Twinkle VanWinkle was born in a small town in Mississippi. A life-long lover of music, media and food, she grew up following those three things along her path. She has over 20 years of professional cooking under her apron strings, feeding thousands of friends, family and other folks while working in restaurants and bakeries in Oxford, Miss. She baked apple pies for the Oprah Winfrey Show and appeared on The Best Of... in the same year. Along with producing dynamic entertainment and lifestyle content for LIN Media, she is a mother, musician and social media fanatic.