Republicans seized on Chloe’s story after she became a folk hero of sorts, appearing on the Rachael Ray television show and later winning thousands of dollars of appliances, plus a new, commercial-grade kitchen addition to her family home, courtesy of a local remodeler.
Cottage industries have been under scrutiny in recent years from local and state governments seeking new revenue to plug budget holes.
According to 2008 research by the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., almost 30 percent of Americans work in jobs that require some form of federal, state or county licensure, which is six times the number in the 1950s.
#Gift for teen cupcake baker license
Local officials caught wind of Chloe’s kitchen smells following a newspaper article that championed her baking skills, and in January she was shut down for selling baked goods without a license or a state-certified kitchen.Ĭhloe is not alone. The cupcakes became hot potatoes for state lawmakers after it was revealed the Madison County Health Department shut down Hey Cupcake! the banner for pre-teen proprietor Chloe Stirling of Troy, Ill., who was baking to help out local fundraisers through sales to family and friends. Pat Quinn (D) is signing into law Tuesday the so-called “cupcake bill” that will allow home kitchen operators to bake free freely without the intervention of local governments or health departments as long as the home operations pull in less than $1,000 per month or there is not a complaint or health-safety issue. Home bakers in Illinois can breathe a sigh of relief: The government is no longer tugging at their apron strings.
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