Kerry Vincent
In 2001 she wrote the book Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes . Vincent regularly appears as one of the judges on the reality series Food Network Challenge on the Food Network Cable television network. 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. She also made cakes for the PME book, Creating Wedding & Anniversary cakes. Vincent has taught at the French Pastry School, Chicago in the Master Instructor’s series. 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. Vincent s personal mission is to elevate sugarcraft techniques for recognition as a true art form worldwide.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. Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes (2001) .
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 taped a TV special at the show in 2006. The Tulsa World newspaper ran a special supplement celebrating the Oklahoma State Centennial, which concluded in November 2007.
Vincent believes that competition is key to personal artistic growth. 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.
She is also a judge on the Food Network Challenge television show. Vincent is a self-taught Cake Designer. 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.
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. Under the sugar art show umbrella, The Grand National Wedding Cake Competition was founded – a specialty event in the USA.
Creating this special forum has made participants push the envelope and grow beyond their dreams. Kerry Vincent, née Flynn (born in Wyalkatchem, Western Australia), is the show of director and co-founder of the annual Oklahoma Sugar Art Show, author, and freelance writer.
