Grace Chan Wants to Open a Wedding Bakery
Grace Chan (陳凱琳) always had a passion for the culinary arts. At home, she often cooked for her parents. When she was studying abroad in Canada, she cooked for her brother.
“I took cooking classes when I was in high school,” shared Grace. “But we only made very simple things. It wasn’t until much later when I started to make more intricate meals with recipes. I learned how to cook western dishes such as pasta and steak. My mother taught me how to make Chinese dishes, but I could never do them well.”
After completing the photography of the TVB drama Wulin Revival <翻生武林> in early October, Grace dedicated her free time to attend cake baking and decorating classes. Cake decorating has always been an interest of hers—the 25-year-old even said she wished to open up her own bakery shop in the future.
“I think wedding cakes are beautiful and elegant,” she said. “I really want to open a wedding bakery shop here in Kwun Tong.”
At the time of this interview, Grace was baking a lemon sponge cake. From baking to decorating, it took Grace two hours to complete the entire process.
Though satisfied, Grace was quite critical of her first cake. “The taste shouldn’t be a problem, but the decorating could use some work. This is my first time making drip cake, and it’s really hard. The cream has to be evenly spread. I don’t know how hard I should squeeze the chocolate.”
Grace to Marry Kevin Cheng Soon?
Grace and her boyfriend, Kevin Cheng (鄭嘉穎), have been dating since the summer of 2015. Kevin, Grace admits, is one of the reasons why she enjoys baking so much.
“I want to be able to make something special for my friends and boyfriend on special days,” she said. “There’s a different taste to home-made meals, and I know he feels it.”
And Kevin returns the favor. On days when Grace is too busy to step into the kitchen, Kevin would take her reigns and make something special for Grace. The kitchen became the heart of their home—and it would continue to be in the years to come.
Despite their 22-year age difference, Kevin and Grace do not experience a wide generation gap. They regard each other as lifelong partners, and rumors say their families are also pressuring them to get married. It’s been said that Kevin intends to marry Grace in the near future, and Grace herself is already preparing for that life change.
Source: Eastweek
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
Tbh, the cake in the picture doesn’t look nice or appetizing. If she wants to open a wedding cake business, she can’t depends only on her and her bf fame for business. Hope she can show some more better looking cakes.
And even her bf loved her cakes, it’s obviously because he is her bf, and he gets to eat something else.
@dramadrama if she can cook a decent meal, i think most men would be happier than eating something sweet.
yes, that cake she designed doesn’t look the wee bit attractive. but of course knowing grace chan, she will tell everyone how much hard work was put in and etc etc.
@dramadrama
She didn’t say she want to open the bakery shop now. She said she want to do it in the future. I’m sure by the time she open her bakery, her cake decoration skill would have improved to satisfactory level.
She’s still learning the art of cake decoration. This is her first time making drip cake. So, of course it won’t be nice looking. She has not got the handle of it yet. She herself is critical of the outcome.
Btw, here’s the minion sugar cake decor she made of Kevin’s birthday.
http://img.eastweek.com.hk/resources/59712/2.jpg
@kidd That’s a cute one. Who is the pretty lady beside her?
@dramadrama
I also don’t know who that lady is. The article didn’t say.
@dramadrama
You just dislike Grace so much. Pick on everything that she say. Or just interperate everything she say badly.
The cake in the picture doesn’t reach to level of a bakery shop. But opening bakery shop doesn’t require herself to do cake, just having money and managing it are enough. Hope they get married soon so no more news bombards the public with speculations that they will get married, tired. Sometimes talking too much about marriage will lead to no marriage, so better don’t talk about future, just try your best, Kevin and Grace
That cake is on time for Halloween at least…
With Grace’s personality, do you think she will get married soon? If she still works in the showbiz after marriage, the relationship is hard to last in the future.
@rainbow28 i just wish she gets married and disappears for good. going back to canada is a good idea…grace chan’s personality is such that she will continue to yak even after getting married..which means she will provide personal info and divert the attention from her poor acting skills/refusal to accept constructive criticism.
@rainbow28 I personally find Grace Chan a lousy overly irritating person. She has a long horsey face, bad looking cheekbones and worse all her bad smile like an old lady. Just wonder why Kevin can fall for her what good she possess?
Open bakery? Wild dream bad idea how could she handle when she can’t even know how to cook and bake.
@elcmei Look can be subjective. I actually think she has a beautiful face just find her way too skinny for me. Liked her when she was running for Miss HK as she was pretty and she speak well.. Just not sure what happen after she started dating Kevin…..
@elcmei I hope you daughter looks even worst in the future since you so like to condemn people like eating vegetables…
Her cake doesn’t look that bad IMO. And opening a bakery really doesn’t require her working there. She just need to “invest” in it and hire bakers and kitchen staff.
@happybi
At glance I thought it’s not bad too. But think again I think somebody helped her. The decoration including macarons, chocolate must be prepared in advance, so it must be somebody prepared for her. She do granache decoration but it look really messy, lol
@cuckoo as long as it taste good.. ok lah!
I don’t care for Grace Chan much or all these news of marriage, but while the cake isn’t bakery store level, it’s not that bad. She legit admitted herself that it needed some more work. Jesus christ, let her live.
I think she is a pretty young lady and I don’t understand why so many people have so many mean comments to say about her. Why don’t you try to think if so many mean people make comments about you like that – how would you feel? I bet you will cry after reading that about yourself. I think we all should try to be kind to one another and the world will be a better place. If you don’t like her then please don’t read about her. She admitted in the article that it was the 1st cake she decorated. This is part of the article: “From baking to decorating, it took Grace two hours to complete the entire process.” To describe someone with a horse face – that’s just terrible.
@dramas4me Some stupid will just hate for the sake of hating. I hope they will experience it back so they can know the feeling of it. Or else they wont know and will keep on insulting nonstop like grace owes them the whole world..
@lam86 I just think if they don’t like her then they don’t have to read about her or watch her work. There is no need to be so unkind to someone like that.
@dramas4me Calling people as “many mean people”, is it considered as “to be kind to one another”? I don’t think so. If you think who is mean, just tell him/her directly, don’t say as a bulk. I myself am not in the news so not receive bad and good comments. So if she doesn’t want to receive comments, just don’t do interview with reporters. Don’t know if you ever seen someone is good even at the first time. I’ve seen, many girls in my class did decoration very beautifully at the first time, at the exam, because they don’t have means to do at rent rooms. Sometimes someone praises others for the purpose to crictise different others because he/she doesn’t like those people, not because he/she really think those’ works is worth with their sympathy, this isn’t called “kind”. I’ve received some comments like “old, ugly, as an old mother” but I laughed till stomach got pain, what’s problem? I haven’t felt any sadness when ppl say I look ugly, lol,
@cuckoo when I said “… So many mean people have so many mean comments…” Those people know who they are. Not everyone is talented at cake decorating – some people need more practice.
@dramas4me Mean people don’t dare to speak frankly, must imply this that. No need to be talented, but if you are not talented then people just told the truth, why have to call them Meam people, that is called “kind”?
@cuckoo
I dont think describing some1 as ‘mean people’ is mean.
Calling some1 ugly. And say they have horse face, ugly cheek bone etc… Is pure rude. Mean is a nice way of saying it.
Im surprise that you are ok with people calling you ugly but not ok with ‘mean people’ comment. Its an indication that you dont take criticism well.
Seriously if you could laugh from some1 calling you ugly then you need to reassess the environment you are surrounded with. Its not healthy to be in such toxic environment.
A few nasty comments or jokes may seem harmless but deep down it could be extremely damaging. Thats 1 of the reason why people commit suicide. Bullying……
Telling someone u suck and should quit show biz is not constructive feedback. Constructive feedback point out the issue and give guidance on the way forward. Just telling people how bad they are is just a criticism.
@1nit
It’s up to you about what you think. I don’t like someone don’t dare to directly call who is mean and having directly discussion, only calling people “mean”, it’s not a nice way though. Don’t say that I cannot take “mean people” comment, since @dramas4me didn’t dare to call me that. If she cannot tell why you don’t comment about her, you go to comment about me for what purpose? People didn’t like me so they called me ugly, if I reassess I won’t get anything because I still have to be in that envirenment. Those think appearance is important will be sad, but I’m not the case. I didn’t say something rude nor mean about Grace, that’s the problem when @dramas4me implied about the cake, 1st time, etc, which I think is not true. I replied very directly, not mean, that’s not called cannot take critism. Don’t pull me into others’ comments, like horse face or whatever, my comments are different
@cuckoo
Not trying to start a fight. Nor am I saying your comments were mean. My aim was to explain that mean people comments is not mean as you were so worked up about it.
To be fair dramas4me may not have implied you. If I were to go in and read a forum and think several comments were mean. I wouldnt bother to go and reply to each individual and tell them that their comments were mean. But will do same as drama4me.
Just out of curiosity, you laugh when people say ur ugly because you dont care about appearance. Since you got so worked up about the mean people comments, does that mean u care alot about the way people view u?
You can get out of that toxic environment. You could access/determine the reason/purpose of the comments.
1. If they say it bcoz they think its funny then u can tell them to stop because those jokes/comments are not funny. People who care about u will stop. People who continue to bully most likely are not worth your friendship.
2. If its a cultural environment. Then it is harder. But education will improve people’s behavior. People will stop doing things after understanding how damaging it is. Unless they have some psychological issue and purposely wanting to hurt people.
3. If they are just pure bully and wont change then consider distancing ur self from them
Protect urself and dont tolerate bullying.
@1nit I think maybe this is not the first time encountering dramas4me, so … it happened. It’s better to say clearly one time then stop forever, no argument, no implying in the future.
Actually Im sure that how much I care about appearance, but everytime someone said I’m ugly, I couldn’t hold laughing, the way he descrbed me, look like sth made me imagining such me then I laughed. Next time he didn’t say I’m ugly in front of me, but with other people, when people were angry with me, they told me, I answered 1-2 sentences, they laughed, no more comment ugly from them since then. I always was bullied and chose to be loser. People adviced me must to be fierce long long time ago. I joined forum and practising, lol.
@1nit Thank you very much. You explained my points so well.
@dramas4me I’m sorry, I thought you implied me while I said Grace’s cake was messy which I thought a very casual comment. I like straight forward discussion, sometimes implying causes so much headache.
@cuckoo No problem. I think it’s ok for people to make comments, but some people overdo it. Constructive criticism, comments are better. Very hurtful words can do as bad damage as knives/guns. Not everyone can take those hurtful words and forget about them. Some previous comments here weren’t that bad, but some were very hurtful. I don’t have time to point those out so I had to make a general statement that’s all. I hope you will understand.