Meet The Team
At Sugar & Ice we pride ourselves on bringing together the best cake decorators in Leicestershire so that we are able to make amazing cakes each and every day, you can meet our wonderful team here.
Debbie
How did you get into cake decorating?
I got into cake decorating when my siblings were small and I wanted to surprise them with a homemade cake (it was a football pitch with green coconut grass, chocolate finger fencing, and borrowed Subbuteo men – now you know how old they are!!). When I created my first commissioned cake I disliked it so much that I kept hiding it at the venue, I was 13 and it was a christening cake, I’m pleased to say that I’ve improved greatly since then and we all have to start somewhere!
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Carrot Cake
What is your favourite style of cake?
I really like a mix between classic styles and the quirky novelty cakes its great seeing people’s faces when they come into collect something we’ve made.
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
As I receive all the trade catalogues first, I get very excited about the new products on the market and get frustrated when we can’t get them in quick enough. I know we have some fantastic ranges coming in soon such as new candles and a variety of flavourings.
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
I love making the sugar models and the novelty cakes. But I really love being able to work in a store with so many lovely customers and a great team which means it hardly feels like work at all!
Cyril St. Store
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Jacqui
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Tracy
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Stephany
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Alison
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Saskia
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Sophie
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Heather
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Jacqui
How did you get into cake decorating?
When our children were young, I would make sugar cookies for them, which then grew into a love for all things made from sugar!
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Red Velvet
What is your favourite style of cake?
I love all wedding cakes, it's the romance surrounding them
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Any, I'm pretty new to the team so I'm constantly finding new products to try
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Sugar flowers, they take a while but are so beautiful
Tracy
How did you get into cake decorating?
I started decorating cakes for my daughter's birthdays . . . her first cake that I made was so big we were eating it for a week!
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Chocolate & Vanilla
What is your favourite style of cake?
I love girly cakes!!
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
I like trying out all the new cutters when they come in, whether it be flowers or numbers.
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
I love seeing customers reactions when they collect a cake; covering cake and also my colleagues - it doesnt feel like I'm at work at all
Stephany
How did you get into cake decorating?
Doing Christmas cakes for family . . . I also made a Shaun the sheep retirement cake for my parents
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Coffee
What is your favourite style of cake?
Buttercream effect cakes
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Llama Cutters. I want to try icing biscuits.
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Covering cakes abd icing boards
Alison
How did you get into cake decorating?
Making my daughter’s birthday cakes, my mum had always made mine and I wanted to carry on the tradition.
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Salted Caramel
What is your favourite style of cake?
Children’s novelty cakes
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Whole cake stencils, some of the effects are amazing!! I’ve never actually used a stencil!
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Taking customer cake orders – helping them to decide upon and create a really personalised cake for the recipient.
Saskia
How did you get into cake decorating?
Helping mum out at home, when making cakes for family and friends
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Chocolate
What is your favourite style of cake?
I love a naked or drip chocolate. I like the simple look.
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
I love to see what comes in when puttinjg things out, and jsut think what I could use that for! Especially the cutters and all the different colour gel pastes.
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Helping customers find what they need and also seeing everyones cakes when they come to collect a cake.
Sophie
Heather
How did you get into cake decorating?
Through a previous job
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Lemon
What is your favourite style of cake?
Buttercream drip cakes
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Different cutters & moulds & different sugarpastes / modeling pastes
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Helping customers
Coalville Store
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michelle
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Sandra
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Kathryn
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Salena
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Paula
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Rachel
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Ruby
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michelle
How did you get into cake decorating?
Baking with my mum as a child
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Carrot cake!
What is your favourite style of cake?
Novelty cakes
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Love the shell and shine by dinkey doodle
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Experimenting with different cake decorating techniques like painting cakes.
Sandra
How did you get into cake decorating?
Bought a book and it progressed from that
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Carrot cake (I’m addicted)
What is your favourite style of cake?
Old fashioned (like me!) with sugar flower sprays and pillars
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Rather like the new alphabet plunger cutters lower and upper case, they make life easy for people who can’t or don’t want to pipe.
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Sugar flowers and teaching customers how to do them. why not check out our courses by clicking here
Kathryn
How did you get into cake decorating?
I would bake with my Grandma, as the oldest grandchild I’d help her decorate everybody else’s cakes, I then went on to enter a cake competition at the school fete with a Mr Blobby cake! I went to university to study art, and made cakes
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Coconut, or lemon, or lemon and coconut… Or if it comes with a cup of tea then any flavour is good!!
What is your favourite style of cake?
Anything sparkly or shiny! Novelty cakes with lots of detail and intricate modelling.
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
I like the new ‘sprinkletti’ so look forward to seeing more colour contributions in that range.
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Novelty cakes and making models are the things I most enjoy doing. It’s lovely talking to the customers and being able to help them and give them confidence in what they’re doing and to see the results afterwards.
Salena
How did you get into cake decorating?
Making cakes for family & friends
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Chocolate
What is your favourite style of cake?
Boho, hand painted, sculpted
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Marvellous moulds, evil cake genius stencils
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Painting and sculpting cakes
Paula
How did you get into cake decorating?
Making cakes for my friends & family & with my daughter. I learned a lot from my grandma about making victoria sponge.
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Lemon & Carrott & Chocolate
What is your favourite style of cake?
Novelty cakes
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Cake Star. New style cutters (script)
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Experimenting & learning new techniques. I enjoy helkping the customers.
Rachel
How did you get into cake decorating?
Started making cupcakes for my kids and progressed to family and friends, then eventually to bigger cakes.
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Carrot Cake! 5 slices = 5 a day right?!
What is your favourite style of cake?
Concrete cake with chocolate sails
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
New sprinkletti products
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Interacting with the customers and seeing their reactions when they collect the cake
Ruby
How did you get into cake decorating?
I got into cake decorating when my mum was baking cakes, I used to help decorate them and really enjoyed seeing the decorations on the cake.
What is your favourite flavour cake?
My favourite flavour of cake is choclate as I have never liked jam ones and chocolate is my favourite!
What is your favourite style of cake?
My favourite style of cake is cupcakes as you can decorate them how you want and and be creative and have fun whilst doing it.
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
I want to get back into baking when my GCSE's are over and would like to use sprinkles and icing pens to create words.
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
The thing I enjoy most about work is the till work and helping people. I also love making discs as I find that fun.
Behind The Scenes
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Clive
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Mel
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Clive
How did you get into cake decorating?
I was introduced to cake decorating when I married my wife Debbie!
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Simnel Cake . . . Carrot Cake . . . Chocolate fudge Cake . . . Brownies . . . . the list goes on
What is your favourite style of cake?
Novelty cakes, with a twist
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
Always interested to see new things in the shops
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
Being shown all the photos of the brilliant cakes the teams in the shops are making!
Mel
How did you get into cake decorating?
I always love watching cooking & baking programmes and decided to give it a go.
What is your favourite flavour cake?
Any :)
What is your favourite style of cake?
I love novelty cakes, watching them come to life is great.
What new products are you looking forward to seeing / using?
I love all new products, edibles probably my favourite.
What do you enjoy doing most at work?
I am lucky enough to work in the office and also in the shop, so the best of both worlds for me !!