Boutique cake baker Magnolia Kitchen insolvent: staff, ASB, Heartland, Watercare claim $250,000-plus

Bets Gee of Magnolia Kitchen inside her cafe in Silverdale. Photo / Babiche Martens

Two banks, Watercare and staff are claiming $250,000-plus from an insolvent Auckland boutique cake bakery business in liquidation.

Silverdale-based Magnolia Kitchen, run by Bernadette “Bets” Gee, is now in the hands of Keaton Pronk of