Penny Calder, a stay-at-home mother of two, “lives for Saturdays” at the market. In her first season, Penny has added to the diversity of edible confections available at the market, infusing her home baked goods with her culinary panache – and a zest of her home country. An Australian transplant living in Grey County for the past six years, Penny came to Canada equipped with post-secondary training as a qualified trade cook.She chose baking and pastries as her culinary outlet of choice because it allows her a greater window of creativity and experimentation that cannot be captured when cooking, for example, a roast beef. “Baking actually requires thinking,” she says, especially when converting Australian cooking increments to Canadian. Rising at 5 a.m. every Friday to prepare for Saturday, Penny whips up a palette of delectable delights. including domestic favourites such as butter tarts and oatmeal-raisin cookies ( a notable favourite of hers) as well as morsels with a foreign flare, including her acclaimed lamingtons.  These cakes, made of vanilla sponge coated in chocolate and encrusted with flaked coconut, are a popular Austrailian dessert named after a national park in the country’s Queensland territory.  Penny also enjoys adapting recipes to fit her own preferences, such as a rhubarb pie she converted into bite-size tarts. In addition to her baking skills, Penny also has a knack for knitting classic sock mnkeys, adorable plush toys which both make great handmade gifts for children and thus earned Penny notable recognition.  Attending the market is a pastime which creates mutual advantage between Penny and her customers.  Penny loves to socialize  and serve patrons looking for tantalizing tastes that are, plainly, different from the rest!  Felling the rewards of a hard day’s labour after selling out almost every Saturday, Penny still drives home with freinds and family eagerly awaiting leftovers. They usually end up disappointed! It’s the freshness and quality of homemade  that interplays with every flavour and Lamingtons are a must-try for curious taste buds! Penny gladly accepts customer orders and can be reached at 519-323-1408.