ABOUT GHADEER
GHADEER HUSSAIN ALRABAAN
Cake Designer and Instructor
Co-Founder of Vanilla Sky
Since I was a little child, art has been always fascinating me. I've explored different forms of visual arts until falling in love with cake art in 2009. I've become passionate about it and combined it with the essence of my previous experiences in fine arts, photography, hand crafts and even the art of creative writing.
Since my early childhood too, I've been curious about tastes and flavors, and I still remember the taste of my favorite sweets as a three-year-old child. My palate grew along with my interest in culinary arts. I've regarded them as a method to express love and care, which led me to merge this interest with my passion for cake art paving the way for the birth of "Vanilla Sky".
I believe cake is art. It translates feelings, tells stories and conveys cultures. I find inspiration for my cake designs in all of the beauty around me and implicit in my clients' stories and souls. I combine that beauty with the glamour of my childhood memories, the dreamy details mom has been surrounded me by, the refined taste dad has been nurturing me with, the inspiring chats with my family, and the wonders I find in the travels.
VANILLA SKY
Vanilla Sky is a home-based business located in Saihat, on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia.
It was born in 2009 while I was studying in King Saudi University in Riyadh for my BA in languages and translation. Vanilla Sky was founded to invest in the free time by making my favorite sweets such as cupcakes, tarts and butter cookies. But I had no idea it was was directing my profession to a totally different, way and revealing a new passion, passion for cake art.
With the support of my family and clients, I've explored the world of cake and sugar art with mom, my assistant and right hand, becoming a self-taught cake designer who has crafted her own identity in cake art and inspiring fellow artists.
In 2012, I headed to the States to earn a master's degree in arts and communication from Queens University of Charlotte, but the passion for cake art has never faded. During that time, I joined, for the first time, a cake workshop (with Lori , The Caketress). Not to mention cake art was the core of a number of my academic assignments until graduation in 2015.
In 2018, a new chapter for Vanilla Sky has begun. By turning one of the house garages to a studio for Vanilla Sky to practice cake art, dad marked a turning point for Vanilla Sky.
I design cakes because I love spreading joy, inspiration and beauty. I love the joy sparkling in kids' eyes once they are given my cakes, and the inspiration people get when they look at my work. I love brides' happiness when their beauty is represented in their cakes.
VANILLA SKY'S VALUES
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ORIGINALITY | As originality is one of our values, we always seek for creating an innovative and original cake design for each client.
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QUALITY | Our clients deserve the highest quality products. Thus, we are committed to select the finest ingredients for our cake recipes as well as ensuring the quality of our artworks and the entire customer experience.
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PASSION | Passion is the trigger of Vanilla Sky's creativity. We are passionate about art, , mainly cake art in addition to our passion for spreading happiness, beauty and inspiration.
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HARMONY| One of cakes' beauty aspects lays in its harmony. It is the harmony of the cake flavor components as well as the design elements, of the colors of those elements, of the cake itself with the event's design, and the harmony between the cake design and the client personality. It is the harmony between us and the client himself to make a cake represents him and represents Vanilla Sky's identity.
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DYNAMIC| We love to try new cake styles and techniques as possible, in addition to launching new products and flavors frequently. Dynamic is what makes us alive.
COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS
Our clients, particularly the first ones, and our family are Vanilla Sky's partners from the beginning, but we were also honored to partner and collaborate with the following entities:
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Johnson and Wales University for Culinary Arts in Charlotte, US by offering a demonstration for a group of faculty and students on wafer paper flowers in 2014.
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Satin Ice ,the leading American Company for cake products by representing it in HORECA Riyadh in 2016.
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Basmat Haya, Girls Club
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Dot the I`s for event planning, Dubai
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B Beautiful Makeup
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Best Wishes Packaging
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