Feed Your Soul, the company behind the sold-out success of the summer, Nickel City Chef, is proud to present Western New York with a competition that's even sweeter!
Nickel City Cake Challenge is a one-time event slated to take place on Valentine's Day 2010 (Saturday, February 14th). This challenge is a live, head-to-head cake decorating competition that will feature three of Western New York's top cake artists. In just two hours, each of the cake decorators chosen to participate will be challenged to complete a cake that meets specific criteria and is in keeping with the theme "Wedding in Buffalo".
Nickel City is looking for WNY's top cake artists; are you one of them? Cake decorators currently employed by bakeries or markets in any of Western New York's 8 counties qualify, as do freelance decorators operating with a current business license.
The competition will be held at Artisan Kitchens & Baths, home of the Nickel City Chef series. In Artisan's stunning loft showroom, each artist and their assistant will work from one of Artisan's three $100,000 kitchens in front of a panel of professional judges and a live audience (everyone is welcome). During the two hour competition, guests will have the opportunity to snack from our custom hot chocolate bar and confectionery station, view cake decorating demonstrations and vote for their favorite cake from the day's amateur entries.
Applications for the professional portion of the competition are available at Feed Your Soul Buffalo. Deadline for submissions is 5PM on November 14th, 2009.
Do you know a talented professional cake artist? Please forward this information to them! Electronic submissions, questions or concerns can be sent to nickelcitychef@gmail.com. Details regarding tickets sales and the amateur decorator portion of the event will be available in December. Stay tuned to www.FeedYourSoulBuffalo.com for more information.
I guess people will dig this but hasn't the culinary olympic thing run its course yet? I stopped watching the Food Network a couple years ago when this sort of sophmoric activity began to dominate the programing.
Watching creative professionals compete is more popular than ever on tv*. Now locals can watch a LIVE event.
It is sophomoric (correct spelling) only in that sophomores, along with all other students, participate in such proficiency reviews during their education.
*Top Chef on Bravo has gone mainstream. The Food Network has added too many such shows to list. Admittedly the quality never reaches Top Chef's level. TLC and Oxygen have added culinary shows. Beyond the food world there is Project Runway; HGTV's designer challenge; etc.
Obviously I find value in watching the creative process. Far different than the contrived dynamics of Survivor, Big Brother, etc.