I’m a food artist known for my colourful, playful & intricate designs.
Previously known as Maid of Gingerbread, I’ve been working (/playing) with food for over a decade. I’m mostly recognised for my gingerbread interpretations of famous landmarks for installations and film/TV, but I also work with lots of other food media, including bespoke fortune cookies and savoury ingredients.
My aim is to create visually captivating and innovative work. I’m all about the tiny little details that elevate each creation from food to edible art.
Located in Southeast England, I’ve collaborated with renowned brands worldwide and my work has been seen by thousands of people via TV, film, social media and theatre.
Wired magazine’s ‘Obsessed’ series: How This Woman Makes Epic Gingerbread Houses
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“Emily Garland has tiled the roof of the Palace of Versailles, constructed the iconic dome on top of Yorkshire’s Castle Howard, and secured the windows in London’s Somerset House.
No, she’s not a construction worker with an eclectic CV. Not in the traditional sense, at least.
The 38-year-old is a full-time ‘gingerbread architect’, who specialises in making biscuit versions of the world’s most famous buildings. As far as she’s aware, she’s the only baker of her kind.”
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“I can identify the building that houses Maid of Gingerbread’s studio/bakery by the sweet and spicy festive smell wafting out into the backstreets of east London. Inside, an assistant is piping dainty icing flourishes onto a host of gingerbread house fronts lined up on a tabletop.”
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“Her sweet creations are a wonder to behold. Forget gingerbread men, as an architectural gingerbread maker Emily has “built” the likes of the Palace of Versailles, Yorkshire’s Castle Howard and London’s Somerset House. Despite her attention to detail and the creations’ sound structure, Emily is not a professionally trained architect or model maker.”
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“Emily Garland is a food artist based in South East England. With over a decade of experience in the world of food art, Emily has become renowned for creating intricately detailed masterpieces out of edible materials. She originally founded a gingerbread company that gained recognition for crafting iconic landmarks entirely out of biscuit, including recreations of the Palace of Versailles, the Waldorf Hilton, and Somerset House. Today, Emily works across all types of food but remains best known for her stunning, architecturally accurate gingerbread creations.”
