International Cake Show Australia
THIS WEEKEND: International Cake Show Australia to bring the stars and the sweetness to Brisbane from April 12 to 14
THIS COMING WEEKEND, Brisbane will be home to the world’s leading edible cake artists and decorators for the 2024 International Cake Show Australia! There’ll be a spooky Sugar House of Horror, Barbie Cakes, Australian and International Cake Artist Superstars, Life-Sized Bumblebee Transformer, Cookie Titans, Floriade Market, a Haute Couture Wedding Cake Challenge, and record entries!
It’s Australia's huge cake and cookie decorating, baking and sugar art show; think edible art gallery meets Willy Wonka’s famous factory, a food festival, culinary college and shoppers paradise all in one! Images HERE
At the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, there will be over 100 free demonstrations, celebrity chefs and sugar heroes, unbelievable huge sugar features, hands-on workshops, classes to suit every experience level, Australia’s largest cake and cookie decorating competition (and you’re invited to enter), pop up shops and more! Most activities except the paid classes, are free with the ticket entry and children 12 and under are free.
Ekat Sallinger from Ekat's Cakes & Chocolates in Brisbane is teaching a workshop and demonstrating for the public at the show and is also one of 10 the Australasian Wedding Cake Designer of the Year Finalists. She travels the WORLD as a cake artist - Paris, Amsterdam, New York, Milan, Belgium, Antwerp, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta - and is looking forward to this weekend in her home city!
Here’s WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AND DO!
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From the moment you walk through the gates, you'll be inspired. Many of the competitors who now make unbelievable cakes, were just like you not so long ago!
Enter the cake and cookie decorating competition. The beginners or students section is a great way to learn. Be warned, though, that this competition is addictive!
Do one of the many hands-on, 1 hour Make and Take mini-classes. You'll learn the basics from a professional.
Want a once in a lifetime experience? Book into one of the fun full-day hands-on workshops. All the tools and ingredients are supplied. Each element is taught step by step.
Get involved with the community and build on the World of Cake stand. They'll teach you how to decorate a cookie and then add it to the cookie tower.
More than 100 free demonstrations are being held at the show, so there are lots of baking and decorating learning opportunities.
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The show is all about inspiring you and encouraging you to stretch your boundaries, there's no better learning experience or opportunity to upskill.
If you're serious about growing your skills, download the competition schedule and ENTER!
Meet the world's best cake and cookie decorators. Over the next three days, there will be 20 incredible advanced workshops. This is your opportunity to train with the world's best.
Competitors travel from all over, and there are 27 different countries to enter, so make sure you connect with them!
If you're time-poor, consider doing some of the many 1-hour make-and-take mini-classes. Learn the latest trends from multi-award-winning professionals.
Spend time at all five stages. Free hourly demonstrations are being held every day.
Mix and mingle with the sugar heroes. They are at the show to share their skills with you.
Attend the "Better Baking Business" sessions each day to learn about starting and running a profitable home-based or professional baking or decorating business.
Not social media savvy? Need to know how to take Instagram-worthy photos that will make your products go viral? The "Social & Photo Savvy" demonstrations are designed for you.
Want to learn all the latest trending techniques or buy the latest must-have products? All the latest products will be at the show.
THE CAKE STARS COMING TO BRISBANE!
Zoe Hopkinson - Zoe's Fancy Cakes - Manchester UK
Rosie Dummer - Rosie Cake Diva - Manchester UK
Julia M Usher - USA
Julia Day - Miss Biscuit - Melbourne
Maggie Dmochowski - Adelaide Bakes - Adelaide
Leah Walton - Cake Doll L'Amour - Adelaide
Corinna Maguire - Luvin from the Oven -Ireland
Dionis Iarovoi - DI Cake Studio - London
Ekaterina Sallinger - Ekats Cakes & Chocolates - Brisbane
Marina Machado - Marina Machado Cakes - Gold Coast
Dorothy Klerck - Eat Cake Party - South Africa
Diana Llanos - The Sweet Society Co - Brisbane
Terresia Welch - Lyons Den Cakes - Adelaide
Dan Greensill - Dan's Creative Cakes - Brisbane
Verusca Walker - Verusa Walker Cakes - Wollongong
Paul Delaney - Delaney's Cakes - Illawarra
Trina Thomson - Sweet Ruby Cakes - Brisbane
Katie Young - Katie Youngs Cakes - Karana Downs
Serdar Yener - Yeners Way Cake Art - Gold Coast
Faye Cahill - Faye Cahill Cakes - Sydney
TOP 10 EXPERIENCES FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES:
Visit the 3m high Bumble Bee Transformer Cake - a great photo moment!
Enter the Ultimate Australian Cake & Cookie Decorating Competition - there are categories for kids and absolute beginners, and $25K in prize money is up for grabs!
Do a Make & Take Mini Class or two - low cost, fun, hands-on cake and cookie mini classes held right in the middle of the show. Attracts a huge number of families every year. Learn to decorate like a pro! A huge range to choose from... Learn to make super cute fondant animal cupcake toppers, lions, pigs, and teddies, You can even make a cheeky gecko, or if you want something more traditional, learn to pipe trending buttercream cupcakes like a pro!
Walk through the Sweet House of Horror - for the thrill-seeking family—12 m x 6m of spookieliciousness - enter at your own risk!
Community Build - Help Build the World's Tallest Cookie Tower!!
Visit the Huge Sugar Features - immerse yourself in the 3m x 3m edible Rainforest
Visit the Superstar Stage - watch 6 of the world's best extreme cakers compete and 3 Rising stars try to keep up with them. Lots of competitions and giveaways.
Visit Kids Corner for face painting and fun activities and be wowed by the gravity-defying cake sculptures
Watch all the amazing free demonstrations. Five stages hold hourly baking and decorating demonstrations across all three days. Sunday is about everything BARBIE!
Visit Sweet Street for all your sweet delights, Food Truck Alley for the best food trucks in town or visit all the pop-up shops to pick up a bargain.
BEST INSTAGRAM-WORTHY EXPERIENCES:
There’s hundreds of mind-blowing sculpted cakes at the show. If you visit the competition zone be prepared to go slow and make sure your phone is charged!
The Sweet House of Horror is unique. There's never been anything like this attempted anywhere in Australia. Sugar Artists from right across Australia and across the globe have worked for months on this - the Hall of Horror, Toy Room, Banshee Banquet Room, Graveyard and more.
The Floriade Market is packed full of hand-crafted edible flowers and fauna that are SO realistic!
The Haute Couture Wedding Cake Designers Marquee stars 10 of Australia's best wedding cake designers competing for the Australasian title - every cake is a minimum of 1 metre high!
The Battle of the Sugar Giant is awesome! There’s a 3m x 3m rainforest and a 3m high BumbleBee Transformer Cake!
International Cake Off Challenge - Superstar Stage! Three of the world's best extreme cakers are battling it out against Australia's best with the theme "Medieval with a Twist".
Stop one of the many celebrity bakers, cakers, cookie artists or sugar heroes for a selfie.
Do a hands-on workshops – it’ll set the ‘gram alight!
International Cake Show Australia 2024 Fast Facts
Where: Exhibition Hall 2, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Corner Glenelg & Merivale Streets, South Brisbane
When: Friday 12th - Sunday 14th April
Open to the Public: 10 am – 4 pm Daily
Bookings & Information: www.acada.com.au/cake-show