Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
The Divine World of Chocolate will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks on October 28-30th. It will be for the whole family, and the group holding it expect crowds of between 5 to 7,000 people. They are currently looking for exhibitors. …read more
Hosted by the San Diego Cake Club, the event will take place inside the La Jolla Village Square Mall shopping center. This is part of the Annual Cake Show, which takes place from March 5 to March 6. Proceeds will benefit the Ronald McDonald House …read more
That Takes The Cake Sugar Art Show & Cake Competition at the North Austin Convetion Center, February 26 – 27. You can purchase a general pass for the event, or pick up tickets for the the screening of “Kings of Pastry.”
From ‘That Takes the Cake’ – tickets for a screening of ‘Kings of Pastry‘. A documentary where Pastry Chef Jacquy Pfeiffer tries for the MOF designation.
Two different tickets for the same event, $75.00 for VIP tickets and $50.00 for regular dinner theater tickets. After the show there will be a short Q&A from the Jacquy Pfeiffer himself.
From the RBA (Retail Bakers of America), the ABA (American Bakers Association) and the BEMA (Bakery Equipment Manufacturers & Allieds), a new trade show called All Things Baking will be in place by 2011 that will fill in the two-year gap on the IBIE rotation every …read more
Can’t make this one even though it’s in my backyard but the 2010 ICES Convenion is at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center. Registration, including hotel and convention costs.This year’s chosen charityHands on Classes list The Town & Country Resort is located at …read more
It’s not too late: Long Grove Chocolate Fest, April 30, May 1 and 2.
Logan Square Kitchen – Another Event Logan Square Kitchen has another event for you to attend if you are in the Chicago area. Their Spring Pastry Market is happening April 10, 2010. Open to the public, they will feature foods from different venders. The full …read more
Pastry Show and Culinary Salon – in the Raleigh Convention Center in North Carolina.Presented by Wake Tech Comminity College. All proceeds benefit the Wake Tech Culinary Arts Fund.Tuesday, April 13, 2010 beginning at 4:00. This event will have a LIVE Cake Decorating Challenge where the …read more
ABE 2010, March 21-23, 2010. Atlantic City, NJ.
This year for the Atlanta Bakery Expo, they will be having a ‘Cake Decorating Extravaganza’ with hands-on classes and a contest for tiered cakes, novelty cakes and sculptured cakes.
For information on the Cake Decorating Extravaganza, including rules, contest prizes and required forms, etc. visit their Cake Decorating Extravaganza Rules page.
Their ‘hands-on’ classes have such teachers as Mike Terry (buttercream figurines), Ronald & Marsha Winbeckler (sculptured cake & airbrushing), Ashley Vicos (tiered & scultptured cakes), Dan ‘Klecko’ McGleno (mother dough formulation), Linda Shonk (fondant techniques), Ron Ben-Isreal (cake decorating techniques & sugar paste flowers), Lynn Schurman (wedding cake contracts), and many more classes. For a listing of all the classes, visit their classes page with descriptions and any additional cost for the class.
Visit the ABE 2010 for registration, dates, directions and everything else.
http://www.abe2010.com/home.cfm
From ‘Baking Buyer’ – notes/highlights from the 2009 American Retail Bakery Exposition in Charlotte, NC and “Cake Trends” workshop during the ARBE show. From there I read about Jennifer Atwood Ruiz using a Cricut machine to cut gum paste shapes and lettering. It also apparently works with …read more