Biography

Candace Nelson was born on May 8, 1974 in Indonesia. She is a producer, known for Best in Dough (2022), Cupcake Wars (2009) and Sugar Rush (2018). She is married to Charles Nelson.

Before entering the bakery business, she and her husband, Charles (born in 1969), a native of Oklahoma, worked as investment bankers. After the dot-com bust, she decided to focus on pastry making and opened a custom cake business from her home in San Francisco. On April 13, 2005, they opened Sprinkles Cupcakes, the world's first cupcake bakery, in Beverly Hills, California.

Pastry chef who grew up in Indonesia. Baking runs in her family, as her French-American grandmother was known for the desserts she created at her San Francisco restaurant in the 1930s.

Graduate of Wesleyan University (class of 1996) and Tante Marie's Professional Pastry Program in San Francisco.