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May 2013

  • Bake and Decorate: Bunting Cake and Cupcakes

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    This 1-day course is a great chance to improve both your baking and decorating skills with expert tutor Ann Skipp. Work with a range of mediums to create this pretty, quintessential bunting cake with cupcakes to match.

    Duration:
    1 day
    Course date and times:
    • Friday 24th May: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £125.00

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  • Stacked Cakes and Fresh Flowers with Makiko Searle and Ayako Saida

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    This course is a fantastic opportunity to work with a cake decorating expert and a creative flower designer at the same time. You will learn all the secrets behind preparing cakes then displaying them with beautiful fresh flowers - great for weddings and other special occasions.

    Duration:
    1 day
    Course date and times:
    • Friday 24th May: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £175.00

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  • Foundation Sugarpaste

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    If you’d like to learn the skills needed to cover cakes to a professional finish and the know-how to use basic sugarcraft equipment, this is an essential course for you. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    1 day
    Course date and times:
    • Sunday 26th May: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £140.00

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  • 3 Day Professional Chocolate Wedding Cake

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    Join Mark for this professional three-day course to learn everything from making a chocolate wedding cake all the way through to decorating it.

    Duration:
    3 days
    Course date and times:
    • Wednesday 29th May: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 30th May: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 31st May: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £495.00

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June 2013

  • Foundation Sugar Flowers: Roses, Germini, Carnations and Foliage

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    Create a colourful summer posy of individual wired sugar flowers on this creative and inspiring course for beginners. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Saturday 1st June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Sunday 2nd June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £240.00

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  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    Foundation core: Full Master Certificate

    A fast-track, intensive and professional six-day curse designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 3rd June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 4th June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 5th June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 6th June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 7th June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 8th June: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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  • 5 Day Chocolate School

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    Join Mark Tilling, the UK's chocolate Master 2006–2010, in mastering the art of chocolate using the finest ingredients and techniques to achieve a professional finish. Mark will take you through five days of advanced techniques including tempering, colouring chocolate and using chocolate moulds. You will enjoy this course whether a beginner in chocolate or if you have previous experience of working with chocolate.

    Duration:
    5 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 3rd June: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 4th June: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 5th June: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 6th June: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 7th June: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £675.00

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  • Professional Intensive Week of Extended Techniques

    Skill Development

    Prerequisite Skills Required



    Watch a master at work and push the boundaries of your own skills in sugarpaste, modelling, royal icing and sugar flowers. You’ll gain the confidence, creativity and skills to produce beautiful, professional pieces of work and take your hobby or business to the next level. This course will commence at 9.30 a.m. on the first day only, to allow students to collect and pay for any equipment list at our shop, which opens at 9.00 a.m. For the remainder of the course the day will commence at 9.00 a.m.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 24th June: 9:30am to 4:30pm
    • Tuesday 25th June: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    • Wednesday 26th June: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    • Thursday 27th June: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    • Friday 28th June: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    • Saturday 29th June: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    Price:
    £1,250.00

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July 2013

  • Foundation Sugar Flowers: Roses, Carnations and Sweet Peas

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    The ability to create flowers in sugar is extremely rewarding and enables you to create wonderful cake decorations for all occasions. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 1st July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 2nd July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £260.00

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  • Vintage Charm Bouquet: Roses and Hydrangeas

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    Come and learn how to create a beautiful, vintage-style bouquet of wired roses and hydrangeas with talented, contemporary sugar florist Susanna Righetto.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Saturday 6th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Sunday 7th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £250.00

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  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    Foundation core: Full Master Certificate

    A fast-track, intensive and professional six-day course designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 8th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 9th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 10th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 11th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 12th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 13th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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  • Advanced Sugar Flowers with Alan Dunn - Gloriosa Lily, Ginger Lily and Dillenia

    Master Class

    Prerequisite Skills Required



    Learn how to create beautiful dillenia flowers and two different kinds of lily with one of the world's leading sugar artists, Alan Dunn.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Thursday 18th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 19th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £325.00

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  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    A fast-track, intensive and professional six-day course designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 22nd July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 23rd July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 24th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 25th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 26th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 27th July: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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  • 5 Day Advanced School in Royal Icing and Sugar Flowers with Guest Tutors

    Master Class

    Prerequisite Skills Required



    This exciting and challenging advanced course is the perfect opportunity to learn about complicated royal icing and sugar flower skills and techniques with a variety of internationally renowned Guest Tutors.

    Duration:
    5 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 29th July: 9:30am to 4:30pm
    • Tuesday 30th July: 9:30am to 4:30pm
    • Wednesday 31st July: 9:30am to 4:30pm
    • Thursday 1st August: 9:30am to 4:30pm
    • Friday 2nd August: 9:30am to 4:30pm
    Price:
    £795.00

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August 2013

  • Masterclass in Sugar Flowers with Naomi Yamamoto: English Roses, Star of Bethlehem and Spider Plant

    Master Class

    Prerequisite Skills Required



    If you have attended skill development courses in sugar floristry or have a firm grasp of flower making and would like to learn from a master, then this course is the next step for you. Join internationally-renowned guest tutor Naomi Yamamoto and learn to create a stunning spray of flowers from her latest book 'Wedding Cakes: The Couture Collection'. This course counts towards your Skill Master certificate in Flowers and Foliage Skills.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Saturday 3rd August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Sunday 4th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £450.00

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  • Masterclass in Sugar Flowers with Naomi Yamamoto: Delicate Frills and Dahlia

    Master Class

    Prerequisite Skills Required



    Expert sugarcrafter Naomi Yamamoto will show you how to decorate a cake with professional and impressive frill decorations and a beautiful dahlia, inspired by her newly-released book ‘Wedding Cakes: The Couture Collection.’ This course counts towards your Skill Master certificate for Flowers and Foliage Skills.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Tuesday 6th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 7th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £450.00

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  • Temari Cakes and Fresh Flower Balls with Makiko Searle and Ayako Saida

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    This course is a fantastic opportunity to work with a cake decorating expert and a creative flower designer at the same time. You will learn all the secrets behind preparing cakes then displaying them with beautiful fresh flowers - great for weddings and other special occasions.

    Duration:
    1 day
    Course date and times:
    • Friday 9th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £175.00

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  • Romantic Bouquet: Gardenias and Madagascar Jasmine

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    Come and learn how to create an elegant, romantic bouquet of wired gardenias and madagascar jasmine with talented, contemporary sugar florist Susanna Righetto.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 12th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 13th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £250.00

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  • Foundation Sugarpaste

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    If you'd like to learn the skills needed to cover cakes to a professional finish and the know-how to use basic sugarcraft equipment, this is an essential course for you. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    1 day
    Course date and times:
    • Wednesday 21st August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £140.00

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  • Foundation Sugar Flowers: Roses, Carnations and Sweet Peas

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    The ability to create flowers in sugar is extremely rewarding and enables you to create wonderful cake decorations for all occasions. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Friday 23rd August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 24th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £260.00

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  • 3 Day Professional Chocolate Wedding Cake

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    Join Mark for this professional three-day course to learn everything from making a chocolate wedding cake all the way through to decorating it.

    Duration:
    3 days
    Course date and times:
    • Wednesday 28th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 29th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 30th August: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £495.00

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September 2013

  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    A fast-track, intensive and professional six-day course designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 2nd September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 3rd September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 4th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 5th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 6th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 7th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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  • Foundation Sugarpaste

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    If you’d like to learn the skills needed to cover cakes to a professional finish and the know-how to use basic sugarcraft equipment, this is an essential course for you. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    1 day
    Course date and times:
    • Wednesday 11th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £140.00

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  • Foundation Sugar Flowers: Longiflorum Lillies, Alstroemeria, Lily of the Valley and trailing Ivy foliage

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    Create an elegant spray of wired sugar flowers on this creative and inspiring course. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Thursday 12th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 13th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £260.00

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  • Introduction to Sugarcraft Techniques

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    If you are a newcomer to sugarcraft and would like to know more, then this is the class for you.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Thursday 19th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 20th September: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £250.00

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  • Professional Intensive Week of Extended Techniques

    Skill Development

    Suitable for Beginners

    Prerequisite Skills Required



    Watch a master at work and push the boundaries of your own skills in sugarpaste, modelling, royal icing and sugar flowers. You’ll gain the confidence, creativity and skills to produce beautiful, professional pieces of work and take your hobby or business to the next level. This course will commence at 9.30 a.m. on the first day only, to allow students to collect and pay for any equipment list at our shop, which opens at 9.00 a.m. For the remainder of the course the day will commence at 9.00 a.m.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 23rd September: 9:30am to 4:30pm
    • Tuesday 24th September: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    • Wednesday 25th September: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    • Thursday 26th September: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    • Friday 27th September: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    • Saturday 28th September: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    Price:
    £1,250.00

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October 2013

  • Foundation Sugar Flowers: Stargazer and Arum Lilies with Eucalyptus Foliage and Medinilla Berries

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    Create an elegant display of wired sugar flowers on this creative and inspiring course for beginners. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Tuesday 1st October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 2nd October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £260.00

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  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    A fast-track, intensive and professional six-day course designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 7th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 8th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 9th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 10th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 11th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 12th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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  • 3 Day Chocolate School

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    Join Mark Tilling, the UK's chocolate Master 2006–2010, in mastering the art of chocolate using the finest ingredients and techniques to achieve a professional finish. Mark will take you through three days of advanced techniques including tempering, colouring chocolate and using chocolate moulds. You will enjoy this course whether a beginner in chocolate or if you have previous experience of working with chocolate.

    Duration:
    3 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 14th October: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 15th October: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 16th October: 10:00am to 3:00pm
    Price:
    £450.00

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  • Foundation Sugarpaste

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    If you'd like to learn the skills needed to cover cakes to a professional finish and the know-how to use basic sugarcraft equipment, this is an essential course for you. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    1 day
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 14th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £140.00

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  • Extended Skill Development in Sugar Flowers: Ranunculus Bloom with Mock Orange Blossom, Eucalyptus and Grey Green Foliage

    Skill Development

    Prerequisite Skills Required



    If you have a Foundation Master in sugar floristry or a good grasp of basic flower making and would like to develop your skills further, then this course is the next step for you. Join senior tutor Paddi Clark and learn to create a bold ranunculus bloom with delicate mock orange flowers, eucalyptus and grey green foliage. This course will count towards your Skill Master Certificate in Flower and Foliage Skills.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Thursday 17th October: 9:30am to 4:30pm
    • Friday 18th October: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    Price:
    £300.00

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  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    A Fast-track, intensive and professional six-day course designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 21st October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 22nd October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 23rd October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 24th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 25th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 26th October: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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November 2013

  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    A fast-track, intensive and profiessional six-day course designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 4th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 5th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 6th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 7th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 8th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 9th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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  • 5 Day Chocolate School

    Project

    Suitable for Beginners



    Join Mark Tilling, the UK's chocolate Master 2006–2010, in mastering the art of chocolate using the finest ingredients and techniques to achieve a professional finish. Mark will take you through five days of advanced techniques including tempering, colouring chocolate and using chocolate moulds. You will enjoy this course whether a beginner in chocolate or if you have previous experience of working with chocolate.

    Duration:
    5 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 11th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 12th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 13th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 14th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 15th November: 10:00am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £675.00

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  • Foundation Sugar Flowers: Cymbidium Orchid, Roses, Mimosa, Ivy and Twigs

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    Create a contemporary Christmas spray of individual wired sugar flowers on this creative and inspiring course for beginners. This course will count towards your Master's Certificate.

    Duration:
    2 days
    Course date and times:
    • Saturday 16th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Sunday 17th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £260.00

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  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    A fast-track, intensive and professional six-day course designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft.

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 18th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 19th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 20th November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 21st November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 22nd November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 23rd November: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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  • Christmas Inspiration Week: Festive Sugar Flowers

    Fun

    Suitable for Beginners



    Come and join our Christmas Inspiration week and learn on this one day course, perfect for creating a festive sugar flower display of simple Poinsettias with Holly and Ivy foliage.

    Duration:
    1 day
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 25th November: 9:00am to 4:30pm
    Price:
    £125.00

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December 2013

January 2014

  • Professional Intensive Week of Cake Decorating

    Foundation

    Suitable for Beginners



    A fast-track, intensive and professional six-day course designed to cover the key skills in sugarcraft

    Duration:
    6 days
    Course date and times:
    • Monday 13th January: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Tuesday 14th January: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Wednesday 15th January: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Thursday 16th January: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Friday 17th January: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    • Saturday 18th January: 9:30am to 4:00pm
    Price:
    £800.00

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