These are pictures from my trip to the Wilton School in Darien, IL on October 24-28, 2005 to take a class from Cake Decorating Extraordinaire - Colette Peters

Here is a brief description of the class:

About Colette

Colette Peters has been the owner of Colette’s Cakes, a specialty cake company in New York City, for over 20 years. Since she was 8 years old, living in Chicago, she made cakes and experimented in the kitchen. Her first love, though, was painting, and after earning a bachelor’s degree in painting, moved to New York to earn her Master’s degree in painting from Pratt Institute. She then worked as a designer for Tiffany & Company for 8 years. While at Tiffany & Co. she made cakes for her co-workers, and was then asked to design cakes for the books Tiffany Taste and The Tiffany Wedding. This exposure led to a contract to write a book of her own.
	Author Colette is the author of four books, Colette’s Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating (1991), Colette’s Christmas (1993), Colette’s Wedding Cakes (1995), and Colette’s Birthday Cakes (2000), all published by Little, Brown & Company. She is currently working on a fifth book, due in October, 2004.
	Creator of Special Cakes Colette has delivered cakes throughout America, Europe, and the Caribbean and has created cakes for many celebrities, including Sting, Natasha Richardson, Bette Midler, Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Rivers, Tommy Tune, Al Pacino, Eartha Kitt, and Robert Altman, just to name a few. She created cakes for the weddings of Marie-Chantal Miller and Prince Pavlos of Greece and Alexandra Miller and Alexander Von Furstenburg. In 1996 Colette was chosen to create a cake honoring the Renwick Museum as part of the 150th Anniversary Celebration for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.
	Edible Christmas Scenes She also created all 5 Christmas windows for the New York Tiffany & Co. in 1997. These were all edible Christmas scenes created in icing and sugar paste.
	White House Christmas Mantelpieces In 1998, Colette was asked by First Lady, Hillary Clinton, to create 3 “sugar scenes” for the Red room, the Green room, and the Grand Foyer, as part of the White House Christmas decorations. She was then asked again to create decorations for the White House 2000 Holiday season.
	Featured in Publications Her unique cakes have been featured in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, Town & Country, Brides, New York magazine, Food & Wine, Pastry Art & Design, and Victoria, among others. She has served as a food stylist for Ladies’ Home Journal, Food Arts, Womens’ Day, and Good Housekeeping. She has also created cakes for films, Broadway plays, television, and commercials.
	Teacher In 1990, Colette began teaching cake decorating and has traveled throughout the United States and Europe sharing her expertise. She has instructed students at the Culinary Institute of America in California, the French Culinary Institute, The French Pastry School, The Wilton School, and the Notter School of Pastry Arts. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, The TV Food Network, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Discovery Channel, CNN, and Lifetime Television.
	Awards The Societé Culinaire Philanthropique awarded Colette three gold medals and the Grand Prix de Paris Award. She is a member of The Baker’s Dozen East, the New York Womens’ Culinary Alliance, and The International Cake Exploration Society. In 2004, Colette won first place in the Beaver Creek Wedding Cake Extravaganza, sponsored by the TV Food Network.