Tan Phay Shing holds a postgraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked in engineering research before she chose to stay home to spend time with her children. However, her experiments did not end when she left the lab. She continues to conduct experiments, albeit of a different kind, in her home kitchen, where she makes creative marshmallows, macarons, choux pastries, cookies, chiffon cakes and other bakes. She teaches at several baking studios as a freelance chef instructor and shares her baking journey on Instagram (@phay_shing). Phay Shing is the co-author of Creative Chiffon Cakes and the author of Creative Baking: Macarons, Creative Baking: Macaron Basics and Creative Baking: Deco Choux Pastry. She shares a blog, LovingCreations4U, with Susanne Ng, co-author of Creative Baking: Chiffon Cakes and author of Creative Baking: Deco Chiffon Cakes and Creative Baking: Deco Chiffon Cake Basics.