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From Kitchen Experiment to the Royal Wedding Cake: The Fiona Cairns Story
June 3rd, 2024
Tucked away in the gently rolling hills of South Leicestershire is one of the country’s most famous cake makers – Fiona Cairns Ltd.
Many of you will recognise Fiona as the baker who, working with her skilled and loyal team, created William and Kate’s wedding cake in 2011. But fewer will know that Fiona’s remarkable business, which now employs over 100 people and supplies Waitrose and many other high-quality retailers, began at her kitchen table.
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At first, there was no calculated business plan, no grand vision, just a few cakes baked as gifts for friends.
“Creating the business was an accident. It wasn’t a planned route,” Fiona explains.
“Some people think, ‘Oh, I’m going to start a cake business.’ But this was purely accidental. I had to be enticed along the way.”
The foresight of Fiona’s late husband, Kishore P