Piedmont Driving Club

Even though my mom has always been baking for a living since she was little, I had never heard about about being a pastry chef till about 9 years ago. I learned about it when I watched too much Food network Challenge. I decided to go to the Art Institute of Atlanta after finishing a couple of completely different majors. Thanks to Chef Paul Bodrogi, I was introduced to the fun of competing and volunteering at various pastry events. Right now, I am just enjoying the ride while keep trying to improve myself and meeting amazing chefs along the way

Sugar Benders Bakery

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Veronica is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Mercer University. She has over 14 years in the foodservice industry and 7 years decorating cakes. She attended classes at The Sugar Art Institute in Norcross, Ga. Where she learned how to refine and apply her decorating skills effectively. Veronica currently owns Sugar Benders Bakery, in East Cobb. A highly successful premier bakery that features specialty cakes, fresh pastry, and breads.

Unique Cakes

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A natural-born artist, Marilyn thrives on combining her sculpture and painting skills with her baking talents to create an art form that others can enjoy as much as she can. She brings the latest cake artistry skills to Unique Cakes, and continues to study innovative cake design techniques under nationally-renowned cake masters. As the Owner and Creative Director of Unique Cakes, she focuses on the unusual in wedding cakes, three dimensional sculpted cakes and blown and pulled sugar amenities.

Marilyn has been featured in national cake decorating publications and has had the honor of applying her talents in sugar art and three-dimensional sculpted cakes for high profile cake commissions, where guests of honor have included circuit court judges and Gov. Sarah Palin. Her detailed eagle cake won first place in the Professional Sculpted Cake Division at the National Capital Area Cake Show in 2013 and she was a competitor in last year’s Pastry Live. For a full gallery of her cake photos visit For a full gallery of her cake photos visit www.UniqueCakes.biz.