{"id":1628,"date":"2017-10-03T23:14:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T22:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1628"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:16:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1628","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1628\" class=\"elementor elementor-1628\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a45056c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a45056c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a13fb37\" data-id=\"6a13fb37\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e70e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95e70e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br>About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02d3e05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02d3e05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome to Sweet Specialities and thank you for taking the time to visit!<br>Get yourself a cup of coffee and settle into the dreamy world of tempting edible artworks for a little while.<br>I hope that you will enjoy looking at my creations as much as I have enjoyed crafting them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have been a foodie all my life \u2013 and after school, not really knowing what I should do with my life \u2013 I decided to become a chef, since I love food.<br>After completing a three-year chef-course in Germany, at Hotel am M\u00fcnster in Breisach am Rhein, I decided that desserts and cakes are even better than deliciously prepared food.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I fast-tracked another three-year course, this time in confectionery, at Confiserie \/ Chocolaterie Jamin in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to become a qualified pastry chef as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Since returning to Namibia, I have been based in Windhoek, devoting myself to creating mouth-watering masterpieces for weddings and events throughout the country, with the help of my team.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39851ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39851ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9975485\" data-id=\"9975485\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7346440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7346440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gisela Alberts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-839c7fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"839c7fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gis-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2081\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gis.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gis-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee17d36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee17d36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Founder<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8c1c8d\" data-id=\"c8c1c8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0a2f5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0a2f5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I believe that taste should never be compromised; hence the quality of my products starts with my ingredients. Everything gets baked \/ made from scratch, using fresh cream, real butter, quality chocolate and a variety of tree nuts.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">In 2016, I scaled down my business to concentrate mainly on luxury wedding and event cakes, which have always been my biggest passion.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">I continue to enjoy making a tantalising spread for various markets when availability allows, as well as creating dessert buffets that wow!<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">My cake-education and the pursuit of new skills will never end.<br \/>I take great pride in the perfect execution of delicious show pieces.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7ffdd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7ffdd3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4106d4d\" data-id=\"4106d4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daa2e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"daa2e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Silas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af2bd65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af2bd65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2005\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ma.png 1035w, https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ma-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ma-1006x1024.png 1006w, https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ma-768x782.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68802e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68802e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-id=\"09fcd7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Red: <br>Scream Director<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bd5e4d\" data-id=\"1bd5e4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-185e207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"185e207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/star-orhj61j056uqs520eos47eoyuwr4r2vfstxsbh70p0.png\" title=\"star\" alt=\"star\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9ba2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a9ba2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Star:<br>Mischief Coordinator<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e151b3c\" data-id=\"e151b3c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed93952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed93952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetspecialities.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/mun-orhjd9waqar644jt6bbrw2znen3sz8l34mna94gytg.png\" title=\"mun\" alt=\"mun\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de84932 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de84932\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Moon:<br> Novice 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