I love teaching and inspiring people so when Saga approached me to run sugarcraft lessons onboard their Spirit of Discovery ship I couldn’t say no. I did have a few concerns before we embarked, due to the passengers being older than people I am used to teaching. I needn’t of worried. Classes were fun with lots of […]
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Cake decorating cruise enrichment classes onboard the MSC Magnifica World Cruise
There could only be one answer to an email asking if I’d be interested in teaching cake decorating onboard the MSC Magnifica, as part of the enrichment team, for their world cruise 2019 – YES! Making it happen… I thoroughly enjoy both teaching and travelling, never-the-less eight weeks to get everything organised and prepared, is […]
Cake Design Classes – to the Suez and Beyond
It’s now late October 2023. Lindy and I (Paul) have been providing cake design classes on cruise ships for about four months this year and we are about to make it five. Is this the life I wanted when I retired? I didn’t know it but YES definitely! This cruise is from Southampton to Dubai […]
Tropical Tahitian Reef Cake by Lindy Smith
Do you dream of being somewhere where it’s always warm? Where you can go for a swim to cool off? Somewhere tropical, full of colour, a paradise island perhaps? Just such a place was where I had the great privilege of being earlier this year, as part of my 94-day trip around the world teaching […]
94 Days around the world teaching cake decorating
Never did I ever dream, back in 1997 when I started teaching cake decorating, that over 25 years later I’d be teaching classes for over 3 months on a cruise ship. Isn’t it amazing where life can take you? I guess saying yes to exciting opportunities, no matter how many hurdles seem to be in […]
Lindy’s Podcast Interview with the Sugarcraft Junkies
Have you ever been interviewed for a podcast? I certainly hadn’t until the Sugarcraft Junkies got in touch. Magazine interviews, yes. Newspaper interviews, tick. Radio interviews, definitely. Television interviews, certainly. However, Podcast interviews NO! This podcast interview was an unequivocal first. Yay, episode 10 is out today, and it’s a good one, even if I […]