Linda Haynes (businesswoman)
Linda Haynes is co-founder of ACE Bakery Limited, Calmeadow, and the Haynes-Connell Foundation. For her philanthropic work, Haynes was awarded the Member of the Order of Canada in 2006, and invested in 2007.[1]
Haynes was employed as a television producer, and later became a stay-at-home mother. Her husband, Martin Connell, was employed in the oil and gas industry. He began baking bread as a hobby in the early 1980s. The family's hobby became such that they opened a bakery in 1993, with a charitable aim.[2]
She is author of The Ace Bakery Cookbook, which received the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards' "Best Bread Book." She also wrote More from Ace Bakery and co-authored Two Dishes (2009).[3]
Haynes and Connell had homes in Toronto and Caledon, as of 2008.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mrs. Linda Haynes". Ottawa ON: The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "The Final Proof: Linda Haynes". Bakers Journal. Simcoe ON: Annex Business Media. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Two Dishes". Penguin Random House Canada. Toronto ON. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ Silverman, Craig (26 August 2008). "Trading bread for dough". The Globe and Mail. Toronto ON. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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