Last week Chef Nicholas winning the Cake Hero Award had to be celebrated. But there was more to celebrate last week- brand new Nicholas Lodge products by Katy Sue Designs were released! First is a new product in the Nicholas Lodge Collection by Katy Sue Designs- the Blackberry and Oak Leaves mold, and second the Flower Pro Poinsettia mold and veiner! The timing is obviously perfect to make some golden autumn oak leaves, and with Thanksgiving one week away, Poinsettias and the Christmas season are a blink away! 

A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED CHEF NICHOLAS LODGE AND KATY SUE DESIGNS'

FLOWER PRO LAUNCH!

Last week was the launch of the Flower Pro line of molds and veiners, designed and created by Chef Nicholas Lodge and Katy Sue Designs. The product line contains 6 brand new products, and they were flying off the shelves like hot cakes! The product first launched in the UK, and Chef Nicholas was on HOCHANDA, and sold out of all of the products allotted for the viewers of the show! It was so exciting! People were (justifiably) very worried they would be unable to secure their own new Flower Pro products! Luckily, when the products were launched one week ago, here in the USA, there were plenty of items to go around!

TODAY IS THE DAY!!! HOORAY! Today is the day that Chef Nicholas Lodge and Katy Sue Designs launch their brand new, exclusive new line of flower molds! This is a huge deal you guys! Chef Nicholas and Katy Sue Designs have been working on this project for quite some time, and they are proud and excited to announce all five molds and veiners as well as the companion book! Chef Nicholas will be going live on Facebook twice today, at 8am EST and at 1pm EST. Both of these Facebook Live events will take place in the Facebook Flower Pro group. This is a closed group, and you have to request to join- please do so now so that you can watch. Don't worry if you are unable to watch either of those livecasts; you can always watch the playback at any time! But hey, let's check out the new Flower Pro line right here in this post!

Yesterday, Katy Sue Designs debuted its Seaside Collection! I am so excited for these new molds; they are a mix of realistic designs as well as some whimsical ones! There are eight great molds that you will all love!

Big, BIG news to share! If you missed the big announcement yesterday, Chef Nicholas has collaborated with Katy Sue Designs to create four autumn and winter themed molds! Here is a quote from yesterday's press release:

We always love getting new products in the retail gallery at ISAC! It is even more exciting when we know the product comes from a high end vendor like Katy Sue. In the past, I had written a blog post about the Katy Sue Creative Cake System molds. Now I am pleased to share three more Katy Sue silicone molds that are newly arrived to ISAC: mini butterflies, blossoms & birds, and rose stems. 

Last week we had two special blogs about the fabulous line of Creative Cake System molds by Katy Sue Designs. We were asking our readers to submit a comment for a chance to win FOUR molds from the Creative Cake System family! We had an overwhelming response, but I am excited to announce the winner of the Butterfly Trio, Serrated Rope, and Small and Medium Ruffle molds!!

Congratulations to Christine Great Banks!

"I would use the ruffle so many ways to use it to cover cakes, makes skirts for figures ruffled flowers what a great prize. Would love to have a go at the butterflies they look amazing."

Christine- please email us at customersvc@nicholaslodge.com so we can get your details and send out your great prize! We can't wait to hear what you think after you give them a try. I know you are just going to love them!!

You all left really great comments, and I think that nearly everyone was most excited about the ruffle molds! If you didn't win, there is no need to fret. We are carrying the Katy Sue Creative Cake System molds at ISAC- we got ya covered!

Congratulations again Christine, and thank you to everyone who commented. It's nice to know there are so many of you reading this blog each week!

There is still time...

If you are looking for something to do this coming Saturday (March 18, 2017), we still have several openings in each of our annual Spring Open House event! This year Chef Nicholas is joined by guest instructors Marilyn Bawol and Michele Sweeney! Marilyn will be creating and edible Easter basket, and Michele will be demonstration how to use wafer paper to decorate cookies! You can sign up online or by calling us at 1-800-662-8925.

Finally, there is also still time to sign up for Chef Nicholas' PME Master Certification Class beginning March 25! Chef Nicholas Lodge and the International Sugar Art Collection are excited to once again offer the PME certification master classes! This intense 13-day class includes all three modules of the PME certification program. Once completed students enrolled in this super class will be awarded a total of seven certificates: three certificates from Chef Nicholas Lodge, three PME module certificates, and the PME Master Certificate. The Master Certificate is awarded only upon completion of the three PME modules.

Days 1-3 (March 25-27): Rolled Fondant Techniques course - 9:00am-6:00pm

Day 4 (March 28) - Free Day for the Students to Sightsee!!

Days 5-7 (March 29-31): Advanced Royal Icing Techniques course - 9:00am-6:00pm

Day 8 (April 1): Free Day for Students with optional afternoon demonstration on cake baking, filling cakes,  and working with real cakes in Studio B. This demo is included in your class tuition, but is not required if you would rather go sightseeing, sleep, etc. 1:00pm-5:00pm

Days 9-13 (April 2-6): Ultimate Gumpaste Flower course - 9:30am-5:30pm

The class tuition includes:

-Multiple booklets of handouts, recipes, etc.

-ISAC & PME aprons

-Water, soda, tea/coffee, lemonade, iced tea, lunch each day, and the ISAC signature sweet break in the afternoon.

-A celebration dinner with Chef Lodge and Staff after class on April 4.

This is the ultimate master class for any cake decorator!

This class is usually offered twice a year by Chef Nicholas. However, due to his heavy travel schedule in 2017,

THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THE PME MASTER CERTIFICATION CLASS OFFERED BY CHEF NICHOLAS IN 2017.

If you have been considering taking this course with Chef Nicholas, do not wait any longer! We still have a couple seats open, and would hate for someone to miss this opportunity! 

Hope to see you all at our Spring Open House this Saturday, and maybe even in Chef Nicholas' PME Certification class too!

Sweetly yours, 

Stephanie

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I was so excited about our blog this week, with our Katy Sue Creative Cake System giveaway and the debut of Scott's new cookbook, that I forgot to tell you all about the rest of the Creative Cake System line that ISAC is carrying! These molds are designed to work with rolled fondant and gumpaste to replicate the delicate string work of piped royal icing. The best part is that there are so many to choose from, and there is a huge set containing seven molds: the Creative Cake System 7-Piece Mold set! 

Cake by Ceri Griffiths Photo: S. Ewing/ISAC

Take a look at that cake, it was design by Chef Ceri Griffiths and it appears to have been painstakingly decorated it with royal icing! In reality, he used some of the seven different molds included in the set we have started carrying at ISAC! Included in this set are barrels, C scrolls, S scrolls, rope borders, scoops, serrated V, and shell border! This one set of molds will enable you to create perfectly composed cakes every time! Plus, your hands and wrists wouldn't get so sore. To buy all these molds separately would cost well over $125.00. But we are offering the Creative Cake System 7-Piece Mold set at ISAC for the insanely great price of just $99.00!!! This is a special price you won't be able to find anywhere else. The ISAC team just loves our clients and students so much, we want everyone to be able to snag a set of these molds!

Creative Cake System 7 piece mold set. Photo: S. Ewing/ISAC

As I mentioned, this set is part of the Katy Sue Creative Cake System, designed by Ceri Griffiths. The molds in our giveaway yesterday (butterfly trio, serrated rope, and small and medium ruffles) are also part of the Creative Cake System! Hold on to your hats, because there are two other molds too!! The Rose Medley (this can be seen on the yellow cake- the rose swag and individual roses on the bottom border) and the Micro and Mini Border set (teeny tiny versions of the barrels, C scrolls, S scrolls, scoops, serrated V, and shell border)! The Micro and Mini Border set is the perfect size for mini cakes and elegant cookies! The best news? 

ISAC is carrying EVERYTHING in our store!!!! The butterfly trio, serrated rope, and small and medium ruffles are so brand spanking new, that they aren't even in stores yet, but they are on their way!

Cake by Ceri Griffiths. Photo: S. Ewing/ISAC

If you would like to snag the Creative Cake System 7-piece mold set at the ISAC exclusive special price you can click here. If you'd like to buy any of the other components of the Creative Cake System, you can click their names above! We hope you enjoy these amazing tools as much as we have so far! 

Sweetly yours, 

Stephanie

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Chef Nicholas Lodge: 2015 Finalist for the Cake Masters Cake Hero Award. 

Um... who loves NEW PRODUCTS? And who loves FREE GIVEAWAYS??? You do?! Well, good news, because this is the blog for you! Chef Nicholas has been trying out some brand spanking new Katy Sue Cake Design molds- the Creative Cake System designed by Ceri Griffiths. There are four sets, and they are designed to use rolled fondant, gumpaste, marzipan, chocolate, candy, boiled sugar, cold porcelain and salt dough to replicate royal icing piping decorating elements.

Oh, and we are giving one lucky reader ALL FOUR SETS! Do you want to be the winner?

All four Katy Sue Designs Creative Cake System molds. Photo: S. Ewing/ISAC