Geraldine Randlesome
Renowned cake decorator Geraldine Randlesome began her career 25 years ago as a hobby. During one of her classes in 1981, she fondly remembers when her instructor invited her to be one of the team members to assist in decorating the Canadian wedding cake for Prince Charles and Lady Diana. This wonderful but challenging experience sparked her professional career.
In the early 1980s, her own original technique for a “Floating Collar” was featured at the International Cake Exploration Society (I.C.E.S.) show in Lexington, KY as well as a class in Cape Town, South Africa. Since then, she has been in demand all over the world as a demonstrator and teacher. She has shared her skills numerous times to cake decorators in Australia, New Zealand, The United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Argentina. And throughout Canada Geraldine has won numerous national and international awards for her decorating skills and styles, most notably was her win at the 1985 British Sugarcraft Guild show. Geraldine won the St. Martin’s Trophy from the most artistic cake on display. This was the first time a foreigner had ever won this prestigious award. In the years that followed, she has won many other honours, most recently was her induction into the International Cake Exploration Society’s Hall of Fame in 1999.
Many notable people and companies including, the Prince of Japan, Francis Ford Coppola, the Walt Disney Company, Toyota F1 Racing and the recent movie 16 Blocks have sought out Geraldine to make one a kind creations.
Geraldine’s Creative Cutters was started in the early 1980s, when Geraldine discovered the lack of quality cake decorating tools in the marketplace. She has gone on to create many new tools herself, including the “impression mat,” which has helped to change the way cakes are decorated and the amount of time they take.
As an author, Geraldine has published 5 books on cake decorating. The Art of Gumpaste Flower Making, Techniques in Cake Design (now considered a collector’s item), Simply Elegant, Portfolio, and Unforgettable Wedding Cakes: A Collection of Cold Porcelain Flowers and Impression Mats.
As a result of her passionate involvement in the industry, Geraldine is continuously sought as a speaker, teacher, and writer – for television, radio, and magazines.