Malakwa woman the only Canadian to compete in Food Network baking show

There is only one Canadian contestant on the upcoming season of the Food Networks Holiday Baking Championship, and she might win you over with her sweet eats and even sweeter demeanour.

Janet Letendre lives in Malakwa, B.C. and is up against other bakers from across the United States — all of them competing for $25,000 and the title of Holiday Baking Champion.

Letendre has taken to Instagram to share her enjoyment of filming the show, and notes one of the best aromas in the baking battlefield may have been host Jesse Palmer.

You can get a taste of Letendre’s goodness by ordering some treats from her home-based business Gramma Bears Cakery.

You can watch Letendre compete for the Holiday Baking Championship on the Food Network on Nov. 4 at 6 p.m.

Letendre brought a taste of Canada to the competition. She is pictured second from the right. SUBMITTED / Food Network


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Jenna Wheeler is a writer at heart. She has always been naturally curious about what matters to the people in her community. That’s why it was an obvious decision to study journalism at Durham College, where she enjoyed being an editor for the student newspaper, The Chronicle. She has since travelled across Canada, living in small towns in the Rockies, the Coast Mountains, and tried out the big city experience. She is passionate about sustainability, mental health, and the arts. When she’s not reporting, she’s likely holed up with a good book and her cat Ace.

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