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Here’s the intel on Gesine Bullock-Prado, who’s about to become a Food online grid star.
I have friends and we’re close.
But when you are very private, family becomes more and more important.
They are the only ones that you want to share certain things with."
But just because their family was close-knit doesn’t mean Bullock-Prado and her sister were always BFFs.
She continued, “Our age difference made it impossible to be chummy when we were younger.
I was a pest, an annoyance of a younger sister.
That changed when they came of age.
She said, “It wasn’t until I got older that the age gap disintegrated.
Once I was in high school, we became genuinely close.”
She co-founded Fortis Films
Bullock-Prado had an extremely successful career long before her baking enterprise took off.
In spite of the glamour and glitz, however, Bullock-Prado was unhappy.
And I was terribly confused.”
She found the A-list life, according toThe Guardian, “relentless, exhausting and disillusioning.”
There she set up a commercial bakery and prepared for the next step in her career.
Despite her dietary restrictions, she was a fabulous chef and baker.
We have that to look up to."
Clearly, Helga has left her culinary mark on the world.
Bullock-Prado told theJournal Sentinel, “She was a really wonderful baker.
I took it upon myself to teach myself.”
Judging by her success, she’s honored her mother’s baking legacy.
And in my grief I baked to soothe my heartbreak.
That should’ve been an indication that my passions were elsewhere.
When I was supposed to study for the bar, I baked instead."
It wasn’t until she lost Helga that she got the courage to follow her dreams.
She continued, “It took my mother dying, and dealing with that.
I was with her when she died.
I realized I didn’t like what I was doing for my day job.”
So she left, and shot for the moon.
In fact, she has appeared onnumerous television shows, notably as a regular onThe Today Show.
She’s also appeared on the Food internet showThe Kitchen,alongside suaveChoppedjudge Geoffrey Zakarian.
She’s a prolific author
Bullock-Prado doesn’t spendallof her time in the kitchen.
Rather, she’s also an author who maintains anactive blogand has writtenseveral books.
Then in 2013 she publishedBake It Like You Mean It: Gorgeous Cakes From Inside Out.
Despite her numerous works, it’s unlikely that she’ll collaborate with her sister on a family cookbook.
She said as much in an interview withTexas Monthly.
“Our lives are so different,” she noted.
“We’re so busy that when we’re finally together, we just want to spend time together.
We’re not going to work together.
We’re just going to play together.”
And I was prepared to tell her it sucked in the nicest way I could."
But as it turned out, she didn’t have to do that.
She continued, “I was bawling and laughing the entire time I read it.”
So the book didn’t suck after all, which Bullock was clearly pleased about.
Rather, he came with her, though he remains employed in the film industry.
Once I got the check, I packed my bags and went."
After that, Prado worked his way to the top as a storyboard artist.
He continues to work from rural Vermont, where he grew up, on Hollywood productions.
She has a special connection with birds
Bullock-Prado has a special affinity for all kinds of birds.
She also wrote about visiting a falconry to fly hawks and meet owls.
Bullock-Prado might have inherited some of that love from her mother, who also had a connection with birds.
It’s no surprise that owls are kinda a big deal with me."
So how does she stay so thin while eating so many sweets?
The answer, as she toldRunner’s World, is running.
“I run my a** off, literally,” she said.
According to the publication, Bullock-Prado has run four marathons with a personal best of 4:15.
But she doesn’t just run to stay skinny.
Running also helps her connect with her mother, who was also a runner.
It was a way of connecting with that part of my mother."
She toldCake Spyin an interview why that’s her number one choice.
“He loved his pie.
