Gingerbread House Competition, Milwaukee

From OnMilwaukee.com.

If you have the chance, please stop by.

"Gingerbread House Competition/Display

Milwaukee Public Market ( map )
400 N. Water St.
Milwaukee, WI. 53202
Phone: 414-336-1111
Dec 05 to Dec 11

Event Description

More than 35 elaborate and fanciful gingerbread houses created by Baking Production students at Milwaukee Area Technical College will be on display. Proceeds from silent auctions for each house will go toward baking production student scholarships through the MATC Foundation, Inc. The public is encouraged to view and bid on the houses. Industry professionals will judge the houses for design and quality. Visitors are also invited to vote for the “people’s choice” scholarship winner. Scholarship awards will be presented to the winners at a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11. Results of the silent auctions also will be announced at the ceremony, and auction winners may take the houses with them that evening.

Holiday baking demonstrations by Deb Socha, Certified Master Baker and MATC baking production instructor, also will be held at 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Dec. 11 preceding the ceremony. The contest and auction are sponsored by the Wisconsin Bakers Association and The Milwaukee Public Market.

For more information, call Rich Busalacchi at (414) 297-6969. " OnMilwaukee.com - Milwaukee's Daily Magazine

Related article from JSOnline.

"Gingerbread houses on "tour"
By Nancy Stohs of the Journal Sentinel
Dec. 5, 2008

Shop at the Milwaukee Public Market and check out more than 30 fanciful gingerbread houses created by baking production students at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Then bid on the house you'd like to take home. Proceeds from the silent auction will go toward student scholarships through the MATC Foundation. Visitors also can vote for a "People's Choice" scholarship, to be awarded along with scholarships for winners selected in earlier judging.

Holiday baking demonstrations by MATC baking instructor Deb Socha will be held at the market at 1, 3 and 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, preceding a 6:30 p.m. awards ceremony.

The market is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. The houses are on display through Thursday. For more information, call Rich Busalacchi at (414) 297-6969.

Meanwhile, here's a sneak peek at just a few of the student-crafted houses. (Winners as yet are unknown, even to judges.)" Gingerbread houses on "tour" - JSOnline