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
  1. "Mrs. Linda Haynes". Ottawa ON: The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. "The Final Proof: Linda Haynes". Bakers Journal. Simcoe ON: Annex Business Media. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. "Two Dishes". Penguin Random House Canada. Toronto ON. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. Silverman, Craig (26 August 2008). "Trading bread for dough". The Globe and Mail. Toronto ON. Retrieved 25 June 2023. {{cite news}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
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