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Candace Nelson Biography

Birth Name:Candace Nelson

Birth Place:Indonesia

Profession Producer

Fast Facts

  • Graduate of Tante Marie's Professional Pastry Program in San Francisco
  • In 1996, Nelson graduated from Wesleyan University
  • Worked as an investment banker before entering the baking business
  • Nelson and her husband opened the world's first cupcake bakery, Sprinkles Cupcakes, in Beverly Hills, Calif․, on April 13, 2005; many credit the store's opening with instigating a nationwide cupcake fad