Marj Santaromana is a 38-year-old artist of many trades. Her passion for creating edible art began after discovering cake decorating shows and competitions on television. She went on to perfect her craft at the French Culinary Institute, earning a diploma in the pastry arts. She especially loves creating hyper-realistic cakes — largely based on wrestling, gaming, and generally nostalgic objects — and recording cake-cutting videos for social media.
Most recently, she competed in the second season of “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking” on Food Network & HBO Max. Marj has also competed in the Disney+ competition show “Foodtastic,” and was featured behind the scenes creating hyper-realistic cakes for the Roku Original “Eye Candy.” Her nerdy, pop culture-centric cakes caught the attention of the SyFy Channel and were featured in their “Fan Creators” mini-docs. Previously, as the lead cake decorator at a designer cake studio in Brooklyn, she had the opportunity to create cakes for a large celebrity clientele that included Bruno Mars, Jay-Z, DJ Khaled, Taylor Swift, and Iron Maiden, to name a few. Additionally, her wedding cake designs have been featured in publications such as The Knot, Richmond Bride, and Rock ‘n Roll Bride. She is currently the lead cake decorator at the custom cake studio Sweet Fix in Richmond, Virginia.
Marj has been a pro-wrestling fan since childhood, and couldn’t be happier to actually be able to make wrestling the focus of much of her art. She started making a name for herself in the wrestling community by producing enamel pins, which can be found on her Etsy among other products. Marj even got the opportunity to combine her two passions by creating the official cake for WWE Monday Night Raw’s 25th Anniversary. She has even been dubbed “Mick Foley’s Personal Baker” by the legend himself. When she’s not busy decorating pastries, Marj spends her spare time designing logos and merchandise for professional wrestlers and wrestling retailers alike. Her clients have included Orange Cassidy, Big Van Vader, Chris Hero, Effy, Chris Dickinson, Lio Rush, Nick Gage, 44.OH!, Rey Fenix/Republic of Lucha, Nancy Benoit, and more!
Additionally, Marj is known for her wrestling-themed cosplays — sewing and fabricating much of her costumes’ elements — and showing them off at various conventions. She is also known for creating and organizing the annual wrestling-themed drawing challenge known as “Sketch-A-Mania” every October. Deriving from the same concept and guidelines of “Inktober”, Sketch-A-Mania was originally born as a distraction in April 2020, when the world was quarantined and/or unemployed due to COVID. It has since taken on a life of its own, drawing countless participants every year!
In her spare time, she enjoys playing Dance Dance Revolution, collecting toys, doing karaoke, and vending at various comic, gaming & wrestling conventions (when she’s not attending them for fun). She was born and bred in Staten Island, NY, but as of 2019 resides in Richmond, VA. She is proudly celebrating 8+ years of sobriety from alcohol.
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