Autumn

Autumn Carpenter and Open House Secrets!

I’m going to continue the winter theme just a bit longer with this blog. I can’t help myself; I’m just too excited about all our upcoming winter events. Today I am going to talk a bit more about Autumn Carpenter’s upcoming class with us, and then I’m going to share a few secrets from our…

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Winter Wonderland with Nicholas Lodge

Holiday Fun with Nicholas Lodge Chef Nicholas is only teaching four more classes this year! He has two PME Certification classes in October: Rolled Fondant Techniques and 3-Day Advanced Royal Icing Techniques. I discussed both of these classes, and PME Certification, in a blog last month (you can read that blog by clicking here). Today, let’s…

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Christmas in September?!

Nicholas Lodge’s International Sugar Art Collection’s First Annual Edible Snow Globe Competition Christmas will, of course, still be in December, but we here at ISAC are pretending it’s coming early because we are excited to share our upcoming Snow Globe Competition with all of you! So excited in fact that we have already been making…

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Meanwhile, in Studio B…

Fantastic Fall in Studio B The ISAC team is gearing up for a very busy fall and winter season. We have quite a few Studio B classes, our Grand Holiday Open House, and Chef Nicholas is splitting his time between his classes here in Atlanta, and the classes that he instructs at the French Pastry…

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Pastry Live Recap!

Pastry Live Atlanta 2014! Tuesday was the final day of Pastry Live 2014! It was a big weekend for the ISAC team, and we were VERY involved; we had a vendor booth, Chef Nicholas judged two competitions (Art of Cake Competition, and the National Showpiece Championship), The Art of Cake Seminar, sponsored by Nielsen-Massey Vanilla…

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Favorite Things- WINNERS!

Thank you to everyone who commented on our Favorite Things blog earlier this week! I loved reading all of the reasons that you shared for wanting to win the Mini Palette Knife and the NL Floral Tape Cutter! Without further delay, here are the winners!  The winner of the Mini Palette Knife is Diane Schoonver! …

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These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things!

Cake Decorating: Favorite Tools Last week on the Chef Nicholas Lodge Facebook page, we asked everyone to share the one cake decorating tool they couldn’t live without. There were a ton of great responses, a few funny ones, and a clear winner! I also have a favorite suggested by our very own Scott and Nicholas!…

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Certifiably Crazy for Cake!

PME Diploma and Master’s Certificate! Are you certifiably crazy for cake decorating? No? Well, you are in luck! This fall Chef Nicholas Lodge is offering three classes with PME certification! PME Diplomas and Master’s Certificates are internationally recognized awards and they are designed as professional level cake decorating courses. There are three individual courses: Royal Icing,…

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Nicholas Lodge: New Trends in Sugar Flowers

Nicholas Lodge’s Newest Book! I am so excited to share some wonderful news with our wonderful readers! This past weekend, at the 39th annual ICES convention in New Mexico, Chef Nicholas released his brand new book, New Trends in Sugar Flowers. This is the second book of a trilogy; the first, Potpourri of Flowers, was first…

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Beaux Bows!

Patchwork Cutter Perfection Several weeks ago I was lucky enough to take some great action photos during the Modern Marie Antoinette cake class. The cake had so many intricate designs, details, and embellishments- it was amazing to see how beautifully everything fit together. Half-way through the second day of class, Chef Nicholas demonstrated how to…

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