About

Meet the designer....Joanna Corteen

joanna_corteenI have always had 2 main passions in life, one being baking the other being painting and sculpture. From an early age, I could often be found in the kitchen, making cakes with my mum. At A level I achieved one of the top 5 grades in Art and Design in the country, and then went on to study Jewellery Design at Middlesex University.

After leaving University, I often found myself making celebration cakes for friends and  relatives. I then decided to take a course in Cake Icing and Sugarcraft at my local  college and quickly found my niche. I have since gone on to study ABC intermediate and advanced Cake Decoration at Bournemouth College gaining distinctions for all the  modules.

In 2007 I landed job as a designer for one of the Country's leading celebration cake manufacturers Generic and licensed cakes designed by me were soon being sold in their thousands to the likes of Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury's. 

I continued to make more extravigant cakes for friends and family in my spare time.  Word soon got around and commissions started to roll in. So in April 2010 I made the leap to go it on my own and opened The Fairy Cakery. I can design and bake bespoke stylish wedding cakes and provide a variety of cake decorating courses to help others make their dreams come true.