May 1, 2017

Meet Donna Liu of Delicious Arts in West Los Angeles

Local Stories

Today we’d like to introduce you to Donna Liu.

Delicious Arts is a cake design studio that started by a sibling team; Donna and Jack.

Prior to Donna’s venture into the bakery world as the pastry chef / cake designer for Delicious Arts, she earned a B.A. in Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego. As the pastry chef/cake designer, Donna applies the classic pastry making techniques she learned at Le Cordon Bleu Los Angeles to her products, as well as Cake Techniques and Design skills she obtained from The French Culinary Institute (New York City) and Entremets & Petits Gateaux at The French Pastry School, Chicago, with Chef Franck Michel, M.O.F., Champion of Pastry World Cup 2006.

In addition to her culinary experience, Donna earned an opportunity to intern at The French Laundry, where she was immersed in the finesse of dessert making. Delicious Arts represents the harmonious merging of her artistic background with her passion for baking. Donna is dedicated to serving her clients by crafting pastries and desserts that are as delicious as they are beautifully presented.

With digital graphics background, co-owner Jack makes artistic creations with sugar and fondant. He also handles business strategy, cake consultation, design, layouts, website, and creative directions.

Jack has worked as an animator at Sony Computer Entertainment. Intrigued by the hands-on sculpting creative outlet and people’s reaction to custom cakes, Jack dives into the cake business after helping Sony deliver a couple AAA PlayStation titles: God of War, and The order 1886.

As a sugar artist / designer / consultant, Jack utilizes his digital art skills and techniques from working in the entertainment industry toward custom cake production. He also enjoys adding elements of character and personality into the visuals.

Has it been a smooth road?
Since every cake is very personalized, the biggest challenge is to understand every individual client’s request and convey their idea and thought into the cake. From asking the right questions, doing additional researches, sketching and editing drawings, and finally receiving an approval from the client.

So, let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Delicious Arts story. Tell us more about the business.
We are a custom cake design bakery. We started out with a store front with coffee and pastries, eventually we’ve decided to specialize in cake design as it has become our main business and what we are known for. We are most proud to provide excellent customer service and above expectation products to our clients.

How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
We are looking to continue what we do best, and expand by having more artists on our team, and provide classes to share what we love to do with our community.

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