A person who can be enthusiastic about things. A person who is meticulous. A person who loves sweets.

The cake designer's job is to create original cakes for special occasions such as weddings and parties, for TV and magazine photo shoots, and so on. In order to express the customer's wishes in a cake, the cake designer must not only have the skills and knowledge as a patissier/pastry chef to make sweets, but also a sense of design and creative decorating skills. Although the work requires a lot of patience, there is also the joy of satisfying customers.

To become a cake designer, it is important to first learn the basics of cake making. After studying cake baking at a vocational school, a university or high school with culinary or confectionery courses, or at a confectionery school, and after training at a confectionery store, you will be able to devise new shapes and design your own cakes. At vocational schools and universities, students can study to obtain national licenses as a "confectionery hygienist" or "chef. They can also obtain qualifications as food coordinators, which will be useful in their careers as cake designers. It is also important to learn sugar craft and flower arrangement, which are necessary for decorating cakes, to improve your skills and sense of taste.

More and more people are considering custom-made cakes for celebrations and parties. This is because a one-of-a-kind, original cake is memorable and has the power to bring smiles to the faces of both the recipient and the giver. While some cake designers have set up cake stores and take orders, the Internet is now being used more and more. It is likely that more and more designers will open online stores and take orders.

If you work for a confectionery store or similar and gain nearly 10 years of experience, your monthly income will be about 200,000 yen. Income will increase even more if you become independent and have your own store or are able to take orders over the Internet.

If you work for a specialty store, you have one or two days off per week. If you are independent, you will adjust your own vacation time depending on the request.

Confectionery stores, kitchen studios, studios for filming, etc.

It's a chart that shows at a glance the main routes to getting a job as a cake designer!