Bueno Postre

Xiomara is the owner and Pastry Artist at Bueno Postre. Realizing her great love of sweets and wine, she enrolled in The Art Institute of New York and received a certificate of Pasty Arts in 2007. Since then, she has culminated her skills and ideas into one great package she could offer to the masses. Bueno Postre allows her to design amazing dessert bars, custom wedding cakes and other culinary delights.

Xiomara is currently located in Chicago, IL and teaches baking and cake decorating courses at Cakewalk Chicago and Northwestern University.

Madd Sweets

Nix Confectionery

Nicole O’Clare graduated from Gwinnett Technical College with a degree in Culinary Arts in 2010. She began her culinary career as an intern at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead. She later transferred to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and was promoted to culinary supervisor. Throughout her time at Hyatt, she continued teaching herself the art of cake design and accepted the opportunity to work for Chef Heather Hurlbert at HHDesserts. She learned many new and classical techniques, and her desire for pastry only grew. She recently participated in the Heart for Chocolate event benefitting Piedmont CASA where she won over the crowd with Best Presentation. Her commitment and determination drive her to expand her knowledge and experience with the art of pastry.

Norman Love Confections

Miranda Prince was born and raised in Las Vegas until recently moving to Ft Myers, Florida. She always knew she wanted to bake and attended a local community college for pastry arts. Miranda started working in the Bellagio pastry shop under Jean- Philippe Maury, MOF where she grew her skill in pastry as well as cake decorating. After leaving Bellagio she opened a custom cake studio in Las Vegas and created cakes for nightclubs, celebrities, weddings, birthdays, and other celebrations. From there she moved to Florida to join the team at Norman Love Confections to expand on her knowledge of chocolates and french style pastries as well as cake design.