Pastry Live Chocolate Showpiece Winner

Pastry Live 2016 Winners

The Showpiece Championship

1st PLACE –  TEAM TANAKA/KAWAMURA

2nd PLACE – TEAM EVANS/GALINDO

SPIRIT AWARD – TEAM NEUGEBAUR/HERNANDEZ

AUDIENCE CHOICE – TEAM TANAKA/KAWAMURA

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Showpiece Championship Winner

photo credit: Alison Hill

Signature Plated Dessert

1st PLACE – BENJAMIN KALLENBACH The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge

2nd PLACE – KARLA ESPINOSA KUU Restaurant

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Signature Plated Dessert Winner Benjamin Kallenbach


Chocolatier of the Year

1st PLACE – MOLLY COOK Norman Love Confections

2nd PLACE – OSWALDO ORTEGA Tout Chocolate Mexico

AUDIENCE CHOICE – MOLLY COOK Norman Love Confections

Pastry Live-Molly Cook-Chocolatier of the Year photo by Beatricess

Photo credit: Beatricess

Chocolatier of the Year Winner Molly Cook

Ice Cream Cup

1st PLACE – RAY BLANCHARD The Everglades Club

2nd PLACE – MAGGIE GIBBS Wild Flour Confectionery

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Ice Cream Cup Winner

photo credit: Alison Hill

Art of Cake Sculpted

1st PLACE – HANNAH MCBRIDE The Everglades Club

2nd PLACE – JOHANNA WYSS Paasche Airbrush Company

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Wining Sculpted Cake

photo credit: Alison Hill

Art of Cake Tiered

1st PLACE – JAN LEWANDOWSKI Pulaski Tech

2nd PLACE – S. TINA HALDEMAN Omni Grove Park Inn

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Winning Tiered Cake

photo credit: Alison Hill

Student Chocolate Challenge

1st PLACE – AASHRIT ABHINAV SUNDAR Kendall College

2nd PLACE – LINDSEY BENWAY International School of Culinary Arts

 

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Student Showpiece Winner

photo credit: Alison Hill

 

2016 Student Chocolate Challenge Competitors

Daniel Rodriguez, Kendall College

Aashrit Abhinav Sundar, Kendall College

Lindsey Benway, The International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Atlanta

Randy Van Hooser, Virginia College of Chattanooga

Ayanna Mathis, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Atlanta

Announcing the Pastry Live 2016 Ice Cream Cup Competitors

Good luck to all these great chefs.

Troy Tipton
The Omni Homestead Resort

Ashley Baughman
IMU Restaurants & Catering by Sodexo

Cesar Barachina
Pearl River Resort

Joesph Cumm
Piedmont Station

Brianna Cabral
The Driskill

Demetria Carswell
Sweet Dees

Darren McDonald
Grand America Hotel

Gustavo Barbabosa
Aromitalia Latinoamerica

Johnny Wesley
The union kitchen

Ryan Stipp
Studio Brew

Nina Acosta
Hyatt Regency Denver

Ray Blanchard
The Everglades Club

Christian Castillo
Atlas Restaurant Buckhead

Maggie Gibbs
Wild Flour Confectionery