Rosalind Chan - Biography

Rosalind Chan is a cutting-edge cake designer and international instructor who is setting new standards in both Canada and in Malaysia for wedding cake style and design as well as in the classes that she conducts on cake decorating. Her cakes and sugarpaste flowers are edible sculptures both in originality and creativity. From the time she started holding a piping bag and began decorating her first wedding cake, her cakes have been wowed. Whimsical, captivating and meticulously designed, her cakes demand attention because of their beauty and uniqueness. They are centerpieces in every sense of the word.

Many people are often very curious about Rosalind's background and how she came to be what she is today. One could say that baking and designing “is in her blood”. She grew up amidst beautifully decorated birthday cakes that her mother, her mentor till today, baked and created. At a very tender age, Rosalind was drawn to baking and coupled with a keen eye for detail and colour, she aspired to pursue her childhood interest when she grew up.

Rosalind never forgot her childhood dream when she furthered her studies abroad. When she took up business and law studies in Britain and then, a BA from the American University of Sarasota through an affiliated British night school, she continued with her hobby and learnt the finer arts of cake decorating from top British cake designers and decorators. She immigrated to Canada in 2001 after leaving Britain and continued to pursue her childhood passion in her spare time. Her impressive credentials include a Masters in French Pastries from the renowned Ritz Escoffier in Paris, an advanced Wilton Method Instructor Certificate, Masters Diploma in Cake Decorating from the renowned Wilton Cake Decorating School in Chicago (U.S.A), Diploma in Advanced Australian Method of Cake Decorating, Diploma in The Lambeth Method of Cake Decorating, and numerous other certificates and diplomas in advanced sugarpaste/gumpaste flowers, baking and chocolate works from world renowned cake decorating artists and pastry chefs. Rosalind was also awarded the International Instructor Award by Wilton Industries (U.S.A) in 1997 and was inducted into their Wilton Hall of Fame the same year.

She has conducted countless cake-decorating courses for people from various walks of lives ranging from homemakers and professionals to pastry chefs in countries such as Canada (Toronto), Japan (Tokyo), China (Shanghai, Harbin and Guangzhou), Singapore and Malaysia (Ipoh, Penang and Kuala Lumpur). She has appeared on Canadian radio and television, Malaysian television, newspapers and magazines and is a member of solid standing with the British Sugarcraft Guild, Canadian Society of Sugar Artistry, Canadian Pastry Chefs Guild as well as demonstrator at the International Cake Exploration Society in the United States. She has also won numerous cake competition awards and has demonstrated at many local events in Canada.

Rosalind has now opened the first ever authorized Wilton Method Instruction Training Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with a one of its kind retail outlet catering solely to this industry and offering the most up to date cake decorating materials and tools sourced internationally.

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