Christopher Garren's Let Them Eat Cake

About Us

Christopher Garrens owned and operated by the Costa Mesa, California team of Chris Russom and Marjorie Chua create original works of art that you can eat. Each cake and confectionary detail is reproduced by hand with only the finest ingredients available. From a simple birthday cake to a spectacular one of a kind hand crafted wedding cake, the entire staff is dedicated to bringing you the best the culinary field has to offer in both taste and service.

Starting in a rather inauspicious manner with a single order and a week to week lease in the back of a donut store, Christopher Garrens has grown and expanded into a corporation that executes thousands of celebration cakes yearly for corporations, design houses, movie and television personalities, from Will Smith to Lee Iacocca.

In 2001 we moved to our current location which houses our cake studio and a retail line of pastries and dessert items. Our mission and goal with this business is to provide a product line that could proudly be sold and served in any 4 star restaurant using quality ingredients and avoiding any association with pre -packaged components, fillings or mixes. This coupled with an exacting attention to detail and a commitment to excellence in service will make a visit to Christopher Garrens a memorable event.

Biographies:

Chris Russom- owner
Started his baking career at the tender age of 9 when he attempted to make a cake for his mother and realized, after 2 hours of baking, that he had forgotten the flour. Since then his culinary skills have improved somewhat. Chris spent his high school and college years working and managing various restaurants. Throughout the last twenty years he has remained attached in some manner to the culinary field either in part-time work, pastry school, or full time chef work. In 1999, while catering a wedding, Chris was, rather reluctantly persuaded to create the cake for the event. Since that day he has designed thousands of wedding and celebratory cakes. He remains a creative force in the Industry and works to continue improving his art.

Marjorie Chua - Store Manager

In 1997, after being cajoled into taking a cake decorating class with her sister Marjorie embarked on a stellar culinary career that has landed her on 5 Food Network Cake Challenges. She has a list of culinary accomplishments too numerous to list. Marjorie continues her education, teaches classes in sugar paste flowers and working with chocolate clay. Since coming to Christopher Garrens she has taken on the management of all the baking and preparatory work that goes on in the store. Marjorie, along with her support staff, executes most of the party and celebratory work that leaves the store each week.