
Nelson is a judge on the internationally syndicated competition series Cupcake Wars, as well as Sugar Rush, which she executive produced. Sugar Rush is a Netflix baking reality television series that premiered on July 13, 2018. The series features four professional two-person teams competing in a baking competition for a $10,000 prize. In three rounds, teams of two bakers compete. The first round is cupcakes, round two is confections, and round 3 is cake. Sugar Rush: Extra Sweet, the third season, is the series’ first spin-off season, in which if a team wins either a cupcake or confection challenge, they can choose between an additional 15-minute time in the final cake challenge or a $1,500 prize.