Awards and Training

IVORY TOWER CAKES

Below is a list of the Awards and Accreditations I have achieved, I'm proud to say some of my students have gone on to win awards themselves!

GALLERY CLASSES

IVORY TOWER CAKES

Below is a list of the Awards and Accreditations we have achieved. If you want to see more please visit the gallery. Why not book a class to make your own?

GALLERY CLASSES

Winner - Gold

Gold Award - Floral Arrangement Feb 2019 SCOTHOT - Scottish Culinary Championships - Floral arrangement category

Gold Award - Floral Arrangement Nov 2016 - Cake International Birmingham, ICHF- Floral Arrangement

Winner - CAKEFEST Edinburgh 2015 - June 2015 - creating a map of Edinburgh in cake (55 cakes in total) worked with 3 community projects to create a representation of their community.

The Yard (Scotland Yard) - the winning cake, Flora Stevensons School, Stockbridge, Pilton Community Health Project, Pilton

Scottish Wedding Awards Cake Designer of the Year, South East - April 2013 Scottish Wedding Awards

Cafe of the Year 2018 - Edinburgh & Award for Culinary Excellence in Confectionery & Baked Goods

Runner Up - Silver

Silver Award & Best in Class Trophy - Floral Arrangement June 2019 - The British Sugarcraft Guild Exhibition, Tulliallan, Alloa, Scotland - Open Class: Floral arrangement

Silver Award - Floral Arrangement Jan 2019 - Salon Culinaire Birmingham - Great Hospitality Show - Floral Arrangement

Silver Award - Floral Spray Apr 2016 - The British Sugarcraft Guild International Exhibition, Telford - Open Class: Sugar Floral Spray

Silver Award - Sugar Miniatures : hat,handbags,shoes - Sep 2015 British Sugarcraft Guild, region 1 Exhibition, Stirling

Silver Medal - Floral Sugarcraft Spray - March 2015 SCOTHOT - Scottish Culinary Championships

Silver Medal Floral Sugarcaft - Feb 2003 SCOTHOT - Scottish Culinary Championships

Runner-Up - Sugarcraft Cake Category - Sep 2014 - Scottish Baking Awards 2014

Other - Bronze

Bronze Award - Celebration Cake - Feb 2019 SCOTHOT - Scottish Culinary Championships - Celebration Cake category

Bronze Award - Rich Fruitcake - Sep 2015 British Sugarcraft Guild, Region 1 Exhibition , Stirling

Bronze Medal - Floral Sugarcraft Arrangement - March 2015 SCOTHOT - Scottish Culinary Championships

Highly Commended Award ( broken in transit ) - Pastillage Apr 2016 The British Sugarcraft Guild International Exhibition, Telford, April 2016 - Open Class: Pastillage Card

Training and Accreditations

The British Sugarcraft Guild Residential Skills School - Royal Icing Skills and Sugar Flowers , Scarborough 2018, tutors Jan Thorpe and Marilyn Hill

The British Sugarcraft Guild Assessor — April 2016

The British Sugarcraft Guild - Certificate of Participation 2016 - reconstruction of the Queen's Wedding Cake ( originaly made by Peak Freans and vandalised), now housed in the Peak Freans Museum, London

The British Sugarcraft Guild Demonstrator Training Programme January 2010 - completed training and approved as a British Sugarcraft Guild Accredited Demonstrator

Sugarcraft Classes taken with Sugarcraft industry expert Tutors : Robert Haynes, Alan Dunn, Carlos Lischetti, La Lavande, Lindy Smith, Dawn Butler, Lorraine Mackay, Marilyn Hill, Jacqui Kelly

1994 - 2004 - HNC Culinary Arts,HND Patisserie, Various intermediate cake decorating, royal icing techniques - telford College, Edinburgh

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I was delighted as a first time competitor at Cake International to receive a Gold Award for my Sugar Flower Arrangement. It was also my first time demonstrating there at the British Sugarcraft Guild stand which was fun, so what a great weekend!

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ScottishWeddingAwards2013

Winner in the category Cake Designer of the Year 2013.

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Cake Fest 2015

Winning Cake at Cakefest Edinburgh 2015, Cake - The Yard, Ivory Tower Cakes

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British Sugarcraft Guild Accredited Demonstrator and Assessor Secretary for British Sugarcraft Guild Region 1 Scotland & Northern Ireland

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