Star Scrapbook: Linkie Marais Save Collection Share Flip through a Food Network Star finalist's scrapbook for an up-close-and-personal look at journal entries. 1 / 19 Photo: Edward Chen/Creel Films © The Pastry Queen Linkie Marais, a pastry chef and cake designer originally from South Africa, was eliminated from Team Giada in Episode 6. Her lack of confidence was her own worst enemy.