Butterflies and All Things Sweet Deluxe Edition: The Story of Ms. B's Cakes
By (Author) Bonnae Gokson
Photographs by A. Chester Ong
Photographs by Petrina Tinslay
Oro Editions
Goff Books
1st February 2014
United States
Hardback
248
Width 241mm, Height 292mm, Spine 25mm
2523g
Bonnae Gokson's book Butterflies and All Things Sweet opens a window into the inspiration and ideas behind her extraordinary cake designs. Unique in the world, these cakes encapsulate the creative vision of the woman who made her name working with luxury brands including Chanel, Giorgio Armani, W Hotels and Ritz Carlton. Butterflies and All Things
Bonnae Gokson is internationally renowned as a tastemaker and style icon. With inimitable creativity and flair, she founded her burgeoning empire of ultra glamorous hotspots, including SEVVA restaurant, chic C'est la B caf-bar, and scrumptious Ms B's Cakery in Hong Kong, to international acclaim. Considered by many to be art forms, her ventures are constantly imitated. An ingenious entrepreneur, Bonnae has worked in the luxury fashion, lifestyle and hospitality spheres with some of the most coveted brands in the world including Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Giorgio Armani, Christian Louboutin to name but a few.
A. Chester Ong is a Hong Kong-based photographer specializing in hotel, resort, architecture, interior, and food photography. His work appears regularly in Conde Nast Traveller, leading architecture magazines, and books.
Petrina Tinslay photographs food, interiors and travel for some of the world's most prestigious brands, magazines, and book publishers. She has shot cookbooks for world-renowned chefs including Nigella Lawson, Bill Granger, Donna Hay, and Delia Smith.