Vote for the Erie Canal Museum’s top gingerbread gallery bakers
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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This year’s panel of judges recently completed scoring submissions in the 35th annual gingerbread gallery at the Erie Canal Museum in downtown Syracuse.
This year’s judges were Tykemia Carman of Crave Dessert Studio who’s been featured on Food Network’s “Christmas Cookie Challenge”, Rebecca Riley of Peace, Love and Cupcakes at 121 W. Fayette St., and Brandon Roth of CNYCentral. In all, 31 gingerbread submissions were judged on the basis of overall appeal, originality, difficulty and creative use of materials.
Top bakers in the Youth, Family/Group and Senior categories are honored with ribbons. Cash prizes go to the top three winners in the Confectioner category, and a special ribbon is awarded to the baker whose work is judged to best represent the Erie Canal.
How did Syracuse sweet shop owner fare on TV’s Christmas Cookie Challenge?
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Tykemia Carman, owner of Crave Dessert Studio in Syracuse, competed Dec. 14 on an episode of the Food Network s Christmas Cookie Challenge. (Photo courtesy Gilded Heart Fine Art Studios)
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Syracuse, N.Y. The way Tykemia Carman looks at it, getting a chance to appear on the Food Network’s show “Christmas Cookie Challenge” was rewarding in itself.
Spoiler alert: Carman, owner of Crave Dessert Studio in Syracuse, didn’t win the $10,000 prize in the episode that aired Monday night.
But she held her own: She made it past the first round and was battling to the very end. Judges Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson praised her decorating skills and the detail work of the piping on her final entry, a 3D cookie Christmas tree adorned with the “leaves” of desert succulent plants.
How to watch Syracuse sweets shop owner on Food Network Christmas Cookie Challenge
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Tykemia Carman, owner of Crave Dessert Studio in Eastwood, will compete on an episode of the Food Network s Christmas Cookie Challenge on Dec. 14. (Photo courtesy Gilded Heart Fine Art Studios)
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It’s the season for Christmas cookies, and tonight’s the night a Syracuse business owner get to stake her claim to be one of the best at making them.
Tykemia Carman, owner of Crave Dessert Studio, is one of five contestants on tonight’s episode of the Food Network’s Chistmas Cookie Challenge. The episode, called Christmas is Heating Up, airs at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. (It’s on again at 1 a.m. Tuesday).