Liz Marek

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Liz Marek
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Oregon Culinary Institute
OccupationCake Decorating Instructor
Known forProducing sculpted cakes and creative wedding cake designs, Founder of Artisan Cake Company
Website https://sugargeekshow.com/

Liz Janean Marek (born October 26, 1980) is an American cake decorator and teacher known for her elaborate sculpted cakes. [1] [2] She is the founder of Artisan Cake Company based in Portland, Oregon and online cake decorating school "Sugar Geek Show". [3] [4]

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Life and career

Marek went to Linn–Benton Community College majoring in graphic design. After a short career in graphic design, she decided to look into other creative fields. In 2007 she started cake decorating as a hobby. [5] [6]

In 2009, Marek founded the Artisan Cake Company in Portland, Oregon. [7] [8]

In 2014, Marek published her first cake decorating book, Artisan Cake Company’s Visual Guide to Cake Decorating. [9] [10] She also took a decision to close her public bakery and focus her attention on teaching others. [11]

In 2015, Marek and her husband Dan opened her online school, Sugar Geek Show through which she teaches new techniques and processes involved in cake production and decoration. [12] [13] [14]

Marek has been featured in various editions of American Cake Decorators Magazine, [15] Cake Masters Magazine USA, [16] Cake Central Magazine, [17] and other related publications. [18] [19] [20]

Marek is an alumnus of Oregon Culinary Institute. [21] She has competed and won in several cake making shows and food network competitions across the US and beyond. [22] [23] [24]

She was a contestant in the 2022 show Is It Cake?, and was the winner of one episode.

Awards and honors

Personal life

Liz is married with 2 children.

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