Houston Press is hosting a Cupcake Smackdown on January 24th and is looking for judges!
Cupcakes from a dozen restaurants and bakeries around Houston will be pitted against each other in an epic gladiatorial event that's too big for our weekly Food Fight. To keep things interesting, we'll also have a batch of homemade cupcakes thrown in to the mix to see if our judges can tell the difference. Cupcakes will be blind taste-tested by a panel of four judges on cake taste, frosting taste, cake texture, frosting texture and cake-to-frosting ratio. Finally, the cupcakes we've kept in reserve will be revealed and the judges' blindfolds removed so they can judge the overall appearance of each cupcake. The winner will be crowned the Eating Our Words Cupcake King.
To assist us in keeping this battle under control, we've enlisted experts: Plinio Sandalio, pastry chef at Textile, and Jody Stevens, pastry chef at Gravitas and owner of Jodycakes, will be our two professional judges. But we need your help. We need two of our readers to fill out the judging panel. In addition to a whole lot of cupcakes, the two judges will also receive special limited-edition Eating Our Words aprons for lending their tasting talents to the panel.
They want to know in 50 words or less why you're perfect for this cupcake judging role. Leave your answer on their site (one winner chosen this week, one next week).
Here's one example, from Melissa, complete with Twitpic:
A serious cupcake enthusiast! Advertiser by day, baker by night, all about creating new combinations while perfecting the classics. Owns a pair of _sweet_ hot pink converse with cupcakes on them and dressed as a giant cupcake for Halloween..seriously, what more could you ask for?
Cupcakes from a dozen restaurants and bakeries around Houston will be pitted against each other in an epic gladiatorial event that's too big for our weekly Food Fight. To keep things interesting, we'll also have a batch of homemade cupcakes thrown in to the mix to see if our judges can tell the difference. Cupcakes will be blind taste-tested by a panel of four judges on cake taste, frosting taste, cake texture, frosting texture and cake-to-frosting ratio. Finally, the cupcakes we've kept in reserve will be revealed and the judges' blindfolds removed so they can judge the overall appearance of each cupcake. The winner will be crowned the Eating Our Words Cupcake King.
To assist us in keeping this battle under control, we've enlisted experts: Plinio Sandalio, pastry chef at Textile, and Jody Stevens, pastry chef at Gravitas and owner of Jodycakes, will be our two professional judges. But we need your help. We need two of our readers to fill out the judging panel. In addition to a whole lot of cupcakes, the two judges will also receive special limited-edition Eating Our Words aprons for lending their tasting talents to the panel.
They want to know in 50 words or less why you're perfect for this cupcake judging role. Leave your answer on their site (one winner chosen this week, one next week).
Here's one example, from Melissa, complete with Twitpic:
A serious cupcake enthusiast! Advertiser by day, baker by night, all about creating new combinations while perfecting the classics. Owns a pair of _sweet_ hot pink converse with cupcakes on them and dressed as a giant cupcake for Halloween..seriously, what more could you ask for?
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