First up, we have the Online flower group, wait until you see what the flowers were from this term, we actually finish this coming Monday due to me accidentally burning my hand and having to postpone, but I cannot wait to get into the school room this weekend and play with flowers (even if I have to cover just one finger, that is soooooo much better than it was! What a lovely selection of flowers we will be playing with. Whether you decide to just tune in and watch then watch the video replay at your leisure, or you want to work along, is totally up to you as you can ask questions while I mak ..read more

It is no secret I love the Great British Bake off. - There is always the "No spoilers!" Rule if we have class on Bake off night to avoid spoiling anyones experience - mine included of course. A very exciting email popped into my inbox to say that........: Applications for the 9th series of Junior Bake off are..... OPEN!!! Do you know a young budding baker between 9-12 years old? Filming would take place from July 2023, but applications close on Sunday 12th March 2023. Interested bakers can apply online at -www.applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk So what are you waiting for ..... spread the word and ..read more

Happy New Year! We are starting a little later this term, but we have a fabulous selection of classes. Let's have a look! What do you think? Great subjects eh? My Monday Evening, Tuesday morning and Tuesday evening classes are bring your own and the lists are already on the class pages on the website on these links. Bring your own classes link The All Inclusive classes are............all inclusive (the only thing to purchase is snowdrop cutters), everything else will be available for you to use when you attend and you will take home what you make. Here is the link to the All Inclusive classes ..read more

Cake International was as fabulous as always!! But that is a whole extra blog post Today, let’s chat about the brand new Bake International. I had the fabulous opportunity to close the show in the Bake Internariona theatre and chose to demonstrate the tasty vegan chocolate biscuit illusion cake tree slice from my first book Can you spot the adorable Cyril illustration I commissioned from artist emelizabeth-illustrations - find her on Instagram. Thanks to the fabulous Vanilla Valley who had my book right by the till on their stand at Cake International. you can still buy the book from their We ..read more

Here are the choices for weekly and fornightly classes starting 19th September onwards As before, for the "Bring-your-own" classes, you can watch from the comfort of your own home via Zoom, make along at home via zoom attend in person or watch on catch up in the private facebook group where you can also ask any questions you have. The recordings remain in the group for you to watch when you wish. The all inclusive classes are in person only All you have to bring is yourself for the cake class, the rest is provided for you. For the all inclusive flower class, you will be given a list of cutte ..read more

Wow it has been a long time! Where do I start? The end of last year I accepted a job with Business in Focus. Those of you who have visited my school know that is the company I rent from, and the perfect opportunity popped up in these difficult times. Around the same time, I was given an incredible opportunity............I accepted the offer to be part of the team commissioned by Pladis McVities - the Royal warrant holder - to create a cake they would gift to Her Majesty on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee. Incredible! So after attending a job interview, I was invited to join the cake team ..read more

Just a quick update - the zoom codes were all checked, corrected where needed and added to the Facebook groups so don’t worry, if you booked in person or via zoom that is still the same, but I have made sure the zoom codes are available to all those on classes and will record and upload everything for students. So if you are pinged or have to isolate you can at least still attend online. (apologies if the website auto emails were confusing, I asked it not to send them) Also, I am reducing the class number in person to 4 while the new restrictions are in so you each get a table, still with scre ..read more

Just a quick update - the zoom codes were all checked, corrected where needed and added to the Facebook groups so don’t worry, if you booked in person or via zoom that is still the same, but I have made sure the zoom codes are available to all those on classes and will record and upload everything for students. So if you are pinged or have to isolate you can at least still attend online. (apologies if the website auto emails were confusing, I asked it not to send them) Also, I am reducing the class number in person to 4 while the new restrictions are in so you each get a table, still with scre ..read more

Ah, what a term! We also covered cakes with sharp edges, made forget me nots and did cocoa butter painting, but here is a preview of the images that I will be adding to the weekly classes gallery. Enrolment is now open If you would like to join us, here is a little about the January term of classes Both in person and online offered for "bring-your-own" classes including the option to re-watch in private facebook groups all inclusive Wednesday evening classes have a slightly different balance in the number of weeks per subject to provide variety Returning students that attended the September ..read more

Hello Hello! What a fabulous term we have had. It has been an incredibly busy term, so I have put my business head on to see what changes need to be made moving forward. I know you are seeing less youtube videos, but I have a wealth of footage from classes, and will be editing short summary style videos for YouTube and the requested ones for stand-alone pre-recorded tutorials that you can purchase of the classes you wanted to attend. The pre-recorded tutorials are also on the shop page to make it easier now, as well as online E-Gift vouchers to make it easier and safer. I have a crazy busy wee ..read more