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2008 Celebrity Food Show Cake Competition.

August 18th, 2008 FoodBlog 2 comments

It was a Cake Making Competition among culinary students from The International Culinary School at the Art Institute. The participants represented a few different schools, including Orange County, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Texas.

The theme was America’s Best. On this first day of the competition we saw the makings of a Liberty Bell, Luggage, a Hamburger and French Fries, a Stadium, the United States, and a few others we couldn’t make out at the time.

And the winner is…

We didn’t see all the Cakes in final, but do have a picture of the WINNER. This picture was sent to me by one of its creators, Michael Hadobas, who is coincidentally the one piping the playing cards above. He did a great job on them. He and his partner Dorthy Sepcic made the winning Cake. As you may guess, they’re from The Art Institute of Las Vegas. Congratulations!

2008 Celebrity Food Show Review.

August 17th, 2008 FoodBlog 2 comments

The event was touted as the 2008 Celebrity Food Show. It was heavily promoted and looked enticing, so I went with a friend. We didn’t stay for the Ace of Cakes Show because the food exhibit area was way too small. We had reservations to see Duff and the rest of the gang at the 4:30 show, but left before it started. The picture is from a peak at the 2:30 show.

We had arrived at 1:30 to first experience the Cake Making Competition and Food Exhibits, but there wasn’t enough to see to fill the time. Overall we weren’t impressed. It seemed more like a glorified swap meet or Costco’s on a Saturday, plus a fair number of vendors weren’t fabulous or even set up. And we saw way too many Salsa booths.

All didn’t seem worth the $25.00 entry fee — And no one even asked for our tickets. People were just wandering in and out of all the open doors. The pictures below are of a few items we sampled or purchased, and a couple displays that caught our eyes. The Cake Making Competition pictures will be featured in a future post, since it was the best part of the event.