Enter the American Bakery Expo Challenge at the 2011 Upper Midwest Bakery Convention in Red Wing and win a chance to represent the UMBA in Chicago on October 2-4, 2011 at All Things Baking. Travel expenses and hotel accommodations will be provided by RBA and UMBA for the competition in Chicago.
Decorators will compete in wedding cake, fondant, sculpted, floral designs and custom design categories over an 8 hour period on Saturday, February 26. Decorators have the option of taking the RBA Certified Decorator test concurrently while competing.
To be eligible to compete the decorator must have two years of professional cake decorating experience, submit a portfolio of their work and be employed by a bakery that is a RBA/UMBA member. Registration materials are available on the UMBA website and must be returned by January 28, 2011 with contestants being notified by February 7, 2011.
Click here for the American Bakery Expo Challenge Application
Source: Upper Midwest Bakery Association