Multi award-winning Cake Artist, Rosie Dummer, AKA Rosie Cake Diva, is currently starring in Channel 4’s Extreme Cake Makers. She has been featured in numerous magazines and was the winner of the Cake Masters Wedding Cake of the Year Award in 2012.

She has since gone on to present the Cake Masters Magazine Awards at the star-studded event held at the NEC Birmingham for the past four years.

Now a regular on TV and Radio, Rosie presents on BBC Radio Lancashire, has presented her own TV show on The Craft Channel and works closely with the UK’s major trade shows including Cake International and The Cake and Bake Show.

Karen Portaleo is a cake and chocolate artist living in Atlanta, GA.

Before jumping in to the culinary world, she created props and sets for advertising, with a client list that includes Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Target, Maybelline, and Nestle Chocolate. She has a  Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art, and was represented by Ferrin Gallery, where she was able to show her clay work amongst her idols in the art world.

She grew up in bakeries in south Florida, where her grandfather was a pastry chef. Combining this history with her background in art has been a seamless although unexpected evolution.

She has appeared on Food Network’s Cake Challenge 4 times, Halloween Wars and Cake wars, winning all but one, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, as well as designing set pieces for “Sugar Dome” . She has also appeared on her own show, called “Caketastrophe” on Food Network. Her work can be seen in National Geographic’s “Strange But True”, Wild Art by Phaedon Press, as well as various publications and websites worldwide. Her client list includes Sir Elton John, Jane Fonda, Usher, Jane Lynch, T-Pain, Demi Moore, Andrew Young, Kasim Reed, Kate’s Club, AMC’s The Walking Dead, Stranger Things, P Valley, The Avengers Movie, Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Cartoon Network, Coca Cola, Delta Airlines, Turner Broadcasting, CNN, The Georgia Aquarium, Zoo Atlanta, The Atlanta Opera, The Los Angeles Opera, Georgia Public Broadcasting, The Center for Puppetry Arts, The W Hotel, and Westin Hotels.

Karen spends much of her time teaching Cake Art internationally, and has taught in more than 23 countries, with new locations added every year. Teaching has become a passion, and she travels quite frequently to give classes, demonstrations, or to make appearances at events.

She started baking while in high school but only discovered her immense talent after she retreated from the corporate world. Bored from retirement, Penk started baking cakes for her friends, often giving it away as gifts. Word-of-mouth became her best form of marketing and soon after, she was among the most-sought cake makers.

Penk has been crafting masterpieces since 1986. And whether it was a wedding or a huge birthday party, a Penk Ching cake became a staple in A-list celebrations.

In the elite circles, the name Penk has become synonymous to grandeur and perfection. She’s been hired to do cakes for those in power, and for events that mark history.

Among her works was the breathtaking bird’s nest gum paste and fruitcake in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. After making it, the world took notice of the “Filipino” who intricately crafted such a hard project.

She also created President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s inaugural cake, lovingly crafted UST’s 400th anniversary cake, and made a detailed Cirque de Soleil cake.

Among her celebrity clientele includes Sharon Cuneta; Ogie Alcasid and Regine Velasquez, Ryan Agoncillo and Judy Ann Santos, and Dato and Kakai Arroyo.

Penk Ching is also one of the Founders of Cake Fiesta Manila.

ot Klerck is an International multi award winning cake artist, she honed her skills in art school, but taught herself the basics (and more!) of cake decoration. She lives in Wellington in the wine region of the Cape, South Africa and is married to Tobie, together they have 4 children. ​ Each year Dot is invited to teach at International Sugar Shows and Sugar Schools all around the world. She has traveled to more than 30 different countries teaching her unique skills in sculpture and design and continues to create her sugar sculptures in between teaching.

ot Klerck is an International multi award winning cake artist, she honed her skills in art school, but taught herself the basics (and more!) of cake decoration. She lives in Wellington in the wine region of the Cape, South Africa and is married to Tobie, together they have 4 children. ​ Each year Dot is invited to teach at International Sugar Shows and Sugar Schools all around the world. She has traveled to more than 30 different countries teaching her unique skills in sculpture and design and continues to create her sugar sculptures in between teaching.