Welcome to Baked
Baked is a collaborative, creative project by several talented Canadian recipe developers, food photographers, and food stylists. It has been run as a collective since its founding in 2014.
Currently, Baked shares new recipes each week focusing on home baking and sourdough bread. See below for current and former contributors, including some of the most in-demand food photographers and recipe developers in Canada and internationally.
If you’d like to collaborate, please connect here: Work With Us
Current Contributors
Alexandra Daum
Recipe Development, Writing, Photography
Alexandra Daum is a food photographer and recipe developer based in Gothenburg. Alexandra grew up mostly in Manitoba and moved to Germany in 2016, to the Netherlands in 2019, and to Sweden in 2022. She develops many of the sourdough recipes for Baked, especially for enriched dough recipes, and loves baking bread.
Alex released her first book in 2021, Occasionally Eggs, and been featured in the Toronto Star, CTV Your Morning, The Kit, Chatelaine, Winnipeg Free Press, Buzzfeed, Best Health, and countless other sites and publications.
Sophie MacKenzie
Recipe Development, Photography
Sophie MacKenzie is a recipe developer, food photographer and stylist, and baker from Vancouver, British Columbia. She develops many of the sourdough breads, cakes, cookies, and pies on Baked and has extensive training in the baking industry.
Sophie’s work has appeared on Country Living, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Brit and Co., The Kitchn, Design Love Fest, and Food 52. She has also contributed recipes to the magazines Alive, Eat, and Taproot.
Kelly Neil
Recipe Development, Writing, Photography
Kelly Neil is a food photographer and recipe blogger from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She writes many of the classic, old-school recipes for Baked and has a strong background in simple comfort food and approachable baking recipes.
Kelly has created food photography, written recipes, and appeared on live television for national brands such as President’s Choice, Cavendish Farms, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Lee Valley, and Penguin Random House. Kelly has also worked with East Coast organizations such as Nova Scotia Tourism, Taste of Nova Scotia, and the NSLC. In addition, she wrote four separate bi-weekly food columns, including recipes and restaurant reviews, for The Chronicle Herald for more than three years.
Contributors Currently on Leave
Kris Osborne
Site Founder
Recipe Development, Videography
Kris Osborne founded BAKED with the dream of bringing accessible, trustworthy recipes into the homes of like-minded bakers. She is an accomplished chef, recipe developer, writer, and video creator from Southern Ontario.
Kris is a writer for Food & Drink magazine and her first TV show, a docuseries titled Food Is Me, will be airing on TV1 in April 2023. Kris’ work has appeared in multiple editorial publications and on brand sites.
Heidi Richter
Recipe Development, Photography
Heidi Richter is a recipe developer, organic gardener, food photographer, and mother based on Vancouver Island, BC. Heidi’s great strengths for Baked are vegan recipe development and bread baking.
Heidi’s work has been seen on BuzzFeed, Brit & Co, Hello Glow, Greatist, and the CBC. Heidi also writes for Edible Vancouver Island magazine.
