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]
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
2017 - Top 10 Cake Artists by Cake Masters Magazine USA[25]
2018 - Nominated to represent the US in the 2019 World Cake Designers Championship[26]
