The 2010 Grand Award Winner
Grand Finales - Jane Casey & Cathey Casey
(winner of the People's Choice in 2009)
Reina de la Noche (Queen of the Night)
Gold Medal - Taste
Silver Medal - Showpiece
Grand Prize winner
Chocolate cake with white
chocolate butter cream and a hint of lemon, dulce de leche & toffee
filling.
People's Choice Award
Mosaic in Chocolate
by Vicki Licata, Exec. Pastry Chef & Allison Stanton, of the Rochester
Riverside Convention Center
Silver Medal - Taste
Dark chocolate cake
layered with the flavors
of guava and carmel.
Hot Passion
by Renee Daldry of Renee Suzette's Chocolate
Gold Medal - Showpiece
Passion fruit-chili
pepper flourless chocolate cake, layered with coconut dulce de leche and
white chocolate-passion fruit mousse with toasted Brazil nuts, enrobed
in a passion fruit chocolate glaze.
Suba de las Llamas (Rise from the Flames)
by Aaron & Nancy Stiebitz and Kristyn Valincourt
of Encore Chocolates.
Bronze Medal - Showpiece
Pomegranate and chocolate
cakes with pomegranate ganache, decorated with white chocolate flames
and a phoenix rising at the top.
Siente el Corazon de la Gente
(Feel the Heart of the People)
by Tina Bennett of Vanilla Swirl Cookie Company
Bronze Medal - Taste
Rich cinnamon laced Mexican chocolate
cake and coconut cake between layered tres leches and kahula raspberry
center, enrobed in a combination of chocolate and white chocolate
"leather."
Un Zapato Hermoso de Mujer
(A Woman's Beautiful Shoe)
by
Jonathan Leach of JonJohn's Specialty
Desserts
A three-tiered Grandma's Beyond Dark
Chocolate Cake
with a semi-sweet chocolate frosting.
Ristra by Jennifer Posey, Nathaniel Mich & Zahra Langford of Hedonist
Artisan Chocolates
White, milk and dark chocolate are
infused with fiery habanero, smoky chipolte and fruity guajillo pepper.
Hacienda Picante de Chocolate
(Spicy House of Chocolate)
Tanya Foster, Birnasa Polozanin & Vlaierie Mertsock of Carey Lake Restaurant
Chocolate and dulce de leche
choreographed
with notes of chili & cinnamon.
Sedeccion de Chocolate (Chocolate Seduction)
by Jennifer Lapinski, Michelle Pommerening & Paul Somora of Laico Cafe
Dark rich chocolate torte with layers of
raspberry, chocolate & cream cheese fillings covered seductively with a
white & dark chocolate.
Nueva Esperanza (New Hope)
by Pamela Rosone of Sweet Solutions in Ionia
Dark chocolate cake with mocha frosting
El Carusel de Damas Latinas
(The Carousel of Latin Women)
by Evy O'Brien of Crimson Ridge Meadows Campus
Chocolate flavored with almond &
cinnamon, and filled with a sweet chile fudge.
Alma de Fuego (Soul of Fire)
by Caitlin O'Leary of CIN
Warning! Please handle with
caution. The Aztec
nobility used dark chocolate mixed with chili
powder as an intoxicant.
Tartes de Chocolate Exoticas
(Exotic Chocolate Torte)
by Elaine Vileria of Radisson Riverside
Almond pastry base with a little
raspberry coulis layered between a dark, light and white chocolate cream
mousse.
2010 Grand Award
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Jane Casey & Cathey Casey of Grand Finales
2010 People's Choice
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Vicki Licata, Exec. Pastry Chef & Allison Stanton, of the Rochester Riverside Convention Center
2010 Taste Awards
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Gold Medal to Jane Casey & Cathey Casey of Grand Finales
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Silver Medal to Vicki Licata, Exec. Pastry Chef & Allison Stanton, Pastry Assistant at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center
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Bronze Medal to Tina Bennett of Vanilla Swirl Cookie Company
2010 Showpiece Awards
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Gold Medal to Renee Daldry of Renee Suzette's Chocolate
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Silver Medal to Jane Casey & Cathey Casey of Grand Finales
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Bronze Medal to Aaron & Nancy Stiebitz and Kristyn Valincourt of Encore Chocolates.