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 […]
Lindy around the world
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 […]
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 […]
A cake decorating adventure on the high seas: Singapore to Rome
If there is one thing I was born to do, it is to travel the world. Travelling, having new experiences, meeting people and making new friends. Seeing amazing sights, learning how others live and have lived adds so much to my own life. It influences my work too. If you need proof, simply open one […]
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 […]
International guest at KUCHENLIEBE (Cake Love) Exhibition, Germany – My Experience
Being in Germany in the run-up to Christmas is, I think, the best time to visit, so I was thrilled to be asked to be part of the Kuchenliebe exhibition in Bremen last month. The exhibition was being held in the Ova Arena, across a rather windy concourse behind Bremen railway station. Once inside, and […]