Holland Sugar Art Show

It was time to go back to visit our Dutch friends and to attend the 6th Sugar Art Show in Boskoop. Run by Bart Van Vliet - the marzipan specialist - the show has been run at a fairly low local level but has attracted many visitors over the years.

We've been lucky enough to be involved in most of the shows, but we've noticed two things over those years:

Firstly, we've seen the standard of the work rise at an impressive rate. The competition pieces are very well constructed and thought out and over the period we have been travelling to Holland, the ideas have been very well executed.

...some fantastic work....

Unfortunately, in the last couple of years, attendance levels have dropped, especially since the show grew too large for the original venue in Alphen Am Den Rijn. This is sad because it does not correspond with a drop in enthusiasm or Popularity for Cake and Sugar Craft.

As a forager, this was one of my favourites

We were not very busy over the weekend, but as always, the crowd were friendly and generous with their comments and time. It was fantastic to see our some returning fans and Bart gave us an evening to remember on Saturday night. So no complaints here....