Jen and I will discuss our mid-life crisis career changes, and what it means to be a Certified Sugar Artist…I honestly didn’t know this was a certification, and I’m intrigued! Fun fact: This is literally the 1st time Jen and I are talking/meeting “in-person”, so that should be entertaining to say the least.
Jen Gardiner is a Canadian Actress, Cake Artist and Entrepreneur from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Jen is best known for her acting role as Modwenna in 'Martyrs - The Chronicles of The Blood’ and her cake business Sweet Treats By Jen. Jen also ran a second company for 5 years teaching marketing online.
She spent her school years participating in the arts (plays, musicals, bands, choirs and drama club) and sports and dreamed of becoming a doctor. Specifically a neo-natal surgeon. She did a 180 at the age of 20 after a cake decorating hobby started to take off as a business and she opened her first business at the age of 20. She became a Certified Sugar Artist and Pastry Chef.
From that business she learned so much about marketing that she opened a second online business teaching marketing at the age of 26. Jen was no stranger to TV as she had a monthly teaching segment on Rogers Daytime TV for her cake business for over a year and was even offered her own TV show for her cake project the "Smile Project".
Remembering her love for the arts she started enrolling in acting classes in August 2018 and landed her first lead role in January 2019.