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Gingerbread

Every year, the Grove Park Inn hosts a National Gingerbread House Competition. Bakers and decorators across the country submit their edible architecture to be judged and displayed during the winter holidays.

To give you an idea of the level of competition, these two didn’t even win any prizes:

The Grand Prize winner was this entry by Patricia Ashley Howard.

We were visiting several weeks after the judging and many houses had since been moved and damaged by time and transit, but even with the damage you could still appreciate how truly amazing this house was. Constructed of individual bricks of gingerbread held together with frosting mortar, bordered with hedges and topiary made of frosting and herbs, with sugar-glass windows and doors graced with delicate frosting “ironwork.” Amazing.

Other entries I really liked:

In the Adult category, third place winner Merry Spafford gave a twist to the gingerbread house theme, nestling them amongst the branches of a grand gingerbread Christmas tree

Also in the Adult category, first place winner Billie Mochow constructed a winter diorama inside a gingerbread sphere.

Really, just amazing work. Do check out the Grove Park Inn online gallery while you can!

Posted by bpod at Sunday ~ December 12, 2007 |

Category: christmas 2007, family, travel

 

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