What Is The Best Cake Show In The World?
If You're Looking For The Best Cake Decorating Shows In The Uk Think Cake International & The Cake and Bake Show.
When:
Generally around October and November these shows take place. Bakers and decorators come from all over the world as Cake international is indeed the one of the biggest if not THE biggest cake show in the world!
Where;
Cake International is in Birmingham at the NEC which is a huge venue. The Cake & Bake Show this year is at Olympia London but often at the Excel.
Why Should You Consider Attending?
Attending Cake International in the UK is an exceptional opportunity to see the latest cake talent across the uk, it offers a multitude of the latest cake trends and inspiration!. What can you gain from attending?
Networking: A chance to connect with thousands of fellow bakers, industry experts, suppliers, and potential new customers. You can even forge valuable relationships that could lead to collaborations or partnerships. Meeting people you have befriended on social media in person is just wonderful!
Exposure: There is so much opportunity to for exposure for your business. If you choose to showcase your unique products, gain visibility, and this will also increase brand recognition among a large audience of baking enthusiasts and professionals.
Learning and Inspiration: Gain insights from demonstrations, workshops, and seminars conducted by renowned bakers. Acquire new skills, stay updated on trends, and gather inspiration for innovative creations.
Market Research: You get the opportunity to gain valuable insights into the latest marketing trends, customer preferences, and competitor strategies. Understand what's hot in the baking industry giving you the opportunity to tailor your own offerings accordingly.
Sales Opportunities: You can book your very own stand and show case your offerings. It’s the perfect place to sell your cakey products directly to the perfect target audience of bakers!
By attending Cake International, your small baking business can leverage these benefits to grow, learn, and establish a stronger presence in the market, ultimately leading to increased success and recognition.
Have Your Own Stand:
There is one thing attending for the day as a visitor but there is also the opportunity to take part and have a stand yourself. Putting your business directly in-front of thousands of people over the 3 day event. Prices vary depending on the size and location of your stand. You can find out more HERE.
Stock Up!
Going to a big cake show offers the perfect opportunity to stock up on all the goodies! From sprinkles, mould, cutters, cake boxes, sugar lace, edible dusts, back drops and much more!
There is one thing attending for the day as a visitor but there is also the opportunity to take part and have a stand yourself. Putting your business directly in-front of thousands of your target market if your offering a product or classes.
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You will find a range of Exhibitors such as Squires Kitchen, Sweet Stamp, The Cake Decorating Company, Vanilla Valley, Lissie Lou, Zoe Fancy Cakes, Saracino, Cake Masters, The Baking Company and many more! Check Out Who Was There This Year! CLICK HERE!
By attending Cake International you will get to see works from the very best Cake decorators in the business. It’s honestly such an inspiring show!
This incredible CAKE, yes cake!!… was made by the talented Emma Jane Cake Designs
How About Taking Part Yourself?
Enter the cake competition:
People all over the UK and beyond come to Cake International to enter this amazing cake competition. There are a variety of categories you can enter figures to flowers, cupcakes to life size sculptures, wedding to miniatures and more.
When entering you will receive the feed back from Cake Internationals judges and other participants this can help you understand your strengths and areas for improvement. This feedback can be invaluable for growth and learning. You also receive a certificate which is lovely to be able to showcase.
Then of course there is the winning or placing in a cake competition that can add a stamp of credibility to your work. It distinguishes you as a skilled professional within the industry, enhancing your reputation which is wonderful.
You also get that sense of achievement and personal satisfaction. Participating in a cake competition such as Cake International can be an incredibly fulfilling experience. It's a chance to express your creativity, showcase your hard work, and gain personal satisfaction from the whole creative process.
Overall, entering such a cake competition offers you a platform to showcase your talents, gain recognition, and grow both personally and professionally within the baking and cake decorating industry.
TIP: Rules for entry can be very strict so be sure to follow these when entering!
There are a wide variety of categories you can enter
Junior decorators
Cupcakes
Wedding Cakes
Sugar Floral
Tiered Cake
Decorated Cookies and many more!
Would you consider entering next year? You might just win Gold!! Save the link below so you can get your tickets and enter for next year!
You get to see the professionals at work right in front of your eyes and ask all the questions you may have and observe their techniques.
What Else Is There:
Stages: Check the Schedule for a variety of live tutorials around the arena including the mains stage.There is something going on all the time around the venue
Join In The Live Workshops: Many companies offer limited spaces for live workshops and tutorials so if your early you may get a space on a workshop or two at the event which is always so much fun to join!
Live Taster Stands: Something I love is some stands offer a try before you buy experiences where you can test some of their awesome tools and gadgets before you commit to buying. I love this way of shopping, it defiantly makes me want to buy all the goodies lol
Meet All Your Cake Idols!
Everyone is so friendly, so it’s a joy to walk around and meet all those incredible cake artists in the industry that we all know and love! A lot of these incredible cake artists offer the demonstrations on the stages scattered around the venues. So always check the schedule to see when your favourite will be teaching.
So lovely to see Liz from ‘Eat Cake Be Merry’, Dan from ‘Dan CakeLab’ Halima from ‘Halima’s Cake Artistry’, Shelly from ‘Chell Bells Cakes’ and many more!
Are you coming to the Cake & Bake Show in Olympia Nov 22nd-26th? I am running 2 taster workshops. A Baking miniatures workshop and a Family workshop. You tickets give you free entry to the event and also access to the Christmas show next door! YAY!
Just a Few tickets left for each work shop. Book your tickets below!
Any Question You Have About Booking Your Christmas Workshop...
