Kerry Vincent

Kerry Vincent

Kerry Vincent, née Flynn (born in Wyalkatchem, Western Australia), is the show director and co-founder of the annual "Oklahoma Sugar Art Show", author, and freelance writer. cite journal
title = Sugar Artists test their talents in Oklahoma competition
journal = Vanilla Vine newsletter
issue = 3
publisher = Nielsen-Massey Vanillas
date = 2002
url = http://www.nielsenmassey.com/vanillavineIssue3_2002.htm
accessdate = 2008-03-01
] She is also a judge on the Food Network Challenge television show, and almost always wears very large, puffy headbands whilest judging.

Career

Vincent is a self-taught Sugar Artist and Cake Designer. In 2001 she wrote the book "Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes ". She was inducted into the International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES) Sugarcraft Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. in 2004.Fact|date=March 2008

Vincent regularly appears as one of the judges on the reality series "Food Network Challenge" on the Food Network Cable television network.cite web
title = Food Network Challenge - Episode CC0404
publisher = Food Network
date = 2008-02-02
url = http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cc/episode/0,2495,FOOD_20077_46387,00.html
accessdate = 2008-03-01
] She was also the show host for four one-hour specials for the Food Network, highlighting the skill of winning contestants in the Grand National Wedding Cake Competition.Fact|date=March 2008

Vincent has demonstrated sugarcraft at a variety of international venues and celebrity occasions, as well as making a number of television appearances to promote the art.Fact|date=March 2008 She has taught at the "El Atelier Del Azucar Bakery School" in Santa Rosa District, Lima Province, Peru,cite web
title = Roas Viacava - Pioneering in Modern Sugarcraft Art
publisher = Rosa Viacava
url = http://www.rosasdesign.com/
accessdate = 2008-03-01
] She demonstrated sugarcraft at The British Sugarcraft Guild in the UK in 2001,Fact|date=March 2008 and she was a presenter at the Australian Association of Sugarcraft in 2003.Fact|date=March 2008 Vincent has served as the voluntary International Publicity Chairman for the annual cake-decorating exhibition, ICES Conventions in 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2006.Fact|date=March 2008 Vincent has taught at, amongst other venues, the French Pastry School, Chicago in the Master Instructor’s series.Fact|date=March 2008 In May 2004 she taught at the Macomb Culinary Institute in Warren, Michigan part of the Macomb Community College.cite web
title = Roas Viacava - Pioneering in Modern Sugarcraft Art
publisher = Rosa Viacava
url = http://www.macomb.edu/Alumni/Newsletter/AtMacomb-SP04.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate = 2008-03-01
]

After the Wedding Style Director of "Brides magazine" was a guest judge at the "Oklahoma Sugar Art Show", Vincent was selected for a special feature in the March-April 2008 issue of the magazine entitled "America's 50 Most Beautiful Cakes," and a special cake she designed was included in the competition from which the winner would be named the most beautiful wedding cake in the United States.cite news
last = Mikles
first = Natalie
title = Icing the competition
publisher = Tulsa World
date = 2008-02-20
url = http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?subjectID=39&articleID=20080220_4_D1_hThre08807
accessdate = 2008-03-01
] cite web
title = Wedding Cakes: America's Favorite Cakes
publisher = Brides magazine
date = 2008
url = http://www.brides.com/brides/cakes
accessdate = 2008-03-01
]

Oklahoma Sugar Art Show

Vincent's personal mission is to elevate sugarcraft techniques for recognition as a true art form worldwide. To facilitate this, she directs the "Oklahoma Sugar Art Show", the largest judged sugar art show in the United States, which she co-founded in 1993 with her colleague Maxine Boyington. After four years, Boyington opted to drop out of the partnership in favor of competing and Vincent began an expansion with a vision that took the event to great heights. Under the sugar art show umbrella, "The Grand National Wedding Cake Competition" was founded – a specialty event in the USA. The event attracts competitors and participants from countries such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka and United Kingdom.

In addition to the competition, the idea is to educate and encourage a higher skill level among prospective contestants. Vincent believes that competition is key to personal artistic growth. Creating this special forum has made participants push the envelope and grow beyond their dreams. The event is also used as a vehicle to provide free, continuing education to non-competitive sugar artists, cake decorators and designers by providing an opportunity to learn from the celebrated hierarchy of their chosen hobby or profession; all made available at no cost to the contestants and participants. This sustained attention to encourage and mentor up-and-coming generations has been ongoing for the past 14 years.

The Food Network filmed a TV special at the show in 2006.cite news
last = Parrish
first = Ashlet
title = Oklahoma 100: Sugar Arts Show
publisher = Tulsa World
date = 2008-11-15
url = http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?articleID=071115_4_OF1_hSUGA21002
accessdate = 2008-03-01
]

The Tulsa World newspaper ran a special supplement celebrating the Oklahoma State Centennial, which concluded in November 2007. The citizens of Oklahoma were asked to participate in a statewide opinion survey for their favorite foods, cookbook authors and food events, one to apply for each of the past 100 years. The Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show was voted number 20 in a list of 100 state icons for the century.Fact|date=March 2008

Bibliography

"Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes" (2001)

References

External links

* [http://www.ices.org International Cake Exploration Societe (ICES) website]


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