We had the good fortune of connecting with Elizabeth Sabella and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Elizabeth, what habits do you feel helped you succeed?
Some habits that helped me succeed is practice, practice, practice. Practice truly does make perfect and the best way to succeed at a skill is to do it over and over until you nail it. Another one is keeping up with trends, and researching new flavours and designs. The dessert world is big on trends.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I wouldn’t be where I am today without my family and of course my amazing boss Nicole at The Cake Lovers. She has really given me the hands on opportunities that I’ve never gotten elsewhere and I’ve come such a long way. It’s not easy what we do and it takes many hours to do a “simple” cake. I don’t think people understand the amount of work that goes into a simple celebration cake, and even more work for bigger events. I have worked at different places in this industry and I’ve never gotten the opportunities like I have at The Cake Lovers. Nicole really gives us the freedom to learn and practice our skills, not only is she a wonderful boss and teacher, but she truly treats us like we’re one big family. Some days are really hard and even though you know how to do a certain skill, sometimes it just doesn’t go as planned or you have to do it a million times in order to perfect it and that’s perfectly okay. It truly does take passion to do what we do and we do it because we love the end result, which is the reaction when the client sees our work of art. It makes every challenge worth it.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I would like to shoutout all of my supporters and everyone who’s been there for me since the beginning. Even when I’ve felt like I’ve failed I have amazing family, friends, and co-workers who support me like no other.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/dessertsbyelizabeth

Image Credits
Images are from my work at The Cake Lovers

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