Pia was delighted to be invited to join Faye Hacther on her morning BBC Radio Gloucestershire programme on 23rd Dec 10. Pia chatted to Faye about Vanilla Pod joining forces with the fanastic Foodworks Cookery School in Colesbourne just outside Cheltenham and about the joys of using local and seasonal food to cook delicious Christmas desserts. Click here...

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On Tuesday, 12th October Pia travelled down to london and attended a cake decorating seminar at Searcy's 30 Pavilion Road by award-winning couture cake-maker to the stars and owner of Little Venice Cake Company, Mich Turner. Mich shared her cake-decoarting tips over a divine 3 course lunch, which was in partnership with Sainsbury's Magazine. Searcys' Georgian Town House...

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As autumn blows in we've been super busy at the Vanilla Pod Bakery with loads of exciting events and seasonal festivities to think about. We won't mention the 'C' word just yet (but it is only 85 days, 11 hours and 34 minutes away!) but we have been lapping up the fruits of the harvest and experimenting with...

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This week we have been busy baking meringues! Yes that's right, after watching the BBC's "The Great British Bake Off", we were inspired to bake scones and meringues. Which turned out to be very yummy indeed.  We would take our newly found meringue skills and bake a lemon meringue cupcake (which was also the request of a client)....

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Vanilla Pod held our very first cupcake decorating workshop at Red Pepper Coffee Lounge on Tuesday evening, and we had a very splendid time. Clouds of icing sugar, rainbows of food colouring, yummy cupcakes and a whole host of fun was had by all. Pia was very impressed by the creativity from all the ladies who attended the...

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Come check out our stall at the cheltenham food and drink festival. Special offer print off this blog and get two free cupcakes when you buy a box of 10 more cupcakes. Only valid on the 18th, 19th and 20th of june 2010. ...

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How can a cup of tea and cupcake help improve quality of life? When your cup of tea and cupcake is helping to raise money for Cotswold Care Hospice. Throughout the months of June, July and August the Vanilla Pod Bakery is proud to be helping to support the Cotswold Care Hospice's Tea @ 3 fundraising campaign by...

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Spent the day at the university of gloucesters pittville campus photography studios today. Pia and lots of little vanilla pod cupcakes, were photographed by second year photography student sabrina sarl. Sabrina's fab images will be appearing on the new vanilla pod website so watch this space! ...

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Thought I would make something a little different in the vanilla pod kitchen today - bread! Came out deliciously tasty, maybe I future avenue for vanilla pod to explore! But not yet my first love is still the cupcakes. ...

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We are settling in nicely at our new kitchen unit in central Cheltenham, and I have to say I absolutely love it. It's small but perfectly formed, we now have 3 ovens and lots of surface space which I am very excited about! Click here for photos of Kitchen by Sabrina Sarl. We are still currently baking cupcakes...

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Wow, what a mad couple of the months The Vanilla Pod Bakery has had! Been so busy haven't had time to blog! But have just worked out how to blog from my mobile so the Vanilla Pod page will be updated a lot more. So what has been happening over these last few months.....  **WE HAVE MOVED! Yes,...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wow, I cannot believe it is 2010 already! Doesn't seem 5 minutes ago that we were all celebrating the start of a new century! The Vanilla Pod Bakery is very excited about the forthcoming year, as we have lots of new ventures planned and can’t wait to get started! Quick look at the year ahead…....

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