Kerry Vincent
Vincent in 2011
Born
Kerry Flynn

(1945-06-01)1 June 1945
Wyalkatchem, Western Australia
Died2 January 2021(2021-01-02) (aged 75)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Author, cake designer, Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show director
Known forJudge on Food Network Challenge, Last Cake Standing, The Best Thing I Ever Ate

Kerry Vincent (née Flynn; 1 June 1945 – 2 January 2021) was an Australian television personality and baker. She was a judge on several Food Network shows, as well the co-founder of the annual Oklahoma Sugar Art Show.[1]

Career

Vincent was a specialist cake designer. She wrote the book Romantic Wedding Cakes which was published by Merehurst Press in 2002.[1] She was inducted into the International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES) Sugarcraft Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. in 2004.[2]

Vincent was instrumental in bringing fondant icing to the United States. While in Australia in 1989, she approached fondant manufacturer, Pettinice, and convinced them to set up a manufacturing facility in Texas.[3]

Vincent regularly appeared as one of the judges on the reality series Food Network Challenge on the Food Network Cable television network.[4] 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.

Vincent has taught at the El Atelier Del Azucar Bakery School in Santa Rosa District, Lima Province, Peru.[5] In May 2004, she taught at the Macomb Culinary Institute in Warren, Michigan part of the Macomb Community College.[6]

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."[7][8]

In 2013, Vincent was a judge in The Great Australian Bake Off, a reality television baking competition.[9]

In 2014, Kerry Vincent hosted nine episodes of a show on the Food Network called Save My Bakery, in which she helped out struggling bakeries.[10][11]

Vincent died from an undisclosed illness on 2 January 2021, at age 75.[12][13]


Bibliography

Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes (2001)[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sugar Artists test their talents in Oklahoma competition". Vanilla Vine Newsletter. Nielsen-Massey Vanillas (3). 2002. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  2. ↑ "Kerry Vincent". Food Network. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Kerry Vincent | http://www.cake-decorating-corner.com/". cake-decorating-corner.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Food Network Challenge - Episode CC0404". Food Network. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  5. ↑ "Rosa Viacava - Pioneering in Modern Sugarcraft Art". Rosa Viacava. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  6. ↑ "Rosa Viacava - Pioneering in Modern Sugarcraft Art" (PDF). Rosa Viacava. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  7. ↑ Mikles, Natalie (20 February 2008). "Icing the competition". Tulsa World. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  8. ↑ "Wedding Cakes: America's Favorite Cakes". Brides magazine. 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  9. ↑ "The Great Australian Bake off". Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  10. ↑ Matt. "Food Network Gossip: Save My Bakery - New Food Network Series". foodnetworkgossip.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Parrish, Ashley (15 November 2008). "Oklahoma 100: Sugar Arts Show". Tulsa World. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  12. ↑ Shafer, Ellise (3 January 2021). "Kerry Vincent, Food Network Judge and Host, Dies at 75". Variety. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Kerry A. Vincent Obituary (2021) Tulsa World". Legacy.com.
  14. ↑ McMillian, Grace. "Kerry Vincent".
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