So you are in Victoria and the Association doesn’t have any branches near you… as with NSW having the Guild, Victoria also has the Victorian Cake Decorating Society.

They have four branches who each have a website.

Eastern Branch – Boronia

Northern Branch – Watsonia

Casey Branch

Town & Country

I don’t know much else than that so check out the websites for more help. If you’d like me to add something please leave a comment or use the Contact page.

So you wanted to join the Guild but there isn’t a branch near you or you live in another state. There’s still another option it’s called the Cake Decorators’ Association.

Australian National Cake Decorators’ Association (Not all states have websites, so if you don’t see a link for your state, then contact the ANCDA for state specific information)

Cake Decorators’ Association of NSW

Cake Decorators’ Association of VIC

Cake Decorators’ Association of SA

Cake Decorators’ Association of WA - Perth Branch or North Beach Branch for other branches contact the ANCDA

Branches for NSW include:

Albury, Bankstown, Broken Hill, Chatswood, Coffs Harbour, Coonabarabran, Eastern Suburbs, Far North Coast, Hastings District, Hunter, Inverell, Kyogle, Manning Valley, Muswellbrook, Nambucca Valley, Narrabri, Nepean District, Rylstone, Southern Suburbs, Tamworth, Tweed Valley

Chatswood Branch

Roseville Uniting Church
7 Lord Street, Roseville

31st January
28th March
23rd May
25th July
26th September
28th November

As with the Guild you can attend a meeting before joining, the Association will let you attend 2 or 3 meetings before requiring you to join.

Despite advice to the contrary you can be a member of both the Guild and the Association, after all it’s about Cake Decorating right , the Association’s charter does state in basic terms that if you are a committee member in one you can’t be a committee member in the other.

Do you have the dates of meetings for another area, leave a comment or contact me through the Contact page so I can add them!

If you are interested in joining the Cake Decorators’ Guild of NSW, but aren’t sure what to expect, you can go along to one meeting as a non-member before insurance requirements make it necessary for you to join. You don’t even need to be invited you can just show up, however, it is always nice to go along to one of these and know somebody there! Several of our cake friends go to Guild Meetings at Golden West (Quakers Hill) and Sydney (Concord) Branches, so if you would like to go along to one let me know and I will try to make sure myself or another cake friend is there to greet you hello!

Once joined you are not beholden to that branch, membership entitles you to attend any of the Guild meetings anywhere, particularly handy if you can’t make a meeting one month at one place or if you want to go to meetings more often then once every two months.

Other branches include: Armidale, Parkes / Forbes, West Wyalong, Nareendera / Leeton, Wagga Wagga, Cowra, Orange, Bathurst, Lithgow, Southern Highlands, Goulburn, Cooma, Sapphire Coast, Illawarra & Central Coast.

Despite advice to the contrary you can be a member of both the Guild and the Association, after all it’s about Cake Decorating right , the Association’s charter does state in basic terms that if you are a committee member in one you can’t be a committee member in the other, I imagine the Guild’s Charter might say the same, but I’ve yet to get my hands on one.

If you have a list of meeting dates for 2009 for any of these branches, feel free to leave a comment or use the Contact page and I will add them!

Please also find attached for download a copy of the Sydney Branch Newsletter for February to help you see a little more about the Guild. (Click the word newsletter after this sentence).

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Here are some pictures from some of the demonstrations. There hasn’t been a meeting where I haven’t picked up at least one helpful tip.