Lenore Johnson is a Canadian baker, entrepreneur, reality TV personality, and founder of LenJo Bakes in Kitchener, Ontario. In 2024 she was a member of the winning team on season three of Crime Scene Kitchen.
Johnson was raised in Brampton, Ontario. She studied math and business at the University of Waterloo. She learned to bake as a child from her mother and credits baking with how she learned math and how to count. In her third year at Waterloo, she decided to pursue her baking hobby full-time. She transferred to Toronto Metropolitan University and completed a degree in economics and international studies with a minor in math while also taking baking and pastry classes at George Brown College.
Following her studies, Johnson worked in worked in hotel kitchens in the United Kingdom and a winery in New Zealand. She returned to the Waterloo Region to teach at Conestoga College. LenJo Bakes was launched as a as a storefront business in Kitchener, Ontario in early 2020 shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic prompted her to focus on the business full-time as she was unable to teach remotely. LenJo Bakes was one of the first businesses in Canada to use Square Card. As a Black woman business owner, she has experienced racism in the food services industry having been confused multiple times for other local Black business owners including Ajoa Mintah, founder of Four All ice cream
Johnson served as judge on Wall of Bakers, a spin-off series from the Food Network's Wall of Chefs in 2022. She also competed on season 3 of Crime Scene Kitchen, winning the season with Kitchener-based baker and entrepreneur Jessica Harrison. Johnson was asked participate on the show over social media and initially thought the invitation was a joke.