Hello,
I was just wondering do you guys think its worth it to sign up for an 8 hr petit four and torte class. It's 160$ so I was just wondering....Is it something I could teach myself and practice or is it something i definitely need to see the technique to do?
Thanks!
What all is included in the class? Is it a just show up with nothing and leave with petit fours? If that is the case then I do think a $160 for 8 hours is reasonable. If they give you a laundry list of supplies you have to bring and you still have to pay big bucks for the class, then I'd probably feel different.
To me there are many thing that we can pick up our selves. Some people can pick up a decorating bag and a book and produce beautiful roses, or make gumpaste roses with little instruction. The bonus of classes in my opinion is that you have someone that has tried it many different ways and has found a way that works good for them. They can tell you what didn't work for them or give you suggestions for things that may make things easier for you.
At the ICES convention I am always reminded of how many different ways that things can be done. I have gone to several different demos on gumpaste flowers and everyone has this thing or that way they do it. It doesn't make it right or wrong, just different. And sometimes in learning all those this way and that ways you can combine them and come up with a way that works best for you.
I guess I could have simply said (feeling long winded today) that if you have the time and the money, then in my experince even if you came out of the class learning a new trick or two then it was worth doing it.
It's a come with nothing leave with petit fours class.....So I guess that is reasonable....
thanks for breaking it down like that! sometimes I just need a little push when it comes to spending $ lol
You might try making them first on your own, then if you're not happy with your results, take a class...that way you'd know spending the money was justified 
I'm the same way, I can spend money on my kids but when it's something for me, it's so hard to do!
My local party supply store offered a 4 hour petit four & doberge class for $40. It was taught by a Wilton instructor and I'm glad I went, but it was not worth more than $40 (IMHO). I can't imaging spending 8 hours on petit fours and torting. I hope it's a lot of hands on. That would then be worth $160. My class was more of a demonstration class..very little hands on.
I can't imaging spending 8 hours on petit fours and torting.
I can imagine spending 8 hours on petit fours 
that's why I won't make the things for anyone anymore
Yeah - what Texas Rose said!! Those little buggars are a nightmare. I know how to do them, I just don't LIKE doing them!
I have learned it is OK for me to spend money on classes - if it is something I want to know - I don't regret any of the monies I have spent on the ones I have taken. There are a few tips I have learned (froma class) that just on their own it was worth the money spent!
My local party supply store offered a 4 hour petit four & doberge class for $40. It was taught by a Wilton instructor and I'm glad I went, but it was not worth more than $40 (IMHO). I can't imaging spending 8 hours on petit fours and torting. I hope it's a lot of hands on. That would then be worth $160. My class was more of a demonstration class..very little hands on.
You can not compair the Wilton prices to other class prices. That would be like comparing the Fondant/Gumpaste class with a Nic Lodge class. They are just in different leagues. And that is from a Wilton instructor. 
I wouldn't pay $160 on a non hands on class either. Like I said before, it also depended on what all was included in the class. Since it is a class that they are bring everything, then that cuts down on what you are spending. And as someone that has done classes, those costs for the person doing it, when they supply the tools adds up fast.
It sounds like you are playing $160 for supplies, the lesson (hopefully different ways to do it) and leaving with finished products of petit fours and a torte. When you break that down it is $20 an hour, which sounds reasonable to me.
They could have said it is a $100 class but by the time you buy the supplies, cakes, fillings, and so on, you realise that you are spending way more than $160.
Plus when it is set up like that, if you decide you don't like doing them, you don't have a bunch of petit four supplies lying around that you aren't doing anything with.
"Plus when it is set up like that, if you decide you don't like doing them, you don't have a bunch of petit four supplies lying around that you aren't doing anything with."
So true!!
It's 2 4hr classes
This is the description:
Petites Fours and Specialty Tortes (8 Hours) $160
Learn to create an assortment of petites four including éclairs, Madeleines, French macaroons, fruit and chocolate tartlets, diamond cookies and opera torte.
hmmmmm french macaroons i wanna learn
Where is this class located??? I want some petit fours... 
For all that, total worth it. Go and enjoy yourself!
So I finally got paid and tried to sign up for the class....it got cancelled!!!
I'm so upset 
No they didn't say why.....
Maybe lack of enrollment? I think I will call and find out lol
Thats a great idea....to call the teacher...thanks!
I actually jus signed up for a 7 week dessert decorating and candy making course....It's a recreational class but I figured it would be useful....
They say they dont give out certifications of participation, but I think after 7 weeks, I am going to want one so I'm gonna talk to the teacher about that one
I called....apparently I was the only one who signed up for the petit four class....
le sighhhh
Ok this is gettin ridiculous.....
my 7week candy making/ dessert decorating class was cancelled too!!!!!!!
I tried 3 times to sign up for the wilton level 3 course. I also tried a couple of times to do the fondant course. They were always cancelled due to lack of participants.
Maybe people just aren't into spending money on this kind of stuff right now. I would love to take a petit fours class!
Nah, not any that i can convincce to spend the money...they r more "eat the practice rejects" people lol
Nah, not any that i can convincce to spend the money...they r more "eat the practice rejects" people lol
Nah, not any that i can convincce to spend the money...they r more "eat the practice rejects" people lol
Nah, not any that i can convincce to spend the money...they r more "eat the practice rejects" people lol
LOL! I understand. My whole family sits around like vultures waiting for permission to eat the practice rejects.
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