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New classes with Carlos Lischetti
Carlos’ much-anticipated classes are back! If you missed out last time and you’re a big fan then make sure you book today. On 1st–2nd March, Carlos will be teaching all the techniques he uses to create an amazing sugar baby, which would be ideal for a baby shower, christening or any baby’s celebration cake. You’ll learn how to build the figure from sugar step-by-step including how to mix colours, achieve correct proportions, use modelling tools and ensure your work is crack-free and flawless. Discover the secrets of successful figure modelling with expert Carlos on 3rd–4th March and learn how to capture his unique style on your own cakes and models. Once you know how, you can adapt the figures to suit any celebration cake. Join Carlos on 19th–20th March as he shows you how to make a rabbit in a flower pot out of sugar, which would be a great decoration for an Easter cake and could be adapted for any occasion. The proportions you will learn to make for the rabbits can be applied to many other different small animals.
http://squires-school.co.uk/courses/view/310
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Sky One is looking for cake decorators!
Do you eat, sleep and breathe cake and enjoy taking part in competitions? Sky One is looking for competitive cake decorators to take part in a new documentary so, if that sounds like you, contact them on cakes@superherotv.co.uk. The deadline is Friday 20th January 2012.
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New Year, new hobby
The New Year is a perfect time to start that new hobby or even your own cake business, and where better to start than Squires Kitchen’s International School where you will learn from the very best tutors? Because we know you need the latest information for starting your own business, Starting a Cake Business from Home now takes place regularly at Squires Kitchen’s International School. The one-day course will run every three months on both a Friday and a Saturday so you can choose the best day for you.
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Free demonstrations every day at Squires House
There’s a lot going on at Squires House this winter so pop in and see us! As well as cake decorations and accessories for all your festive baking, you can also watch free demonstrations from our experts who are here every day teaching a different subject. Pick up great tips for making sugar models, icing cakes, making sugar flowers and much more.
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Baking Mad
Are you a great cook? Have you got some impressive recipes up your sleeve that could wow even a top baker? Infinite Media is looking for people from all walks of life to appear in a television show called Baking Mad, which will air on Channel 4. They want to hear from everybody who loves cooking and would like to take their baking skills to the next level! Successful candidates will take part in a mini bake-off to compete for the chance to win a one-to-one lesson on camera with master pâtissier and baker to the stars, Eric Lanlard.
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It’s all in the detail
As well as beginners and home cake makers, Squires Kitchen’s International School also teaches the art of baking, cake decorating, chocolate and sugarcraft to pastry chefs and caterers.
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Scary cakes at Squires Kitchen
Lots of fun was had here at The Grange on the 19th and 20th October when students joined author and expert Jan Clement-May for a two-day Halloween sugar modelling course. Students learnt how to model creepy characters gathered around a bubbling cauldron including a witch, cat, gargoyle and even little frogs and bats! If you want to learn more about modelling animals in sugar, check out Jan’s latest book, Squires Kitchen’s Guide to Making Sugar Animals
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Kaysie Lackey and the Balance Teapot Class
We were pleased to welcome Kaysie Lackey, a Food Network Champion and acclaimed sugar artist, to Squires Kitchen’s International School on 2nd – 4th September. Kaysie taught her Balance Teapot Class and it seems a lot of fun was had by everybody!
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5-day chocolate school at The Grange
Last week, The Grange was full of the most delicious sights and smells as the 5-day chocolate school took place in the bakery room at Squires Kitchen’s School. Students came from far and wide to learn how to produce a magnificent chocolate showpiece with chocolatier Mark Tilling.
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Bread Making Essentials, 4th-5th October
Baking bread is a skill we should all learn – once you know the basics there’s no end to the amazing things you can bake for friends and family to enjoy. Fresh bread with a simple olive oil and balsamic vinegar dip is great to share and even better when the bread is homemade, so come to Squires Kitchen’s school this autumn to learn how to make your very own.
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NEW class with guest tutor from the USA, Kaysie Lackey, 2nd - 4th September
We are pleased to welcome Kaysie Lackey, a Food Network Champion and acclaimed sugar artist, to Squires Kitchen’s International School in September.
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Enjoy a day out with your friends at Squires Kitchen’s International School
Demonstrations for visiting groups – including guilds, parties and social clubs – are held on Saturdays throughout the year.
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Squires Kitchen's shop now open 7 days a week!
Squires Kitchen’s newly expanded and fully refurbished shop is now open 7 days a week. Monday to Saturday 9am-5.30pm Sunday 10am-4pm
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Ice cream day report
On May 10th we held an exclusive ice cream tasting and demonstration at The Grange, and what a day it was! Ice cream specialist Robin Weir demonstrated how to make different types of ice cream and gave a talk on its history, physics and chemistry.
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Squires Kitchen’s school on BBC Two
Did you see The Great British Wedding Cake on BBC Two at 8pm on Wednesday 20th April 2011? You may have recognised Squires Kitchen’s cookery school where the finalists of The Great British Bake Off, Edd, Miranda and Ruth, each took on the challenge to make and bake two spectacular wedding cakes in just 16 hours.
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An Audience with Robin Weir, Exclusive Ice Cream Tasting and Demonstration
An Audience with Robin Weir, Exclusive Ice Cream Tasting and Demonstration 10th May 2011, 10am-12.30pm at Squires Kitchen, Farnham, GU9 8BB Ice cream specialist Robin Weir will be coming to Squires Kitchen in May to demonstrate how to make different types of ice cream and give a talk on its history, physics and chemistry. Robin is acknowledged as one of the foremost experts on ice cream and demonstrates and lectures all over the world about ice cream making from the 17th century up to the present day.
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‘THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE-OFF’ is back and looking for amateur bakers
Do you love home baking and fancy putting your skills to the test? BBC Two is looking for amateur bakers across the country to take part in The Great British Bake Off series two.
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What's been going on at Squires Kitchen's International School
Squires Kitchen’s baking school has been open for two months now and it’s great to hear that it has your seal of approval. The smell of baking, chocolate and cakes has been wafting round the building and it’s been lovely to meet students who have enjoyed the classes so much, leaving with new skills to try out on their friends and family. Recent classes at the new baking school included Cookbook Baking Classics where students came to learn how to make traditional cakes from scratch such as Victoria sponge, gooey chocolate cake and spicy sticky gingerbread, just like grandma used to make. Make sure you book early for the next one on 13th January. Perfect Pastry is another new addition to the course list and the first class proved popular with students coming to learn the skills and techniques involved in making shortcrust pastry, sweet flan pastry and choux. Ann Skipp also shared her top tips for baking blind, resting times and how to achieve great results every time. The next Perfect Pastry course is on 11th Dec, just in time for festive entertaining! Take home your creations and freeze them for Christmas. Mark Tilling’s chocolate classes have also been very popular, with our 3 Day Chocolate Wedding Cake Course being the first of its kind to be held in the new school room. Students who attended this course made some truly stunning creations under Mark’s professional guidance. If you missed out this time then make sure you book for the next 3 Day Chocolate Wedding Cake Course being held on 26th–28th January and 29th- 30th March 2011
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Carlos Lischetti's first class at Squires Kitchen's International School
This week, we ran our first class with the incredibly talented sugarcrafter and pastry chef Carlos Lischetti. Carlos shared his flawless sugar modelling skills with students who came along to learn how to recreate his style on their own cakes and models. The class sold out quickly and was a huge success with students learning how to make a toy soldier from developing concepts on paper to building a figure from sugar, step-by-step. If you missed out, then you’ll be pleased to know that Carlos will be holding another class next February. To register your interest early, simply email Claudia.Amblianitis@squires-group.co.uk and we’ll also keep you updated in future school newsletters. Make sure you don’t miss Carlos’s gorgeous Christmas modelling project in Cakes & Sugarcraft issue 111, on sale now.
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Alan Dunn's Christmas Cakes
Alan Dunn was the very first guest to hold an author day at Squires Kitchen’s new cookery school at The Grange, hosting exclusive demonstrations and talking about his new book, Christmas Cakes.
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