Pastry Live!

Pastry Live 5 Photo Blog

Hiya friends! It has been a long while since I have done a photo blog, and I thought it would be a great idea to have one this week to share all of the amazing things we saw at Pastry Live this week. With all of the yummy cakes, chocolate, plated desserts, chocolates, seminars, and showpieces, I know you will enjoy this feast for the eyes. 

ISAC Booth and Chef Nicholas' Seminar

 

Scott was mobbed handing out Renshaw Ready to Roll Fondant samples!

Nielsen-Massey Booth! We love them AND they sponsered Chef Nicholas' seminar

Plated Dessert and Chocolatier of the Year

3rd Place- Michael Craig

2nd Place- Vincent Attali

1st Place- Nicolas Blouin

3rd Place- Natalya Shaprio

2nd Place- Molly Rothermel

1st Place- Brittany Mateika

Plated Dessert and Chocolatier of the Year photos by Donna Permell/Prime Phocus

Art of Cake 

This year there were two themes for the Art of Cake competition. Tiered cakes had to draw their inspriation from three different crayon colors, and the sculpted cakes had to be inspried by toys! I loved both of these themes, the final cakes were all so beautiufl and whimsical!

 

Irene Widjaya- 3rd Place

Phetsada Mounnarath, my class assistant and former student at the French Pastry School, took 2nd Place.

Chef Joe Cumm, who taught a class at ISAC this past Saturday, won 1st Place in the tiered Art of Cake!

 

Marilyn Bawol- 3rd Place

Katharina McCawley- 2nd Place

Johanna Wyss- 1st Place

Art of Cake judges... guess who is my favorite ;)

If Chef Nicholas is involved OF COURSE Renshaw Ready to Roll Fondant is on the list of prizes!

Student Chocolate Showpiece Winners

3rd Place- Megan Kuk

2nd Place- Brooke Ball

1st Place- Emily Holtz

Student Chocolate Showpiece photos by Donna Permell/Prime Phocus

2015 Showpiece Championship

The Avengers by Team Robert Nieto and Olivier Saintemarie

Lego City by Team Saber Rejbi and Plamen Marinov

Optimus Prime by Team Matthew Ratliff and Raymond Blanchard

Team Julie Eslinger and Mariana Ramirez took home the "Competitors Choice" award with this showpiece

Team Lionel Touya and Christophe Rull were awarded "Best Artistry" for their fun piece featuring a marionette resting on atoy box

Best Sugar Showpiece in the 2015 Showpiece Championship went to Team Cori Schlemmer and Rachel Young

Team Kengo Akabame and Toshinori Akishiro took home an unprecedented number of awards; not only are they this year's "Best Overall," but also "Best Chocolate," "Sponsors' Choice," and "People's Choice"

Congratulations to all this years winners! I hope that you all enjoyed the beautiful plated desserts, chocolates, cakes, student chocolate showpeices, and the National Showpiece competition pieces. Pastry Live is a wonderful event and the ISAC team looks forward to it every year! Hope to see you in Atlanta for Pasty Live 6 next August!

Sweetly yours, 

Stephanie

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