Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop in Greater Sudbury has been recognized as a winner in the “Global Round” of the International Wedding Awards, an award presented to distinguished cake decorators across the world.
Winners for the International Wedding Awards are selected based on their client reviews and wedding portfolios from the last calendar year. Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop boasts a 5-star rating across all wedding platforms.
“It was so wonderful to work on so many weddings this summer after the pause we all felt in 2020,” said Martin, in a press release.
“Working with some clients for upwards of three years, you develop an such an entwined, intimate relationship. Seeing them finally tie the knot, many after three or even four postponements, is so fulfilling.
“The support we continue to receive from our community never ceases to amaze me. I am beyond proud of the work our team has done over the past four years and continue to be grateful for the over 200 amazing couples who’ve not only allowed us to be part of their very special day, but who’ve taken time out of their busy lives to leave us reviews, helping us to reach more and more people.”
Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop was also recognized in the local round of the International Wedding Awards near the start of 2021.
Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop isn’t the first Northern Ontario business to be honoured by the International Wedding Awards. In 2019, Rebecca Bose Photographer was also recognized for professional excellence in the local round photography category.
Launched in 2018, The International Wedding Awards aim to celebrate the success of outstanding wedding professionals around the world in local, country-wide and global categories.
Internationally recognized for excellence in cake design and decorating, Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop is Sudbury’s original luxury bakeshop, specializing in crafting luxurious custom desserts and catering experiences.
From cakes and cupcakes to cookies, macarons, and more, their specialty baked goods are hand made in house, with the best available fresh, locally sourced and natural ingredients, whenever possible.
Self-trained, Martin has spent six years developing custom recipes and honing her skills, the last three of which she has been operating Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop for three years. Her edible art creations have been recognized the continent over.
Martin was named Downtown Sudbury’s Win This Space Top Entrepreneur in 2017 and was recognized as Sudbury Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018.
The Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop team took home third place in the sculpted cake category at the 18th annual Retail Bakers Association’s Pillsbury Bakers Plus Grand Champion Creative Decorating Competition in 2019.
Martin served as co-host for the Sudbury/Manitoulin episode of the LCBO mini-series 5 Stops, which aired in October 2019. In 2020, Martin was designated Cake Designer of the Year at the Ontario Wedding Awards, received an International Wedding Award for Cake Makers and was named a finalist for the American Cake Awards in the Rising Star of Canada category.
2021 has already seen Justine as winner of best cakes category in of the Rent My Wedding Magazine’s Best of the Best award and a finalist for the Cake Designer of the Year by the Ontario Wedding Association Awards.
