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K erry Vincent has a wonderful can-do spirit borne from her childhood in the wilds of Australia. When people are that self-reliant, little fazes them, and that's the perfect attitude for righting failing businesses. Vincent is the fixer on Food Network's "Save My Bakery," airing Wednesdays. She knows how wonderful a neighborhood bakery should be. "For me, when you walk into a bakery, any bakery, there becomes a sense of atmosphere," she says. It goes beyond picking up a dozen rolls and a pie "but having an experience," she says. A thriving bakery needs to stay true to its roots while offering a new experience, she says. "Everything is over the top, and people want instant gratification," Vincent says. "The mums of the world are happy to keep going there to get a loaf of bread and a couple of Danish and go home. At end of the day you have this Catch-22. They want to lean over the counters and have a chat with and know all about cousins and babies, and the new customers are coming in and taking photos on phone." Bakeries are often family affairs with everyone working hard. When people spend some 17 hours at the shop, they're too tired to attend conventions and learn new ways, Vincent says. Yet people tell Vincent they don't understand why their bakeries are failing, especially if they have been making the same popular recipes for 100 years. "Well actually they are not, because flour has changed, and sugar has changed," she says. At this writing, Vincent had visited seven bakeries in the Northeast. She had not yet told people their bakeries were beyond saving. "But believe me, I am not afraid to say that," Vincent says. "When you find people overextending themselves financially that they don't ever understand maybe this isn't the right thing for me to be doing, and dipping into savings that will make their old age miserable. I am not the old lady wandering in saying nasty things. I am the wake-up call, and sometimes I think if I don't wake up them, they will have to close it themselves." BY JACQUELINE CUTLER •What are you currently reading? "I am mostly focused on recipe books." •What did you have for dinner last night? "A sandwich, actually, chicken and apple and walnuts and cranberries." •What is your next project? "Focusing on the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show, and more episodes with "Save My Bakery." Once I get that under my belt, the Sugar Art Show that is 21 years in the making, and also about helping bakers and decorators to do better." •When was the last vacation you took – where and why? "I have been constantly getting out of town and doing episodes of 'Save My Bakery,' then I go home and recharge." BEST 'JACK' MOVIES "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" (2014) Chris Pine ("Star Trek") added another iconic role to his resume when he stepped into the shoes of author Tom Clancy's CIA analyst-turned-spy in this successful reboot of the hit action franchise. "Jack the Giant Slayer" (2013) Nicholas Hoult has the title role in this visually compelling take on the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story, with Bill Nighy as the two-headed leader of the giants whom Jack must overcome to save a princess (Eleanor Tomlinson). "My Boy Jack" (2007) This British made-for-TV docudrama, which aired on PBS' "Masterpiece Classic" here, tells the story of Rudyard Kipling's son (Daniel Radcliffe), his service in World War I and its tragic outcome. David Haig, who wrote the play on which it was based, plays the elder Kipling. "New Jack City" (1991) Years before being cast as a detective on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Ice- T gave a gut-wrenching performance as a cocaine addict-turned-cop who infiltrates a drug gang in Mario Van Peebles' feature directing debut. The strong cast also includes Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock and Judd Nelson. "Jack the Bear" (1993) Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. ("The Ref") is the Jack of this tear-jerker's title – a motherless boy who assumes the heavy lifting of running his household and caring for his younger brother, Dylan (Miko Hughes), and alcoholic father, John (Danny DeVito). Gary Sinise does a rare bad-guy turn as the family's vengeful neo-Nazi neighbor. A young Reese Witherspoon also appears. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986) A bank employee (Whoopi Goldberg) is plunged into the dangerous world of espionage when a British spy being pursued by the KGB taps into her computer with a plea for help. David Franzoni's screenplay and Penny Marshall's directing give the movie just the right mix of action and comedy. "Billy Jack" (1971) After introducing the character, a reclusive Vietnam veteran, in the biker gang movie "The Born Losers," Tom Laughlin told the story he'd wanted to tell since 1954 – about the mistreatment of Native Americans – in this cult hit set in and around a counterculture "Freedom School." It spawned three sequels, one of which was never finished. Nicholas Hoult BY BEVERLY FOSTER SEINBERG Daniel Radcliffe Chris Pine 8 The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • March 24-30, 2014

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