Whisk Management

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Welcome to Whisk Management, the podcast for cakers, bakers, and sweet entrepreneurs. If you’re looking to run a sweet business that makes you money, allows you to express your creative voice, and ACTUALLY brings you happiness, then you’ve come to the right place! I’m your hostess cupcake with the mostest, Blayre Wright. I’m a Cake Designer, a trained Pastry Chef, and the owner of Flouretta Sweet, a home-based, luxury cake design studio. You may have also seen me compete on and win Season 8 of Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship! Join me twice a month for some baking business tips and tricks, guest interviews from industry experts, and (of course) a whole lot of baking banter :) Follow along with the pod on Instagram @whiskmanagementpod.

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S2 Ep. 3: "Girlbossed" Out- Thoughts on Capacity, Contentment & Growth

May 13 2024 34 mins

Sometimes, business ownership isn't all sunshine and roses. Today we're talking about what happens when you've girlbossed for so long that you can't possibly girlboss ANY LONGER. May is Mental Health Awareness month, so I'm bringing you some episodes to help remind you that there's nothing wrong with a little pausing, contemplation, and focusing inward. So if you're feeling like tu

S2 Ep. 2: Embracing "Failure" and Just DOING It | Crystal Arvelo of Colorful Macarons

Apr 22 2024 57 mins

If at first you don't succeed...Learn from that shit and keep going!!!!!In today's guest episode, we get to chat with a true Macaron Princess. Crystal Arvelo is no stranger to making things work (I mean, she chose one of the hardest confections in French Pastry, taught herself how to bake them in the middle of the pandemmy, and started a business selling them locally AND Nationwide

S2 Ep. 1: AI "Art"- A Creative Tool or A Threat to Artists and Their Work?

Apr 08 2024 40 mins

We're back back back again! It's first episode of Season 2 and this one has ALL of the information, facts, figures, and fun stuff for people who enjoy research. In this episode we're diving into the strange, beautiful and dangerous world of AI Art. I bet many of you have seen AI images creeping into client inquiry forms and infiltrating your Pinterest boards and Instagram feeds. Wh

Whisk Management Season 2 is Coming!

Mar 26 2024 6 mins

HEY HEY BAKER FRIENDS! Season Two of Whisk Management is FINALLY upon us! This is just a little sneak peek trailer of what to expect from WM Season 2, and let me tell ya, I'm PUMPED for all of the exciting things I've got up my chef coat sleeve for you this year! Here's the important info: Season two, Episode ONE will drop on Monday, April 8th. This will be my first solo episode of

Ep. 19: Good Things Take Time- How to Build a Successful Pastry Program from the Ground Up | Dru Tevis of SoDel Concepts

Jan 29 2024 84 mins

HAPPY 2024 WHISKFAM! This episode has been a long time coming (and features one of the Pod's biggest fans as a guest!) In today's guest interview, we welcome Pastry Chef Dru Tevis, and let me tell you, nobody knows about embracing the journey and putting intentional time into your goals and dreams quite like he does! Today we’re chatting about: How Dru honed his pastry skills in

Ep. 18: How to Hack your Workflow, Elevate your Client Experience, and Reclaim Power in your Business | Veronica Lugo of Savage Systems

Nov 27 2023 80 mins

Are you ready to LEVEL UP your client management game? There was a time where I had NO CLUE how many clients I had, where they were in my cake process, if they had paid me yet, or even HOW they found me in the first place. I would forget to respond in a timely manner, spend hours writing the same e-mails over and over, and would be chasing clients down for their final payments. If

Ep. 17: 10 Controversial Cake Trends that I’m Here For (and Some that I’m Not!)

Nov 13 2023 66 mins

Let's Get Controversial! To use or not use fresh flowers on a cake? Is it cool to trash talk other designers because of a specific decorating medium they prefer? Are you a part of the #centerdowelclub? I polled the WhiskFam on social media to see what controversies and cake trends you love (or love to hate) and today I'm sharing my thoughts about them! Agree, or agree to disagree,

Ep. 16: Halloween Baking Champion Roundtable | Karl Fong of Cakes by Karl & Renee Loranger of Sugar Pop Baking Co.

Oct 31 2023 82 mins

Bakers, you have 90 minutes to grab your edible blood, your isomalt glass shards, and dip into your Halloween candy stash for a treat, because today’s special guests might just inspire you to bake for your lives! Today I am joined by two former winners of Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship, Karl Fong (season 5 winner), and Renee Loranger (season 6 contestant and seaso

Ep. 15: The Struggle is Real | Dealing with Imposter Syndrome, Setbacks, and Change within your Business

Oct 09 2023 34 mins

Fall is here, the leaves are changing, and for some of us, life and business stuff is changing too! In this episode, Blayre takes you through a rough patch filled with setbacks that she recently experienced within her business, and how she dealt with the negative thought patterns and imposter syndrome that followed. If you've been experiencing something similar (and come on, we've

Ep. 14: Trusting Your Instincts & Navigating the Ebbs and Flows of Business Ownership | Meghan Young of Wish You Well Bakery

Sep 18 2023 89 mins

UPDATE!BIG congratulations to Meghan on her business rebrand (which she talks about in this episode!). Wish You Well Bakery is now Edd's & Flo's Artisan Bakery Cafe! All links have been updated below When it comes to owning a business, if at first you don’t succeed, get right back on that horse and keep trying, partner! In today’s guest episode, we welcome Pastry Chef, Bake