Bullock-Prado was born in
Washington, D.C. Her father, John Wilson Bullock (1925–2018), was a United States Army employee and voice coach; her German mother, Helga Mathilde Meyer (1942–2000), was an
opera singer who sang at the
Staatstheater Nürnberg and the
Salzburg Festival and taught voice at the
Mary Washington College. Bullock attended the
University of Virginia and
Southwestern Law School, and became a licensed attorney in 1997. She joined the production company
Fortis Films in 1995 with her sister, actress
Sandra Bullock. As the company's lawyer and president, Bullock-Prado co-produced the films
Gun Shy and
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and helped develop dozens of others, including
Practical Magic,
Miss Congeniality, and the series
The George Lopez Show. In 2004, Bullock-Prado left the film industry and relocated to Vermont. From 2005 to 2008, she owned a bakery, Gesine Confectionary, in
Montpelier; she is now a pastry instructor at her own baking school in
Hartford, Vermont, Sugar Glider Kitchen, and at
King Arthur Baking Company, formerly the King Arthur Flour Company. She also hosts the
Food Network's
Baked in Vermont, and appears as a judge on
Beat Bobby Flay,
Christmas Cookie Challenge, and
Worst Cooks. Bullock-Prado authored several books, including
Confections of a Closet Master Baker (2009) aka
My Life from Scratch (2010) – which she dedicated to her mother, and the cookbooks
Sugar Baby (2011),
Pie It Forward (2012),
Bake It Like You Mean It (2013),
Let Them Eat Cake (2016),
Fantastical Cakes (2018), and
My Vermont Table (2023). ==Personal life==