Gesine Bullock-Prado traded in her role as a producer to become a pastry chef. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Gesine started her transition out of Hollywood after the death of her mother in 2004. Weighed down with grief, Gesine found solace by diving into her mother’s favorite hobby, baking. Then she realized that producing wasn’t for her. “It took my mother dying and dealing with that,” shared Gesine with the publication. “I was with her when she died. I realized I didn’t like what I was doing for my day job.”
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Gesine eventually landed a Food Network baking show called “Baked in Vermont,” which premiered in 2017 and ran for two seasons. Filming the cooking show allowed Gesine to combine her love of baking with her love of “telling people what to do,” according to her Build Series interview. Gesine also broke down her approach to teaching on the show. “Well, I think my mode of teaching and making it accessible and fun and silly was immediately translated because I felt I could see the people who were watching and knowing that, if I can do what I do in a class and make people laugh … then they’re not going to feel intimidated.” Although “Baked in Vermont” isn’t currently in production, Gesine has continued sharing her baking knowledge via her Sugar Glider Kitchen baking classes and her popular cookbooks, including her latest, “My Vermont Table.”
