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poomagoo
Newbie
Joined: Nov 15, 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Wales, UK - en route to Barrie, Ontario in Oct 2009!
Birthday: Oct 12
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:13 pm |
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Hi everyone,
My name is Angela and I have a cake obsession  . I started a course in Cake Decorating back in September 2006 and haven't looked back since. I do the odd cake for family every now and then and have been a member of the British Sugar.craft Guild for the last 2 years. Thanks to Aine2 for pointing me in the direction of this forum.
My husband and I are emigrating from the UK to Barrie, Ontario in 7 weeks time  . Crikey its coming around soon and we have so much to do. Sadly it means I haven't been able to do much cake work over the summer as everything was boxed up whilst we sold our house but I am really looking forward to getting back into it once we are settled in Canada.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and see if anyone could point me in the right direction for finding out about any cake meetings or courses that are run in the Barrie or Greater Toronto Area? And any there any other users on here from that area?
Looking forward to getting to know you all.
poo xx |
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antonia74
Forum Fanatic
Joined: May 06, 2005
Posts: 2550
Location: Toronto/Kingston, CANADA
Birthday: Aug 08
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:29 pm |
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Welcome to our country...well, soon anyway! 
Check out this great new school and supply shop. Lisa has big-name celebrity cake designers teaching there! I just took the two-day class with Elisa Strauss of www.confetticakes.com and it was amazing. She's just east of Toronto....
www.flourconfections.ca |
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poomagoo
Newbie
Joined: Nov 15, 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Wales, UK - en route to Barrie, Ontario in Oct 2009!
Birthday: Oct 12
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:42 pm |
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Oooo, lucky you. I love Elisa Strauss. She's super talented. I believe our very own Aine2 from the BSG is teaching at Flour Confections next year. Just might have to sign myself up for that as Lorraine is lovely and great to watch demonstrating. I see you've just PM'd me . |
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Mme_K
Frequent Member
Joined: Mar 12, 2009
Posts: 314
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
Birthday: Mar 01
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:53 pm |
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Welcome to Canada! (soon)
You might want to check out McCall's:
http://www.mccalls.ca/
It's west of Toronto, but they do have a variety of courses that you might be interested in. They also have the store and a warehouse outlet.
Hope this helps.
Good luck with the move. |
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AverageMom
Frequent Member
Joined: Mar 08, 2009
Posts: 412
Location: Canada
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:08 pm |
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Welcome to Canada! Unfortunately, I have no help for you, since I live in the northern region of the country (Yukon), and I have NO cake supply stores near me. |
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dsilvest
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Joined: Feb 10, 2008
Posts: 401
Location: Canada
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:25 pm |
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Caike
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Joined: Aug 21, 2009
Posts: 163
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:11 pm |
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Welcome! Hope you love Barrie as much as we love Ottawa!  |
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luvmysmoother
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Joined: Sep 06, 2009
Posts: 185
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:02 pm |
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Welcome to Canada:) I'm in Vancouver so can't comment on any courses in Barrie but wanted to say hallow anyways - Michaels (North American craft store chain) usually has cake decorating courses but they are usually the Wilton beginner courses - you sound like you already know what you are doing:) |
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poomagoo
Newbie
Joined: Nov 15, 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Wales, UK - en route to Barrie, Ontario in Oct 2009!
Birthday: Oct 12
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Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:05 am |
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Thanks for the warm welcome and info everyone. I can see I'm going to be spending quite a lot of time on here. |
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sugarpiecakes
Newbie
Joined: Apr 22, 2009
Posts: 2
Location: Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: Nov 28
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Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:54 am |
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and my Grandad came to Canada from Wales after starting a family in Chester. Barrie is around an hour and a half from Toronto on a busy highway that is almost impossible to drive on on Fridays and Sundays during the cottage seasons.
It is a lovely area - it has all the shops that Toronto has, but 1/8 of the people and 5 times the manners (I can say this because I was raised in Toronto). There are a couple of cake shops in Barrie and one of them teaches classes- cakesbydesignbarrie.com
Also there are Wilton classes at Michaels (a craft superstore). There aren't many cake supply options - I get most of my supplies at either Michaels or Bulk Barn - they are in the same plaza in the South end of Barrie.
pm me if you have any specific questions!
Hope all this helps
and good luck on the move,
Miranda |
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Kiddiekakes
Forum SuperStar!
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
Posts: 5531
Location: Calgary,Alberta,Canada
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Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:40 am |
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Welcome to Canada...soon
I am located in the west..Alberta...but If I can help you out and give advice..I'd love too!!
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aine2
Forum Addict
Joined: Jul 18, 2006
Posts: 502
Location: Scotland
Birthday: Dec 16
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:28 am |
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I TOLD you you'd get replies now didn't I!  This is an extremely helpful site Angela so you will be well looked after. Maybe I'll see you in Ontario next year or Vancouver in 2011! A bit of a way off but it will be here before I know it! Enjoy your time on this site. It's a whole new world. |
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