Linda Gaylard is a Canadian Tea Sommelier, certified by The Tea Association of Canada and a graduate of the Tea Sommelier programme from the culinary arts facility of George Brown College in Toronto. In 2009, she left a career as an influential wardrobe stylist to launch the website The Tea Stylist, for which she is best known. Linda also writes for international tea publications, appears in television interviews and on lifestyle video blogs, and hosts tea tastings and events. On her quest for tea knowledge, Linda has travelled around the world, including to China and Korea, where she has toured farms, met producers, and tasted exquisite teas. Linda regularly attends and gives talks at tea fairs around the world, including the World Tea Expo, where she accepted an award for The Tea Book as World Tea Award's Best Tea Publication for 2017.