Host of The Great Canadian Baking Show Kyla Kennaley, baking is in the genes. One might say it's always been part of the recipe as the third generation of bakers in her family, following her grandmother and her "phenomenal cook" of a mother.
By the time she entered university, however, she intended to become — wait for it — prime minister. But after quickly realizing she "absolutely abhorred" politics and following a brief stint as a flight attendant, Kennaley shifted gears and headed to Ottawa's Algonquin College for culinary training. This was also after making one additional realization: "I wasn't as good of a cook as my mom.
It helps, too, that the tents on set where the bakers work away under the pressure of the clock share the colours of Kennaley's mother's kitchen and that so much of what she saw and worked with at Madeleine's is also a part of the set, from the cutlery to the ingredients.