UMBA American Bakery Expo Challenge
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Decorators have the opportunity to compete in
the UMBA American Bakery Expo Challenge
and/or take the RBA certification test at the same
time. Decorators can choose to compete or be
certified or do both.
Compete at the 2010 Upper
Midwest Bakery Convention in Red Wing and
win a chance to represent the UMBA, September
26-29, 2010 in Las Vegas. Travel expenses and
hotel accommodations will be provided by RBA
and UMBA for the competition in Las Vegas. The
contest will also be the hands on testing part of the
RBA Certified Decorator process.
Decorators will compete in all the RBA categories
at the state level including wedding cakes, sculpted
cakes, floral design, fondant, seasonal design and
creative categories.
Contestants will compete during a eight hour
period on Saturday with the winner to be
announced at the banquet on Saturday night. To be
eligible to compete the decorator must have four
years of professional cake decorating experience,
submit a portfolio of their work and be employed
by a bakery that is a RBA/UMBA member.
Expo Cake Winners 2009
Seasonal Designs
1st Darla Julin
2nd Cheryl Romanowski CD
3rd Sarah Olson
Creative Free Style
1st Sarah Olson
2nd Michelle Jensen
3rd KeeAnn Martineau
Sculpted Cakes
1st KeeAnn Martineau
2nd Darla Julin
3rd Michelle Jensen
Floral Designs
1st Sarah Olson
2nd KeeAnn Martineau
3rd Cheryl Romanowski CD
Wedding Cakes
1st Cheryl Romanowski CD
2nd Darla Julin
3rd KeeAnn Martineau
Sara Olson
Fondant Cake
1st Darla Julin
2nd Sarah Olson
3rd Cheryl Romanowske CD
Certified Cake Decorator Test
Robyn Hanisch
Michelle Hillman
Expo Contestants
Amanda Spoonts
Darla Julin
Cheryl Romanowski
Michelle Jensen
KeeAnn Martineau
Sara Olson
RBA/UMBA Expo Challenge Winner
Darla Julin