Lauren Kitchens's guest appearances

Lauren Kitchens

The Big Wedding Planning Podcast

The Sam Mayes Podcast

Elon Musk

Harley Davidson

Adam Levin

Nancy Liu

John Evans

Brian Keating

Laura Willcox

Beth Sherman

Delanie Fischer

David Tutera

Bob Stoops

Mike Gundy

James Wiseman

Cord McCoy

Kathy Thomas

OwlTail

Nic Denes

Sam sits down with Former D1 softball players Nic Denes #Sooners and Lauren Kitchens #Okstate to talk about the upcoming Womens College World Series and a potential bedlam matchup for the title and more!

WCWS| Nic Denes & Lauren Kitchens

Funfetti, Metallic Icing, Dolly Parton’s Tattoos and no more naked cakes?!! Lauren Kitchens is back and she is talking 2018 Cake trends and how to work collaboratively with creative vendors.Michelle felt really left out the first time we had Lauren on the show, and this time, she makes up for it! We are so stoked to have Lauren Kitchen’s - owner, operator and artist at Fancy Cakes by Lauren - back on the show. The first time, we talked about cake basics, and this time, we delve more into the artistic side of things. (Also, have you heard the rumor that Dolly Parton has tons of tattoos? It’s Christy’s favorite rumor of all time.)Big TakeawaysHow do awesome clients work with Lauren? She gets clients that want to challenge her. It’s a brainstorm between the client and Lauren from the very beginning. A bride comes in with a vision, and Lauren asks questions and gets a feel for the couple and then starts to sketch...some ideas stay, some ideas go. It’s rare that a client will come in with a photo of a cake and ask Lauren to exactly replicate it.Lauren specifically mentions that the more you can tell her about your other vendors, and about decisions that have already been made - the better.Vendors that have been around for a while, work really well together.At the tasting - keep it small.When negotiating with creative vendors, find out what THEY want to do...and you may be able to get a lower price because they want to have something cool and new in their portfolio.A cake can sit out for about 5 hours before being cut and served. The longer it sits out, the less structurally sound it is.Quick trends: Copper and metallic tones = IN. Naked Cakes = OUT. Gold &gt; Blush.Links we referencedwww.fancycakesbylauren.comhttps://www.instagram.com/fancycakesbylauren/https://www.instagram.com/grace_loves_lace/The Big Wedding Planning Podcast is...Hosted and produced by Michelle Martinez. Edited by Veronica Gruba Music by Steph Altman of Mophonics  On Instagram @thebigweddingplanningpodcast and be sure to use #planthatwedding when posting, so you can get our attention! Inviting you to become part of our Facebook Group! Join us and our amazing members. Just search for The Big Wedding Planning Podcast Community on Facebook. Easy to get in touch with. Email us at thebigweddingplanningpodcast@gmail.com or Call and leave a message at 415-723-1625 and you might hear your voice on an episode On Patreon. Become a member and with as little as $6.99 per month, you get 2 exclusive, ad-free episodes, + Zoom Happy Hour with Michelle and fellow patrons every month!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Funfetti, Metallic Icing, Dolly Parton’s Tattoos and no more naked cakes?!! Lauren Kitchens is back and she is talking 2018 Cake trends and how to work collaboratively with creative vendors.Michelle felt really left out the first time we had Lauren on the show, and this time, she makes up for it! We are so stoked to have Lauren Kitchen’s - owner, operator and artist at Fancy Cakes by Lauren - back on the show. The first time, we talked about cake basics, and this time, we delve more into the artistic side of things. (Also, have you heard the rumor that Dolly Parton has tons of tattoos? It’s Christy’s favorite rumor of all time.)Big TakeawaysHow do awesome clients work with Lauren? She gets clients that want to challenge her. It’s a brainstorm between the client and Lauren from the very beginning. A bride comes in with a vision, and Lauren asks questions and gets a feel for the couple and then starts to sketch...some ideas stay, some ideas go. It’s rare that a client will come in with a photo of a cake and ask Lauren to exactly replicate it.Lauren specifically mentions that the more you can tell her about your other vendors, and about decisions that have already been made - the better.Vendors that have been around for a while, work really well together.At the tasting - keep it small.When negotiating with creative vendors, find out what THEY want to do...and you may be able to get a lower price because they want to have something cool and new in their portfolio.A cake can sit out for about 5 hours before being cut and served. The longer it sits out, the less structurally sound it is.Quick trends: Copper and metallic tones = IN. Naked Cakes = OUT. Gold &gt; Blush. Links we referenced<a href="http://www.fancycakesbylauren.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.fancycakesbylauren.com</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fancycakesbylauren/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/fancycakesbylauren/</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/grace_loves_lace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/grace_loves_lace/</a> The Big Wedding Planning Podcast is...Hosted and produced by Michelle Martinez.<ul> <li>Edited by Veronica Gruba</li> <li>Music by Steph Altman of<a href="https://www.mophonics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mophonics</a> </li> <li>On Instagram @thebigweddingplanningpodcast and be sure to use #planthatwedding when posting, so you can get our attention!</li> <li>Inviting you to become part of our Facebook Group! Join us and our amazing members. Just search for The Big Wedding Planning Podcast Community on Facebook.</li> <li>Easy to get in touch with. Email us at thebigweddingplanningpodcast@gmail.com or Call and leave a message at 415-723-1625 and you might hear your voice on an episode</li> <li>On Patreon.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/thebigweddingplanningpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Become a member</a> and with as little as $6.99 per month, you get 2 exclusive, ad-free episodes, + Zoom Happy Hour with Michelle and fellow patrons every month!</li> </ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

#77 Funfetti Cake & Games With Lauren Kitchens

One of our most popular episodes! We are busy wedding planners preparing for some awesome future shows. In the meantime...You're going to LOVE this one!You are going to LOVE cake celebrity Lauren Kitchens! If you heard our Pilot episode and the mention of "fake" wedding cakes, you're going to want to listen to this one. Lauren is the owner of Fancy Cakes by Lauren, in Dallas Texas. Lauren has been featured on the Food Network several times and happens to be a dear friend of Christy's.In this episode, Lauren and Christy talk about the ins and outs of wedding cakes, how to find the baker you want to work with, how much you can expect to spend, logistics of cutting the cake and why cakes remain an important part of the wedding day.Big TakeawaysListen in as Christy &amp; Lauren sit down in the 'recording studio' (aka Christy's Master Bedroom closet) and talk about the world of wedding cakes. Lauren has been baking cakes professionally for over 10 years.Being on TV isn’t necessarily the height of your career. Building a business that prioritizes the client experience and values quality over quantity is far more successful in the long run. Lauren Kitchens proves that every day with Fancy Cakes.Grooms Cakes! Dude, where’s my cake? Grooms Cakes in the South -- a tradition that is not going anywhere. From simple chocolate cakes with chocolate covered strawberries (how retro!) to cake sculptures of bass fish and college football stadiums...the Grooms Cakes are here to stay and in Lauren’s world, they are getting more and more over the top - even costing more than the extravagant wedding cake in many instances. Check out her Instagram page to see these works of art!Fake Cakes. Or fake tiers. It’s a thing, deal with it. Sometimes a fake cake is necessary when the design of the cake can’t be supported by good old fashioned flour and water. Sometimes a fake tier is necessary to support the weight of 200 orchids stabbed into it by a florist. Sometimes Lauren makes wedding cakes that are 6’ tall and all fake. She’s an artist, I tell you! An artist!Links we referenced Fancy Cakes Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fancycakesbylauren/  Lauren’s website http://fancycakesbylauren.com  Lauren’s TV appearance (muppet) http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Food_Network_Challenge  The Big Wedding Planning Podcast is...Hosted and produced by Michelle Martinez. Edited by Veronica Gruba Music by Steph Altman of Mophonics  On Instagram @thebigweddingplanningpodcast and be sure to use #planthatwedding when posting, so you can get our attention! Inviting you to become part of our Facebook Group! Join us and our amazing members. Just search for The Big Wedding Planning Podcast Community on Facebook. Easy to get in touch with. Email us at thebigweddingplanningpodcast@gmail.com or Call and leave a message at 415-723-1625 and you might hear your voice on an episode On Patreon. Become a member and with as little as $6.99 per month, you get 2 exclusive, ad-free episodes, + Zoom Happy Hour with Michelle and fellow patrons every month!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our most popular episodes! We are busy wedding planners preparing for some awesome future shows. In the meantime...You're going to LOVE this one!You are going to LOVE cake celebrity Lauren Kitchens! If you heard our Pilot episode and the mention of "fake" wedding cakes, you're going to want to listen to this one. Lauren is the owner of <a href="http://fancycakesbylauren.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fancy Cakes by Lauren</a>, in Dallas Texas. Lauren has been featured on the Food Network several times and happens to be a dear friend of Christy's.In this episode, Lauren and Christy talk about the ins and outs of wedding cakes, how to find the baker you want to work with, how much you can expect to spend, logistics of cutting the cake and why cakes remain an important part of the wedding day.Big TakeawaysListen in as Christy &amp; Lauren sit down in the 'recording studio' (aka Christy's Master Bedroom closet) and talk about the world of wedding cakes. Lauren has been baking cakes professionally for over 10 years.Being on TV isn’t necessarily the height of your career. Building a business that prioritizes the client experience and values quality over quantity is far more successful in the long run. Lauren Kitchens proves that every day with Fancy Cakes.Grooms Cakes! Dude, where’s my cake? Grooms Cakes in the South -- a tradition that is not going anywhere. From simple chocolate cakes with chocolate covered strawberries (how retro!) to cake sculptures of bass fish and college football stadiums...the Grooms Cakes are here to stay and in Lauren’s world, they are getting more and more over the top - even costing more than the extravagant wedding cake in many instances. Check out her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fancycakesbylauren/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> page to see these works of art!Fake Cakes. Or fake tiers. It’s a thing, deal with it. Sometimes a fake cake is necessary when the design of the cake can’t be supported by good old fashioned flour and water. Sometimes a fake tier is necessary to support the weight of 200 orchids stabbed into it by a florist. Sometimes Lauren makes wedding cakes that are 6’ tall and all fake. She’s an artist, I tell you! An artist!Links we referenced<ul> <li>Fancy Cakes Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fancycakesbylauren/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/fancycakesbylauren/</a> </li> <li>Lauren’s website <a href="http://fancycakesbylauren.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://fancycakesbylauren.com</a> </li> <li>Lauren’s TV appearance (muppet) <a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Food_Network_Challenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Food_Network_Challenge</a> </li> </ul> The Big Wedding Planning Podcast is...Hosted and produced by Michelle Martinez.<ul> <li>Edited by Veronica Gruba</li> <li>Music by Steph Altman of<a href="https://www.mophonics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mophonics</a> </li> <li>On Instagram @thebigweddingplanningpodcast and be sure to use #planthatwedding when posting, so you can get our attention!</li> <li>Inviting you to become part of our Facebook Group! Join us and our amazing members. Just search for The Big Wedding Planning Podcast Community on Facebook.</li> <li>Easy to get in touch with. Email us at thebigweddingplanningpodcast@gmail.com or Call and leave a message at 415-723-1625 and you might hear your voice on an episode</li> <li>On Patreon.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/thebigweddingplanningpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Become a member</a> and with as little as $6.99 per month, you get 2 exclusive, ad-free episodes, + Zoom Happy Hour with Michelle and fellow patrons every month!</li> </ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

#62 Fan Fave - Fancy Fake Cake - Lauren Kitchens (repeat of #14)