about zoë

hello

I’m Zoë Burmester, a multi award winning cake artist, presenter, writer and sugar craft demonstrator and tutor. Formerly a film and TV set stylist I swapped my canvas from film sets to cake; a journey that started after I made my son his first novelty birthday cake.

In addition to private and PR commissions for cake sculptures and food art, I have also appeared on TV making my cakes too and am a regular columnist for industry magazines.

Sugar Street Studios has now grown to encompass an online cake school with over 80 guest tutors and a membership base of cake enthusiasts and hobbyists from around the world.

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some of my awards

TOP 10 CAKE ARTISTS AWARDS

2019

2 GOLDS, 2 SILVER, 1ST & 2ND PLACE IN CATEGORY

2017 - PRESENT

GOLD & CATEGORY TROPHY WINNER

2016

SCULPTED CAKE WINNER

2020

portfolio

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ADIDAS LONDON

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Created over 40 pairs of edible illusion cake trainers, to celebrate the launch of the Adidas ZX Boost sole sneaker. Individually hand crafted from chocolate cake and orange buttercream, including miniature cake versions.

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PRIVATE COMMISSION

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Commissioned as a wedding cake, the couple wanted two life-size emperor penguins as their centrepiece. One was a chocolate Oreo cake, the other was toffee and banana.

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MEDIA 10

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Commissioned as a showcase piece to celebrate the theme of illusion cakes, at the Cake and Bake Show held at Excel London. The theme was baking and featured two life like capuchin monkeys running through a kitchen. Entire tableaux sculpted from chocolate and sugar.

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some of my clients

a recent clip of my Extreme Cake Makers experience

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AMBASSADOR FOR

Clients Testimonials

I can’t thank you enough for the magnificent woolly rhino cake. Everyone is still talking about it. It was a wonderful evening seeing everyone who has helped with the project over the years and complete with the fantastic beast as the centrepiece. Nobody wanted to cut into it! We had plenty of cake for tea on site for the rest of the dig, and it tasted delicious as well. I must have a party more often!

Professor Danielle Schreve

Royal Holloway University

Everyone loved the cake and it tasted amazing. Another creation of superb, gorgeous imagination, sculpture and dedication to your art Zoë.

Sally Billington

Owner The Litton ( voted The Times Top 100 Hotels)

Thank you so much for our penguins..it’s amazing to see how much effort went into it. The cake was definitely the highlight of the wedding for me lol!

Demi Eleftheriou

Private Client

Thanks so much for making the cake in spectacular style for Josh’s birthday celebrations. He and the boys absolutely loved it and it’s still being talked about. Definitely a birthday to remember for some time to come.

Lindsey Davis

Private Client

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