Who am I

MY NAME IS

FILOMENA TAVANO

I am a decorator, restorer, and cookie designer.

Global Sugar Artist of the Year 2025

After completing my classical and university education, I dedicated myself to restoration and decoration.

I studied and mastered all the fundamental artistic techniques, experimented with the use of colors, and developed a strong attention to detail.

This allowed me to establish important collaborations with leading companies in the industry from the very beginning.

But art was not my only passion! I have always been fascinated by pastry and baking, and during the Covid period, I accidentally discovered the artistic use of Royal Icing for cookie decoration: it was love at first sight!

I could combine my two greatest passions: art and pastry.

I threw myself into it wholeheartedly!

If you can dream it, you can do it!

I developed increasingly distinctive and captivating decorating techniques, and within a short time, significant professional opportunities emerged, leading prestigious industry magazines to publish my work.

Today, I teach royal icing cookie decorating courses both in Italy and abroad, training hundreds of students every year.

100+ students trained every year

These are just some of my achievements and experiences:

• 2022 – Nominated for the Cake Masters Award in the Cookies category;
• 2023 – Delicious Award;
• 2023 – Sugar Art Biennale in Turin and exhibition at the Accademia Albertina featuring the artwork “The Man-Eater”;
• 2024 – Mediterranean Exhibition for the Chamber of Commerce of Pescara, with an innovative workshop on Jewel Cookies inspired by the traditional “Gold of Abruzzo,” specifically “La Presentosa”;
• 2025 – Nominated as Cookie Artist of the Year by India & International Cake Magazine;
• 2025 – Awarded the title of Global Sugar Artist of the Year in Brisbane, Australia, where I also teach masterclasses.