Jane’s Patisserie Star Returns To Ashburton

Chef Students and tutors at Ashburton Chefs Academy in Devon were thrilled at the return of one of their most successful Chef Graduates, Jane Dunn of Jane’s Patisserie fame.

Visiting on 7th December, 2022, Jane spent time with the Diploma in Patisserie students demonstrating one of her popular recipes from her best-selling book, Jane’s Patisserie, that takes its name from her hugely popular blog and social media channels. The students enjoyed an informal question and answer session with Jane and were able to find out about her incredible journey from chef school through to social media sensation and her current success as best-selling cook book author and television personality, as well as tips on how to build their own social media brand.

Jane Dunn graduated as a qualified chef from the Ashburton Chefs Academy in 2014 after completing an intensive 6 month Culinary Diploma programme. Shortly after this Jane started her blog, Jane's, posting about her love of food and in particular baking and sweet treats. She became a full-time blogger in 2018 and today has a staggering 1.5 million followers across her social media channels.

Her success on the internet lead to the publication of her debut cookbook ‘Jane’s Patisserie’ which became the fastest selling bakery book ever with over 150,000 copies sold within the first 3 months of it being released, and her second book ‘Celebrate!’ released in 2022 was an instant best-seller. Jane now makes regular appearances on television, most recently ITV’s‘This Morning’ where she brings her recipes to enthusiastic audiences.

“We were absolutely thrilled to welcome Jane back to Ashburton after all these years”,says Chef Director Darrin Hosegrove.“ We say our mission at the Chefs Academy is to train the ‘next generation of inspirational chefs’ and Jane has certainly lived up to that and is now inspiring millions of enthusiastic home cooks with her love for baking. Her success is down to her hard work and passion for food and cookery along with her exceptional media skills. We are enormously proud of her achievements and our students were hugely excited to meet her.’

You can find out more about Jane Dunn, visit her blog at Jane's Patisserie.