PHOTO GALLERY: CYD's 4th Annual Gingerbread Festival and Iron Chef Competition
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Rachel S. OHara
| 5:00 a.m. December 16, 2012
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PHOTO GALLERY: CYD's 4th Annual Gingerbread Festival and Iron Chef Competition
Grant Barrett, 16 and Sierra Civin, 17, both of Port Charlotte High School, work together during the Iron Chef competition. Their teacher Chef Ron Westrom gave them baker’s shirts to wear to look more professional at the competition.
Maria Ramos and her daughter Gabriela Zevallos, 3, had fun looking at all the gingerbread houses.
Jeannette Siler was a judge for the Iron Chef competition Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Potter Building. “I like tradition,†said Siler about what she looks for in a winning gingerbread house.
Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s entry
A Marina Jack gingerbread house created by students at Suncoast School for Innovative Studies.
The gingerbread house made by Sunrise Elementary School featured solar panels on the roof and a windmill.
Whole Foods’ entry
Montanna Williamson, 15, adds a candy cane accent to Charlotte Tech Center’s gingerbread house.
Women’s Exchange’s gingerbread house was made to look like their store. The roof featured red and green price tags from their store.
Pine View Sailing Team’s entry
Amanda Pajaro, 17, adds green icing to Charlotte Tech Center’s gingerbread house.
Alta Vista Elementary’s Kettle Club entry took first place in the Elementary category.
Gwyn Baker looks at gingerbread houses with her daughter Rachel, 9, and her daughter’s friend, Brielle Campbell, 8.
CYD’s entry
Aarien Foster, 15, does some detailed icing work on Southeast High School’s gingerbread house.
Girl Scout Troop #172’s entry
Samantha Lockhart, 16, adds twizzlers to the roof of Southeast High School’s gingerbread house.
Mattison’s won first place in the adult category.
This flamingo themed gingerbread house was created by Ms. Wexler’s class of Brookside Middle School.
Charlotte Tech Center’s Montanna Williamson, 15, and Amanda Pajaro, 17, won first place in the Iron Chef competition Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Potter Building.
