Where are they now - Sophie Reis

CLASS OF 2018

Sophie’s time at Loreto Toorak is filled with special memories created with the friends and opportunities they were given as students. A highlight of her time was the camp to Uluru in Year 9. Some of her favourite memories were made on that camp and it taught her so much about the importance of Indigenous culture and history.

Additionally, her favourite subject at school was Business Management which has played a huge role in the development of her own business. She credits some of her success to the many teachers who taught her over the years and most importantly, believed in her and encouraged her to pursue her business venture, including Angela Keam, Matthew Price and Maree Lindsay to name a few. Her days at Loreto Toorak shaped the person she has become today and taught her many valuable lessons, including what it means to be a strong, independent woman.

Since leaving in 2018, Sophie launched her small business, Cakes By Soph, which has grown to over 2,000 followers on Instagram. Sophie has created hundreds of custom cakes for special celebrations and events around Melbourne. Cakes by Soph has gathered a loyal following fuelled by positive word of mouth, which means she is often booked out a month or two ahead of time. Sophie has combined her love of all things design and passion creating bespoke cakes, carefully curated to align with her clients’ vision. Whether it be a cake, cupcakes or cookies, every client’s unique requests and ideas are taken into consideration to create a stunning centrepiece.

Some of Sophie’s career highlights include creating her first few wedding cakes. It is an honour and a privilege to create a cake for a couple’s most significant day, opportunities she is truly grateful for. Sophie created over 150 mini isolation celebration cakes during lockdown in 2020, as well as completing her first corporate order of more than 600 cookies for an event in 2021; all while completing her final year of a Bachelor of Business majoring in Marketing at RMIT!

When Sophie is not in the kitchen baking and caking, she can be found running on the footy field, catching up with friends and travelling. She strongly believes in the importance of a healthy work-life balance and she feels fortunate to have flexibility with her business.

Cakes By Soph has grown faster than Sophie could ever have anticipated. She is expanding her product range and introducing new and exciting flavours. Planning is already well underway for her Christmas range, bigger and better than last year.

Sophie is grateful every day for the privilege of her Loreto Toorak education, and she encourages others to take every opportunity available, and work hard to achieve success.

Instagram: @cakes.by.soph