Would You Pay $645.00??

Decorating By nichi Updated 10 Feb 2007 , 1:35am by ape

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nglez09 Posted 7 Feb 2007 , 4:17am
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I'd take the classes she teaches (straight from her book) at the Institute of Culinary Education in NY- it's $950 for each class. Pretty much you need nothing else after that.

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littlecake Posted 7 Feb 2007 , 4:26am
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she's an amazing artist...

i would if i had the time to spare

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Cakepro Posted 7 Feb 2007 , 3:54pm
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I would have to say hell no.

Sure, she's talented, but let's face it, if you don't have a natural talent for the artistic side of cake decorating, you aren't going to get it from any quasi-celebrity chef by osmosis. And besides the art, the rest is just food science and structural engineering. icon_biggrin.gif

I think these prices are all about the celebrity status for these people. There are many masters of this art out there, but not all of them are on TV. icon_smile.gif

But then again, I'd probably pony up some money to take gumpaste flower classes from Ron Ben-Israel. icon_biggrin.gif

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nichi Posted 9 Feb 2007 , 7:00pm
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Alrighty then, Im signed up for Bronwen Webers class! Im scared to look like an idiot, but I suppose your there to learn something right.
I will tell you all how it goes.

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DesignerCakes Posted 9 Feb 2007 , 11:32pm
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nichi, your last comment was so funny! I thought the same thing when I signed up for the Nick Lodge class.

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mjs4492 Posted 9 Feb 2007 , 11:42pm
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nichi:
I say go for it!!! What an opportunity you have. I feel like the lady in Canada - no one ever comes close to where I live! Post what you learn - please! thumbs_up.gif

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nichi Posted 9 Feb 2007 , 11:45pm
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I think we all kindof feel left out of stuff like this unless we live in the midwest, they have all the shows and clubs etc. I feel lucky that I have the opportunity and the extra cash.

Extra cash! Yeah right like its spare change!

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adoraim Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 12:01am
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I was looking at the website but I could not figure out where in the world the class is going to take place. Can someone please help I feel like a real dummy not finding it.

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nichi Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 12:18am
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The website is kindof funny, its hard to get back to stuff you have seen once before.

Division of Cal-Java International, Inc.
19519 Business Center Drive
Northridge, CA 91324-3402, USA
Toll Free: 800-207-2750 Phone: 818-718-2707

http://www.cakevisions.com/
and
http://caljavaonline.com/

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stlalohagal Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 12:31am
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Originally Posted by nichi

The website is kindof funny, its hard to get back to stuff you have seen once before.

Division of Cal-Java International, Inc.
19519 Business Center Drive
Northridge, CA 91324-3402, USA
Toll Free: 800-207-2750 Phone: 818-718-2707




OK, I was just going to post -- Where are they? As I couldn't find anything on their website as to where they were located. Is this the location where the classes would be or are they held elsewhere?

Thanks!

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nichi Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 12:34am
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I just called to confirm and it is at that address in Northridge, CA.

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FatAndHappy Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 12:41am
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Enjoy the class! Congrats!

We all expect details when you get back!

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eagerlearner Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 12:57am
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GO,GO,GO,GO,GO,GO,GO,GO,GO,GO,GO,GO!!!! It's seems like a great opportunity! Down here in M'sia, I only have Wilton( And I'm only a hobby decorator so I'm still trying to convince myself to take the classes). Take advantage of this. The skills you learn could last a lifetime!

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ShirleyW Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 1:23am
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I just called to confirm and it is at that address in Northridge, CA.




And if that town's name sound familiar it is where they had a real shaker of a quake in the 90s. You know living in the San Francisco Bay Area you would think we would have access to all kinds of fabulous cake classes. Not really, I have seen some great chefs but not so much cake artisans. We have to travel to take advantage of them too. Some are now coming to Southern California, but that is 8 hours away from us. To take a class from Nic Lodge or Ewald Notter I had to fly round trip to Georgia/Maryland, pay for a shuttle to their town, motel, meals, shuttle back to the airport. Very expensive and time consuming. Is it worth it? Absolutely! So, if you have to travel for Bronwens class do it!

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nichi Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 1:27am
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Completely unrelated, but when they had the earthquake I lived in SF area (Martinez) and when SF had thiers I lived here.... knock on wood I've been lucky so far to avoid the bad stuff.

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ape Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 1:35am
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Bronwen is amazing and a really sweet person! I don't think you will be disappointed in the least! I've watched her do demos in Austin and have learned things in 30 minutes that I didn't know.....3 days......no telling what you'll learn!!!!!

Have fun!!!

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