About
My husband, son and I emigrated 11 years ago and settled in a lovely area of Brisbane, Daisy Hill and was very fortunate to meet such lovely neighbours, friends and work colleagues and through that Contemporary Cakes and Classes has grown.
Contemporary Cakes has been running for 20 years and was first established in the UK and so emigrating to Australia, I had to begin all over again.
My first two wedding cakes were for my neighbours children and so my business grew from there. I hung up my chefs hat, 6 years ago to concentrate on my cake business full time and I have not looked back. We have no family here ( although they make up for it on their 5-7 week visits!) and having had a successful cake business in the UK, I had to start from scratch. So word of mouth is the best advertising and my thanks to my customers and students who recommend our services.
My thanks also to my lovely husband and son for their great support and cake tasting skills!
All cakes are made in licensed and food approved premises and I have a 5 Star rating from Logan Council for food safe consistently for the last 4 years.
What makes my cake business quite unique, I make and bake and design and decorate all my own cakes and do not outsource from anyone or have assistants.
I love to meet my clients, discuss and finalize their specific cake design and then make the magic happen. Creating that perfect cake also creates lasting good memories.
My favourite part of my cake business is when I create a customer’s 21st cake, then their engagement cake, then their wedding cake and then perhaps the christening cake!
Qualifications
I am the the founder and sole proprietor of Contemporary Cakes and Classes. After attending college and completed a three year City & Guilds to become qualified chef and pastry chef.
In 2004 I completed 2 City & Guilds in Sugar craft and Royal Icing courses. My learning is ongoing and I have traveled overseas to update my skills in this beautiful creativity. I also teach cake baking and decorating so visit my cake class section for all cake class information.
Hollywood Films
I have produced food and cakes, which have appeared in various film, Bridget Jones Diary, Finding Neverlands,Wimbledon
I have catered for royalty Duchess of Wessex H.R.H. Prince Edwards wife.
Food and cakes have also been made BBC television programme and food commercials.
Cake Decorating classes
My love for teaching came about when I worked as a chef. I think my classes are growing in popularity due to my teaching style, by breaking down the stages of the cake decorating into easier manageable stages, the same way as I trained my kitchen apprentices. They are not like any online tutorial as you see exactly how I create the cake and also share lots of tips along the way and the real time frame of making a cake.
Cake classes are available for total beginners, as well as more advanced and challenging designs. Baking classes are available for cakes, cupcakes, cookies and macarons too!
My classes are professional, enjoyable and have amazing results. You will have wonderful environment to learn in, with the very best cake decorating facilities in Brisbane. Use up to date cake tools and offer further extras in each class that I teach.
My classes are small with 6 or less students, so why would you want to go anywhere else? After class help is available via telephone or email for any other cake advice that you may need.
Business workshops are offered on how to become licensed and registered for cake makers. Individual or group mentoring sessions to cake makers wanting to know all the extras to their business.
Several cake makers have now become licensed after attending the workshop and I look forward to helping more become a legal working cake business.
I believe in helping and sharing what I do and I aim to inspire people with this fantastic yummy creativity. Once you walk into my cake studio, you will clearly see I am a cake-a-holic!
Author
Contemporary Cake Designs Book One is my first published book and E book and is available to buy direct from the online shop of this website or via Amazon if you live outside of Australia.
http://www.contemporarycakes.com.au/shop/product/contemporary-cake-designs-book-one/
In November 2013 I attended the Cakes International show, to launch my first book. The show was at the NEC Birmingham UK and was very pleased to be invited as a guest Author in the Authors Kitchen. I demonstrated a few projects from my first book and shared a little about life as a cake decorator overseas. I am now finalizing my second book.
I have written articles for various Bridal magazines and my cakes have featured in International cake magazines.