Born and raised in Mexico City, has been involved in Sugar Arts for the last 18 years.

Throughout the years, he have acquired practice, experience and dedication to his lovely job.

When he was a kid, had great interest in Arts. He studied theater, music and plastic arts, which inspired him to get involved in Cake Design and Sugar Arts.

Grateful to have learned from great sugar artist like Kaysie Lackey, James Roselle, Robert Haynes, kathleen Lange, Mike McCarrey, Dorothy Klerck, among others.

His career has taken him around the world, teaching his techniques in different places, such as Australia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, France, United States and across Mexico.

He also makes beautiful, customized cakes for every occasion at his studio in Mexico City.

He has won numerous awards in International Competitions, wining 7 Gold medals and awards for Best Innovation and Neatness in Master Techniques. 

Chris Aranda has been a judge in international Cake competitions for the last 10years and He’s thankful for being able to do what he loves to do, also, he is a proud ambassador for Satin Ice ,Innovative Sugar Works and MaBaker and Chef.

AMERICAN CAKE AWARD WINNER OF THE RISING STAR MEXICO 2023

SWEET ART MASTER SUGAR SHOW WINNER OF PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2024

Best known for his techniques and designs crafting his great passion for realistic sugar flowers and wedding cakes. 

Sidney Galpern is a Certified Professional Chocolatier, award winning Cake Designer and Sugar Artist, International Instructor, owner of Simi Sugar Company, creator of Simi Pre-Cooked Crystal Clear Isomalt, and a past member of the International Cake Designers of Excellence Team FIPGC with the International Federation of Pastry, Gelato, and Chocolate based in Milan, Italy.  

She is winner of Food Network/Food Network CA/Cooking Channel's Freak Show Cakes Flame Show with sugar artist Holly Broussard, past host of online TV Show, "Will Travel for Sweets" produced by the Property Brothers, Jonathan and Drew Scott, past host of "Sidney's Sweet Adventures" on CakeFlix TV, as well as a member of the Icing Images Design Team. She graduated with honors from Ecole Chocolat School of the Chocolate Arts. She trained with top sugar artists and chefs in New York City, London, Tokyo, Orlando, & West Palm Beach.  Sidney was honored in 2017 with the Sweet Life Hall of Fame Award and 2018 with the Libby DeSousa award for outstanding service to the Florida ICES.  Her company was chosen as the dessert professional for the TV Show ABC Extreme Makeover.  

Sidney teaches and demonstrates sugar & cake decorating to professionals and amateurs worldwide for the last 19+ years, along with judging and sponsoring cake shows.  She designs and manufactures her own line of sugar art tools, manufactures her own brand of isomalt, Simi Isomalt, as well as writing articles published in American Cake Decorating Magazine, Edible Artists Network Magazine, Cake Masters Magazine, CakeFu.com, and featured instructor on CakeFlix, Sugar Geek Show, SugarEd Productions Online School, About.com, in the Florida Today Newspaper, Today in Brevard Television Show, German GalileoTV, Biloxi WLOX News, San Antonio Today, the ICES Magazine, and as a CakeFu Master Trainer.  Sidney's bakery and manufacturing facility, Simi Sugar Company (Pronounced See-Me) is located in Melbourne, FL.