Qualified Sydney chef, Lisa is passionate about confectionery and creating a sensory experience through sugar

24 July 2020

Designer Spotlight: Patissier Confiserie Cakes & Confectionery

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Chef with a passion for sugar and texture, Lisa: ‘I can create endless tastes and textures; crisp, soft, chewy, crunchy. It’s a sensory overload.’

Hi my name is Lisa, I am the creator and confectioner behind Patissier Confiserie Cakes & Confectionery.

A stack of mouth-watering handmade blackberry coconut ice

I live and work in NSW with my husband and two children, and have been selling through Madeit for about 18 months now.

Qualified Sydney chef, Lisa is passionate about confectionery and creating a sensory experience through sugar

I am a qualified chef and have worked in renowned restaurants and other catering establishments in Sydney over the years, but I always dreamed of having a niche business of my own.

Chocolate caramel lollipops being hand-coated in a layer of caramel; ‘I was influenced by my grandmother, who often made her own sweets’

My passion for confectionery developed at a young age, I was influenced by my grandmother who often made her own sweets. Making confectionery has since become my fulltime career, enabling me utilise the experience and knowledge I have gained in the industry.

The element of crunch; broken pieces of handmade honeycomb and assorted brittle confectionery

Sugar is definitely one amazing ingredient that grants you freedom to produce so many delicious and colourful delights. I can create endless tastes and textures; crisp, soft, chewy, crunchy. It’s a sensory overload.

A completed assortment of handmaade lollipops with real fruit pieces, including raspberry, orange, and lemon meringue

Confectionery is timeless, it can be used as a way to invent and reinvent, and conjure up incredibly vivid memories with every bite, making you feel like a kid again.

A glass plate of handmade vanilla bean taffy in striped candy wrappers

Using the Madeit site has been an exciting opportunity to showcase and sell my handmade confectionery online. It brings together a wide community of producers, along with their creative ideas and skills.