Call for Bakers! GingerbreadNYC
Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off (2024-25)
The Museum of the City of New York is thrilled to invite professional and amateur bakers from across the city to apply for entry to Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off, our third annual celebration of communities and neighborhoods in each of the five boroughs—as represented in gingerbread.
We are accepting submissions to participate through Friday, September 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST. Selected bakers will be invited to create a gingerbread display on the theme of “Iconic New York”—distinctive buildings, places, or things that represent your neighborhood, community, or borough. A panel of prominent New York City-based bakers, curators, and restaurant owners will judge the final designs and award prizes in a variety of categories.
How It Works:
A selection of professional and amateur bakers from each borough will be chosen to create a gingerbread display. Each bakery/baker selected will receive a $500 stipend toward materials and supplies. Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories and the displays will receive a Press Preview on Monday, November 4, 2024, and will be on view to the public from Friday, November 8, 2024, through Sunday, January 12, 2025.
How to Enter:
Please complete this entry form and include up to three photographs that are representative of your work as a professional or amateur baker.
The deadline to enter is Friday, September 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST.
For additional information, please see the Rules and Regulations.
Key Dates:
Fri, Sep 20 – Deadline to enter
Fri, Sep 27 – Bakers will be informed of selection
Fri, Oct 4 – Deadline for bakers to submit designs with accurate dimensions for approval
Fri, Oct 11 – Bakers will receive design approval/feedback
Thu, Oct 24 – Bakers install gingerbread displays
Fri, Oct 25 – Bakers install gingerbread displays
Mon, Oct 28 – Bakers install gingerbread displays
Tue, Oct 29 – Bakers install gingerbread displays
Thu, Oct 31 thru Fri, Nov 1 – Final judging
Mon, Nov 4 – Press preview
Fri, Nov 8 – Opens to the public
Sun, Jan. 12, 2025 – Last day on view to the public
Judges:
Bobbie Lloyd, CEO and Chief Baking Officer, Magnolia Bakery
Jonah Nigh, Semi-finalist, NBC/Peacock’s Baking It (Season 1); Comedian; Vice President for Development and Chief Advancement Officer, The Juilliard School
Nadine Orenstein, Drue Heinz Curator in Charge, Department of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; former judge, National Gingerbread House Competition in Asheville, NC
Amy Scherber, Owner and Founder, Amy's Bread, est. 1992; Cafe operator of Chalsty's Cafe, MCNY
Melba Wilson, Owner, Melba’s Restaurant; Author, Melba’s American Comfort: 100 Recipes from My Heart to Your Kitchen (2016)
Here's a 'taste' of how last year's competition came together...
For any additional questions, please email: gingerbreadnyc@mcny.org
