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