Meet Jo

My name is Joanne Barton, I have been making cakes for about seven years now, my obsession with cake started back in June 2013 when I attended a cupcake course with "French born Eric Lanlard" owner of "Cake Boy Patisserie based in Battersea" creator of "Madonna, Elizabeth Hurley and Claudia Schiffer" wedding cake. I then started to make cake creations for family and friends, which then just grew and grew and before I knew it, I was probably making about 5 cakes a month + owning and running a busy childrens  Day Nursery based down in Ramsgate. I then started to attend different modelling and cake technique courses, and then decided to learn professionally so I completed my "PME Professional Diploma & Masters Certificate in "Sugarpaste skills, Royal Icing and Sugar Flower techniques" which took me about a year to complete.

I have entered "Cake International" (The biggest cake competition in the world) three times and achieved "3 x Silver Awards - 3 x Bronze Awards - 1 Merit" I was also part of a large "Collaboration of 200 Top Cake Artists" from around the world, in 2019 called which was called "The Sugar Witches" where we were the main attraction for "Cake International" as we were set up in the "Great Hall" at Birmingham NEC and took over 6 months to organise.

I am currently almost at the end of my "Confectionery and Patisserie" Diploma where I have been training at "Westminster Kingsway College" in London, so I also have a good understand of "Bread Making Skills" and "Patisserie and Confectionery Skills"

I will be offering all levels of group and 1-1 classes in cake making, modelling skills, Confectionery, Patisserie and Bread making skills, I feel having attended a lot of courses myself, I understand how students can feel sometimes when learning new skills. I also feel, that I can help my students and clients solve they wedding cake and sugarcraft needs with a professional and supportive service.

Luxe Cakes - Finals
Luxe Cakes - Finals

our space

My studio is situated in the beautiful area of Kingshill which is situated just outside of Maidstone Kent. The studio is a beautiful converted garage, full of quirky and fun artifacts (based on a jungle theme) the studio comes fully equipted with a "Double oven" "Microwave" Full-Air-conditioning, many "Plug points" and a many more features.
I decided to build the cake studio in the hope that I can make "Wedding Cakes" and "Teach" cake making and baking skills on a full-time basis. I am really confident that Bride and Grooms will love this space for their wedding cake consultations, so they can actually see my examples of my work, and where they can come and sample my delicious wedding cake samples.
I am also looking forward to being able to teach my students and range of ""Cake making Skills" "Bread Making Skills" and "Confectionary and Pattisserie" skills. I am also looking forward to teaching students who attend my "Cake Minds" classes, this will hopefully be their little piece of normality for a couple of hours per month, and with the added bonus of learning a new skill.
Luxe Cakes - Finals
Luxe Cakes - Finals

What People Say

"Jo's Cake was incredible. From looks to taste is was 10/10"

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