Search results
Daphne Katherine Reid OC (4 November 1930 – 27 March 1993) was an English-born Canadian stage, film, and television actress. She played more than one thousand roles, [1] most notably onstage in Death of a Salesman, in the 1980 film Atlantic City, and in episodes of the TV show Dallas. [2] .
- Formula 1 and Fulfilment
- Baking and Recovering
- 'Little Moment of Joy'
- Reverse-Engineering A Croissant
- The Experimentation Continues
- GeneratedCaptionsTabForHeroSec
Reid's love affair began when she was 13 years old, and her father took her along to Melbourne's Grand Prix. From that moment she geared her studies towards working as a Formula 1 engineer. She studied aerospace engineering at RMIT University, and at age 23, began working for the Williams F1 racing team. Reid told Patricia Karvelas on RN Breakfast:...
Reid was drawn to baked goods, so every night after an unfulfilling day of work, she'd bake. "I would start to get a bit experimental with it and I lived vicariously through this process of working with raw ingredients, like flour, sugar and eggs … through the magic of science and baking, you end up with a product that is so much greater than the s...
In Paris, Reid visited Du Pain et des Idées, the famous boulangerie where that fateful photo of the pain au chocolat had been taken. "I was so taken by the experience I'd had in the boulangerie and the beauty of the pastries that I'd eaten," she says. There was a constant queue outside the bakery. "I had this realisation that every single person th...
Back home, though, Reid discovered she had really only touched the tip of the iceberg of the croissant-making process. Her early attempts were "pitiful" but, undeterred, she invested in commercial bakery equipment (including a dough mixer, laminator and prover) and decided to open a croissant-only bakery. "I naively thought that I was armed with th...
When it comes to Lune, Reid approaches everything with the mindset of an engineer rather than a baker. "I've had a lot of journalists laugh at me in the past like, 'Well, Formula 1 to croissants — that's ridiculous! But I'm not testing croissants in the wind tunnel, yet," Reid laughs. Just as Reid developed her own croissant, she says her pastry ch...
Kate Reid is the founder of Lune, a popular bakery chain in Australia that sells her award-winning croissants. She shares her story of how she switched from a career in Formula 1 to a passion for baking, and how she overcame an eating disorder.
- Hannah Reich
Kate Reid was a versatile and acclaimed Canadian actress who starred in stage, radio and TV. She played roles such as Lizzie in "The Rainmaker", Masha in "The Three Sisters", Dr. Ruth Leavitt in "The Andromeda Strain" and Linda Loman in "Death of a Salesman".
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Kate Reid was a London-born stage, radio and TV actress who starred in plays by Albee, Miller and Williams. She also appeared in films such as The Andromeda Strain and Atlantic City, and TV shows like Columbo and Dallas.
- November 4, 1930
- March 27, 1993
Mar 29, 1993 · Kate Reid, an actress whose hundreds of roles included starring onstage in "Death of a Salesman," in the film "Atlantic City" and in television episodes of "Dallas," died on...
31K Followers, 329 Following, 254 Posts - Dr Kate Reid (@ms.lune) on Instagram: "Founder and Co-Owner of Lune @lunecroissant @mooncruller 🏎🥐🚀 For appearance enquiries: brigid@venntalent.co".
Mar 27, 1993 · Kate Reid was a Canadian actress who played over one thousand roles in theatre, film and TV. She starred in Death of a Salesman, Atlantic City, Dallas and many other productions.
