Gary Chapman’s Fabulous Fabric-Inspired Flowers
Gary Chapman’s NEW Book! Back in the late 1980s/early 1990s Chef Nicholas’ books were being published by Merehurst Publishing. The Marketing Director was Gary Chapman, and he was responsible for introducing the company, and its list of cake decorating books, to the USA. Gary and Chef Nicholas attended their first American cake show, an ICES…
ISAC+Craftsy=Love
Thank you to ALL of our Craftsy students! Before Chef Nicholas became a Craftsy instructor, the only way to take a class with him was to travel to our location in Georgia for a class, at a cake decorating convention (like ICES or Cake Camp, or get lucky enough to live where he was a guest…
International Man of Cake Decorating
Chef Nicholas’ India Adventure This week has been very busy at ISAC. Not only have we been preparing for Saturday, when Chef Nicholas will begin teaching his three day Rolled Fondant Techniques class (with PME certification), the ISAC family has also been helping to prepare Chef Nicholas for his big trip to India!! The Rolled Fondant…
Double the Instructors, Double the Fun!
Sidney Galpern AND Joshua John Russell at ISAC! Is it too early to start talking about our Grand Holiday Open House this coming November? Nope, didn’t think so. Well, this year our Open House will be a bit different. We will have two guest instructors! That’s right, TWO!! Sidney Galpern and Joshua John Russell will…
Down Under Meets Down South
Greg Cleary comes to ISAC G’day mates: mark your cake decorating calendars! In August, Greg Cleary will be coming all the way from Brisbane, Australia to teach in Studio B! Yay! For over 30 years Greg’s passion has been baking and cake decorating. He has a flair for creativity and a knack for design and coloring cakes; using his skills Greg…
Winners of the Birthday Blog!
As promised here are the winners of the Birthday Blog prizes! Thank you to everyone who commented on last week’s blog! I do hope that all the winners listed below enjoy their prizes, whatever they may be! Craftsy Class Winners Ultimate Sugar Rose Class: Iisha Barnes “Would love to win your Ultimate Sugar Rose Class.”…
Happy Birthday Blog!
Today is an exciting day! Why, you ask? Today we celebrate the one year anniversary of the Nicholas Lodge Blog! Hooray!!! Writing this blog each week for all of you has been a lot of fun, and I have learned so much more about cake decorating and baking in the process! I have enjoyed researching…
Flavors of the World: Florals
Fantastic Floral Favorites! Happy Thursday dear readers!! Today my humble offering is another Flavors of the World segment by Chef Nicholas! Chef Nicholas has a very refined, sophisticated palette, and he just loves floral flavors. I’ll also be sharing two delicious recipes developed by the man himself- Vanilla Lavender Shortbread Cookies and Rose and Pink Champagne…
BRAND NEW CLASSES WITH CHEF NICHOLAS!!
Chef Nicholas has TWO NEW CLASSES this summer! HOORAY! These two classes are being offered for the first time; some of the flowers have been taught by Chef Nicholas years ago in discontinued classes, and are back by popular demand by our wonderful students, and some flowers are being taught for the first time ever!…
ICES 2015: Celebrate 40 Years of Good Times!
2015 ICES Convention The 2015 ICES Convention is less than two months away, and this year we celebrate its 40th anniversary! If you have never attended an ICES Convention, why not start this year? There is a long list of classes, competitions, demos, and shopping to enjoy From July 30th- August 2, 2015, sugar artists…