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20 July 2023

Change Is Good

Hello Lovelies, summer holidays are here and in my book it’s time to look back and take stock. It’ s been ages since I posted here and there are reasons for it. Reason one, as lame and unoriginal as it may sound, is lack of time. Since January I’ve been working part-time on top of running my baking classes and baking for my home bake shop. As it’s also teaching, […]
24 March 2022

It’s About Time

Hello, Yes, I know, it’s been a while… My last blog post, I’m embarrassed to admit, was before Christmas. Three months flew by and before I knew it spring had sprung and London skies had blessed us with a long-awaited sunshine. Today, as a reward after a day of baking I decided to have a cuppa in our garden rather than the kitchen. I grabbed the last remaining biscuit, sat […]
22 January 2020

What a Year It Was!

I’m not quite sure how we‘re already half-way through January. Through the after Christmas slump as my friend cynically calls this time of the year. We’re all daylight, vitamin D and cash deficient… Possibly a couple of pounds heavier. Nevertheless, every year I stubbornly refuse to give in to two things in the dreaded January: winter blues and new year’s resolutions. Are you thinking it’s a bit too late for […]
25 September 2019

Not a Piece of Cake

And so it has begun, Rise and Shine has launched. After three months of full-on preparations my website is live and so are my social media accounts. I’ve met many new amazing people and made contacts with new fantastic organisations. Oh, and, wait a minute, I’ve started teaching baking! Hip, hip, hooray! The question I’ve been asked a lot lately is “how does it feel to be running a new […]