I love Peggy Porschen's work. Really, I do. I have her book, filled with good basic recipes, details, & pictures. She was my Royal Icing saving grace during last year's virgin GBH, back when I couldn't spell Royal Icing. I even have a batch of her gingerbread dough in the frig chilling as we e-speak.
Recently, there was a blog about her masterclass and 10 lucky students who learned to decorate in the Porschen style. I was thrilled to imagine what one would learn sitting at her feet, so to speak.
Well, from the blog (see link), I'm sorry to say it doesn't seem like much. For the first half of the class, you cover a provided fruit cake with provided marzipan that the student rolls out, then you cover that with rolled fondant (provided), then you decorate that with fondant leaves that the students cut and touch up with edible glitter.
Second half of the class? Decorate provided snowflake cookies with provided icing. Add more glitter.
That's it. For £165.00 per person.
(Let me save you the Google. That converts to $255 americano dollars.)
Now substitute construction paper and rounded scissors and doesn't this sound vaguely like the stuff you made in 2nd grade Arts & Craft? Minus the painted macaroni, of course.
Oh I forgot, you get a glass of champagne too.
So my thought on this particular masterclass is this: that one is not paying to learn master-level techniques and skills; rather, for $255, one gets personal face time with a foodstar who bakes cakes for Elton John and Stella McCartney.
http://www.weebirdy.com/London-cakes/
Recently, there was a blog about her masterclass and 10 lucky students who learned to decorate in the Porschen style. I was thrilled to imagine what one would learn sitting at her feet, so to speak.
Well, from the blog (see link), I'm sorry to say it doesn't seem like much. For the first half of the class, you cover a provided fruit cake with provided marzipan that the student rolls out, then you cover that with rolled fondant (provided), then you decorate that with fondant leaves that the students cut and touch up with edible glitter.
Second half of the class? Decorate provided snowflake cookies with provided icing. Add more glitter.
That's it. For £165.00 per person.
(Let me save you the Google. That converts to $255 americano dollars.)
Now substitute construction paper and rounded scissors and doesn't this sound vaguely like the stuff you made in 2nd grade Arts & Craft? Minus the painted macaroni, of course.
Oh I forgot, you get a glass of champagne too.
So my thought on this particular masterclass is this: that one is not paying to learn master-level techniques and skills; rather, for $255, one gets personal face time with a foodstar who bakes cakes for Elton John and Stella McCartney.
http://www.weebirdy.com/London-cakes/