One Handed Baker

Hi, I’m Rachel! 

I live in Auckland with my husband, two kids and three rescue animals. After 20+ years in the media (as a TV producer, journalist and news reporter) I started my One Handed Baker blog in 2017 to share my love of baking. I never once imagined the name ‘One Handed’ would become so true to life… In 2020 I woke up from a shoulder operation to find my immune system had had a freak reaction and shut down the signals from the top of my spinal cord-brain-right hand. A rare occurrence and not something my doctors nor I ever expected. To say life has turned upside down since is a huge understatement. I've lost the use of my dominant right hand, have had to learn how to live with a disability, and endure  continuous pain & spasms.

So, yes – I'm now very much the ‘one handed baker’.

Read more here: www.onehandedbaker.com/about/