Men Take Top Prizes At American Pie Championships
June 15, 2017 | 1 min to read
A new culinary era was recently ushered in as the American Pie Council (APC) announced its 2017 top pie makers with landmark excitement.
For the first time ever in the APC National Pie Championship’s 23-year history, both the Amateur and Professional Divisions’ Best in Show winners were men. Christopher Taylor, from Atlanta, took home the blue ribbon in the Amateur Division for his Checkerboard Peanut Butter Pie and Andy Hilton, from Davenport, topped the Professional Division with his Dreamy Lemon Pie. Although the dual male-marked wins are a first for the annual baking championship, the men are no strangers to competition.
Amateur Division winner, Christopher Taylor, and his partner, Paul, who are both medical doctors in Atlanta, have been competing in baking competitions for the past five years; and when it comes to pies, they mean business. Not wanting to compete against each other, Paul competes in the fruits and berries categories and Christopher creates for the chocolate and cream categories.
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