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Provider Store
Candle Maker + Founder of Provider Store
5.0 (49)
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Tara is the founder and designer/maker of Sydney homewares brand, Provider Store. Provider Store is a destination specialising in daily tools for the home. Most of what you find is either handmade by Tara Bennett or by other local and international creatives she has met along her travels.
Provider's homewares explore the concept of slow living, with an emphasis on creating ethical and sustainable products. Sold throughout Australia and the world, Provider's candles are made from pure soy wax, hand poured in Surry Hills and housed in a hand made Japanese vessel. Designed to be multi-purpose, simply pop out the wick, wash with hot soapy water and you're left with a Japanese tea cup.
Provider's homewares explore the concept of slow living, with an emphasis on creating ethical and sustainable products. Sold throughout Australia and the world, Provider's candles are made from pure soy wax, hand poured in Surry Hills and housed in a hand made Japanese vessel. Designed to be multi-purpose, simply pop out the wick, wash with hot soapy water and you're left with a Japanese tea cup.
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Malisa Bickell
Tara was fun, informative and super friendly! Would absolutely recommend this workshop. I feel inspired.
Kerri O'Keefe
Tara is a great teacher and the candle making workshop is taught in a relaxed, informal environment. Beautiful products and the cheese and bubbles are a lovely touch.
Vivian Zhang
Excellent choice? Tara’s shop was lovely and easy to find! Great atmosphere, detailed instruction in class, friendly and warming! Absolutely amazing experience
Georgina Bray
Such a great class, the venue was a beautiful workshop in the heart of Surry Hills. Tara was very knowledgeable and a great teacher, which made the afternoon such a good experience.
Louisa Luong
Cute! Fun! Wholesome! Night! Tara was a crowd favourite, candles were an absolute hit — we especially loved the Japanese ceramic tea cup that houses the candle too ~~ 10/10 would recommend to a friend :~)
Katie Murgatroyd
A beautiful class where every detail was thought about! Thanks so much Tara for teaching us all the tricks, giving us a beautiful container we can keep forever, and providing an excellent cheese board! Would absolutely recommend!
Alicia Druery
My daughter and I loved the candle making course with Tara. We ended up with a beautiful candle each in a Japanese teacup. I love that we can reuse the cup. Tara was great, really helpful and informative. We had a great afternoon. Thank you.
Mina Kitsos
Absolutely loved this class!!! Would highly recommend - lovely setting, teacher, and incredible final product to take home
Elizabeth Downe
Highly recommend, fun and laidback class. The handmade Japanese tea mug and sophisticated scents give you the most beautiful candles! Tara can refill the candles or you can use them for tea, plus there’s champagne and nibbles, so you really get your money’s worth.
Carla Clement
Tara was super lovely and very informative about the process! The class was fun and light hearted and the cheese platters yum! The little shop front and wares are also to die for!
Ornella Jebrail
My favorite part of the entire class was the teacher.
Not only was she very helpful and down to earth but all of her materials as well as her business as a whole are sustainably conscious. I liked it so much I might even go again just to make candles and hang out - highly recommend it!
Rachel Symonds
Loved this class would definitely recommend to anyone, Tara was great and good central location
Kelly Chen
I loved Tara's class. You leave the class with a beautiful product plus, Tara is one of the most beautiful and down to earth person I have ever met.
Samantha Kirby
Tara is very friendly, knowledgeable, talented and has great taste in cheese! Class was great, very interesting and walked away with a lovely candle in a beautiful cup I can use at home. Highly recommend!
Emeline Caunt
It was an amazing experience. The teacher was super helpful and we learnt more than we thought about candle making. We got to go home with a beautiful handmade candle in a gorgeous Japanese handmade teacup. Would highly recommend it!
Christina Cardillo-Zallo
Tara was so friendly and humourous. Very helpful in answering questions and giving tips for how to fix things that may go wrong.
Phoebe Rogers
Loved this class so much! Tara is warm and passionate, the candles are delicious and easy to make, and yummy nibbles provided! Can’t recommend enough
Douglas Noble
My girlfriend and I both thought this workshop was great fun, being taught by Tara how to create a candle was an awesome way to spend an afternoon.
We both chose a different scent and have already tried doing it ourselves at home. Thanks Tara!
Talisah Reid
The class was so fun! Tara was a great instructor, who was very knowledgeable and engaging. We had an absolute blast making the candles and will be back for a refill soon.
Ashima Chandel
The teacher was really helpful she catered to all the questions and gave tips to make a good candle
Bonnie Chai
Amazing, Tara is absolutely amazing! The atmosphere was perfect and the way Tara described everything was just perfect. I will be hosting my birthday party here!
Caroline
The class was fun and informative, and you get a nice smelling soy wax candle out of it.
Stuart
This was such a really nice, relaxed and fun experience. Tara the owner proprietor of Provider Store is an amazing human being from Central Coast with a beautiful pup who really loves what she does.
The candles smell fantastic - although I dropped mine getting out of the car :( (luckily I bought a spare!)
Definitely a sustainable business worth supporting via cheese, wines and making your own candle!
We will be back for certain!
Chelsea Love
Awesome class to experience candle making. Owner is super knowledgeable and passionate. I took this class with my boyfriend and we had a great time!
Andrew Zafra
Made candles, amazing experience and the teacher provided such an awesome experience with her knowledge
Gabbie Koak
She was friendly, inspirational and knowledgeable.
Had a great time making candles with her.
She made us feel welcomed and give attention into details by asking each one of us if we need any special needs.
Joanne White
I loved this class with Tara on Saturday. Tara was a great teacher very patient, knowledgeable and friendly. I have already lit my candle and it smells lovely and to know I have a Japanese Tea Cup after the was has all gone it a great bonus.
We had a great group of people in our class on Saturday so that was an added bonus.
Thanks Tara
Sharon Chan
We hosted a hens event at Tara’s studio and we really enjoyed her class! We loved how thoughtful she was throughout the class and it was the little things she did from the cheese platter and drinks provided to being really informative about the candle making - it was such a great experience! Would definitely recommend this to people! Thank you Tara for giving us such a great class and being such good company!
Sam Davison
Our team very much enjoyed our candle making experience with Tara! The Provider Store was a lovely venue - especially the smell of all the candles. The materials she provided were high quality, and we loved the re-usable, multi-purpose teacup. The cheese board and champagne was a nice touch, definitely adding good value for money. We would 100% return for another candle making workshop - or even potato printing!
Julian Rifkin
Tara is very knowledgeable and a great guide. Her shop is the perfect, intimate space for a workshop of this type. Highly recommend.
Taryn Hayler
The teacher was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable and passionate. The venue was a cute little shop and had a lovely vibe. The products we used were of high quality and I love my candle!
Eliza Judd
An amazing class! Tara was insightful, helpful and made the class heaps of fun! Great natural materials and a fantastic afternoon.
David Thomson
Would highly recommend to anyone who’s interested in candle making! You can tell the instructor, Tara is super passionate and knowledgeable and made everyone feel at ease.
Chris Scott
Fantastic workshop - the candle making process was clearly explained, the choice of scents was brilliant (we will definitely be back!) and the final product we made and took home felt like a really premium item. The sparkling wine and cheese board was a great addition.
Elisabeth Agostino
A great class lead by a passionate teacher in Tara.
Informative and fun and I loved learning a new skill.
Everything was professionally presented and prepared so we could use the time we had well.
An awesome afternoon!
Lauren
Very inspiring teacher, full of knowledge about candle making. And we made beautiful scented candles :)
Sharon Kenny
Tara was great. Interesting and funny. Just love the candles we made. Would do again.
Bill Rothery
A thoroughly enjoyable and relaxed class. In order to get more from the downtime waiting for candles to dry it would be good to learn more about candle mould making, multiple wicks and a wider appreciation of the world of candle making. Tara is lovely, relaxed and very hospitable.
Leah Schwarz
Learnt heaps and Tara was personable and warm. Great date night! Left with a huge smile and yummy candle.
Jack
Great people, great food, great drinks and of course a great candle at the end of it. Very informative. I had a great time. Highly recommend it.
Jack
Ellen Ehrhardt
Such a fun workshop, I loved the setting and learned heaps about candles and candle making!
Sandrine C
What a great class and inspiring teacher! The cheese plate and sparkling were a bonus.
Anna Foster
Tara and the class were fantastic, the class was the highlight of my 3 week holiday. Tara explains the whole process and took us through each step at the perfect pace, we weren’t rushed in any way. The vessels we used are gorgeous, high quality and reusable. Tara is bright and bubbly, and was genuine in her warm welcome as we arrived. I found her to be genuine in her love of her craft and feel inspired to exercise my creativity more. The cheese board and bubbles were a lovely touch as we fired her any questions as our candles cured. I highly recommend this class and look forward to going back to the Provider Store to have my vessel refilled.
Danielle Watt
Tara was a wonderful teacher and U learned so much about the art candle making, I highly recommend this course ????
Kimu Rose
Tara was very friendly and a great teacher. Learned a lot from her regarding candle making and about Japan.
I love her cozy shop. Will definitely do more classes with her in the future.
Frankie Bradburn
Amazing class - Tara is the best! Well thought out class and the candles are incredible!
Frances Butare
The venue was easy to find, the class was taught in a relaxed and positive vibe with good laughs. Tara knows what she’s talking about and answered all our questions (it was inspiring to hear her story too)5. And it was great to take a candle that we had made home. Would highly recommend this class!
Diana Raileanu
Really enjoyed Tara’s personal story on how did she start this business and doing what she loves. Learned some good tips and tricks about candles and had an enjoyable evening. Big thumbs up!
VI Nguyen
Intimate and enjoyable learning atmosphere. Class was thoughtful towards promoting natural products and encourage sustainability.
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