Sharon Loving - The Ginger Baker Longridge.
Meet Sharon Loving , The Ginger Baker who is this month's featured foodie. Sharon is a talented Gluten Free baker and owner of The Ginger Baker cafe / tea room in Longridge. Check out our recent post on her newly opened cafe.
Sharon is a gluten free baker who has become a feature of the Lancashire Food scene supplying a wide range of tasty treats direct to customers and through various quality outlets and now her own venue too.
Here's her answers to our questions.· What is your favorite cookery or food book or publication ?I have two bibles, Laduree Paris ‘Sucre’ and ‘The Golden Book Of Chocolate’· What sentence sums up Lancashire Food to you ?An entire meal on your doorstep, vegetables, meat, fish, bread cakes all on your doorstep.· If you weren’t doing what you do now, what would you like to be ?I’m a trained organic horticulturist, so that would be my backup career · · Which piece of kit could you not do without ?My Microwave for melting chocolate· ·Who would join you at your ultimate dinner party and why?My In Laws Enid and James – amazing adventurous cooks, they opened my eyes to the world of ingredients, how many ways to cook venison and how many ways to pickle vegetables · · What advice would you give to your younger self ?Be patient, it will happen· · Describe your style in three wordsPretty Unique Flavoursome · · What was your latest foodie gadget purchase My Lovely vintage green Kitchen Aid· ·What is your greatest achievement to date ?My Glutenfree Tearoom ‘The Ginger Baker’, it’s been many years in the planning.· ·What is the worst mistake you have made ?I once covered a vegan cake in normal chocolate and didn’t realize until I woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. I got a lovely card saying it was the most amazing cake she’d ever eaten · · Tell us a secret about yourself ? may be something we wouldn’t expect !I was interviewed to present a gardening programme on a well-known channel but fell ill and had to have major surgery, so that was put on the back burner.I also had a glass of champagne with John Hurt when we sat together at a movie premier, in my late teens. We chatted for a while and I just thought he was a strange old man – no idea who he was J
