

The Pastry Chef Behind the Mess:
The Messy Baking Company is a small batch, made-from-scratch wedding bakery specializing in cakes and other gourmet desserts.
Owned by Taylor Clore, The Messy Baking Company is a childhood dream come true. Her journey started in her great-grandmother’s kitchen and led to attending college at North Georgia Technical College at 17 years old and later moving to Savannah, GA to study at The Culinary Institute of Savannah. While there, she went from baking basic family recipes to making sugar sculptures and centerpieces that combined her love of beauty and flavor. She graduated with her Associate’s Degree in Baking & Pastry Arts in 2019 after completing a four-week pastry internship in France.
After graduating, working in other bakeries, and never feeling at home in anyone else’s kitchen, The Messy Baking Company slowly began to take shape. Honoring her childhood love of baking for special occasions, her goal was to create beautiful and delicious desserts that could make every day its own celebration. With hundreds of cakes under her belt, she is proud to have kept her original philosophy of baking everything from scratch with fresh ingredients and lots of love.
When she's not making wedding cakes, Taylor serves as the Chef Instructor for the brand-new Baking & Pastry Arts program at North Georgia Technical College, where her journey first began all those years ago. As only the second dedicated pastry program in the state of Georgia, it is a true full-circle moment—allowing her to share her professional expertise and love of baking science with future chefs while delivering beautiful showstoppers for your big day.