JUDGES CupCake Camp
*Celeb Judges*
AnnetteStarbuck
the multi-Award Winning Founder of Goodie Girls Cupcakes
located in Glendale, California from shows such as Food Network's
"Cupcakes Wars", CBS's "The Talk", or Fox News "Wednesday's Child".
Annette exuberates a joyous passion for creating a variety of baked
delights through her valiant curiosity and enchanting talent. She won
the Season premiere of Cupcake Wars in Season 3 and went on to do a live
on air demo of her Pumpkin Pancake Cupcakes and introduce the nation to
her crafted "Cake-Ups" on CBS's "The Talk" co-hosting with Debi Mazar
and Julie Chen. She has been involved in numerous charity events
ranging from St. Jude's, Red Cross, UCLA Medical Center, Love is Louder,
ASPCA, Alta Med, Angel Acres and many more. She has also been a go to
Cupcakery for clients ranging from Zooey Magazine, Fox Cinemas, Disney,
Dream Magazine, The Oscars, Grammy's, and shows/movies such as The Big
Bang Theory, 2 1/2 Men, The Art of Getting By, Judy Moody, and Woman in
Black.
Even more remarkable, aside from countless independent
Instructional Culinary Sessions, Annette has never actually enrolled
into any institutional Culinary Programs or attended Culinary School,
but she's achieved acclaimed success only through her seasoned personal
experience and pure creative determination.
"Baking
is a passion of mine and I create every cupcake with all my heart and
soul. Whether for a small occasion of getting together with
Friends, BBQ's, Showers or a big event for Charities, Weddings, or
Banquets I craft each batch as I was feeding my own family - it's who I
am at the core. I am lucky to have my whole family with me on this
adventure including my rock star husband Anthony, my amazing father Doug
and last but definitely the most influential, my step mom Stephanie.
Together we Rock the Cupcake World!"
ALISON RIEDE of
SUGAR CAT STUDIO
Alison
Riede, Food Network's Cupcake Wars Season 4 WINNER and founder of Sugar
Cat Studio, is delighted to be a judge at Cupcake Camp Westlake
Village. Alison opened
Sugar Cat Studio, an independent cupcake catering business, which also
offers handmade cupcake wrappers, in Santa Barbara in July 2010. Alison
also offers gluten-free cupcakes, which she became especially passionate
about after her sister was diagnosed with celiac disease. With degrees
in Surface Pattern, Textile and Fashion Design from Syracuse University,
her inspiration runs the gamut. From thrift store aisles, fashion
runways, décor magazines and shows on Food Network, anything can spark
an idea for a new cupcake wrapper design or cupcake flavor. Color
combinations and patterns inspire her, and she loves flea market
shopping and reading almost any food blog or magazine she can get her
hands on. Her most popular cupcake flavors are white chocolate coconut,
pink champagne, and anything cheesecake related. Alison's cupcake
wrappers have been shipped worldwide for weddings in Paris, London, and
Australia, and she's also created cupcake wrappers for the Academy
Awards celebrity gifting suites. Alison bakes gourmet cupcakes for
weddings, birthday parties, and other special events, and there isn't a
cupcake flavor she won't try at least once! She's also donated cupcakes
to fundraisers, most recently the Organic Soup Kitchen Jazz BBQ
Fundraiser in Santa Barbara, and has partnered with Oreana Winery on
select weekends to create unique wine and cupcake pairings. Alison
welcomes custom requests, and would be delighted to bake cupcakes or
create cupcake wrappers for your special event!
The Cupcake
Princess and Winner of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, Season Two. She is the Founder of Cupcake &
Cookie, located right here in the Conejo Valley.
Dorothy has a passion for
extraordinary desserts, so at Cupcake & Cookie they specialize in cupcake
filled cookies™ and cookie
filled cupcakes™ in unique flavor
combinations. Popular
cupcake flavors include The Red Velvet (moist red velvet cupcake filled with
pieces of cheesecake cookie bars, frosted with cream cheese frosting and
garnished with crushed graham crackers), The Cupcake & Cookie (deep
chocolate cupcake filled with chocolate chip cookie dough and topped with
chocolate chip cookie dough frosting) and the Cookie Jar (moist yellow cake
filled with pieces of chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies and chocolate chip
cookies and topped with fudge frosting).
Since they are a custom dessert bakery, Cupcake & Cookie can create
any cupcake you dream of. Cupcake
& Cookie hand deliver and cater desserts throughout Ventura and Los Angeles
counties. The Cupcake Princess
also hosts cupcake decorating parties, where she will come to your event and
teach you and your guests how to decorate cupcakes! Cupcake & Cookie enjoy participating in fundraisers and
donations, working with Make A Wish, community organizations, schools,
fraternities, etc. As Dorothy
likes to say, “Cupcakes really can save the world!”.
Dorothy is so delighted to be
a part of the 1 Annual Cupcake Camp Conejo Valley, and can’t wait
to see you there!
For more information about
Cupcake & Cookie, please visit:
www.CupcakeandCookieLA.com www.TheCupcakePrincess.com
David, a Los Angeles native, is a Cupcake Connoisseur, Husband, Father and operates CupcakesEverywhere.com. CupcakesEverywhere.com is a super sweet blog full of Southern California cupcake news and fundraisers, features of cupcakes and cupcake stores and features his special Cupcake Crawls throughout the United States. Several posts cover cupcake stores from as far East as Panama City, Florida and as far west as Honolulu, Hawaii. Through CupcakesEverywhere.com David has raised over $ 5,000 for non-profits including: Cupcakes For Cancer, The Peacock Foundation, November.org and many others!
Anisa Tipton, MS, RD, CLC, a.k.a The Nutrition Mama Anisa Tipton is a registered dietitian, certified lactation counselor, consultant, wife and mother of two beautiful children (BenZion and Shiloh). Anisa received a B.S. in Nutrition from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA. After college, she successfully completed a dietetic internship with the State University of New York in Oneonta, NY and passed the national exam to become a registered dietitian. After working in the field of clinical dietetics for 5 years, Anisa discovered that her interests in dietetics really came from a more alternative view point. During that epiphany, Anisa decided to obtain a Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition; she also became licensed in clinical esthetics, and certified in massage therapy. As a professional in the field of dietetics, Anisa wanted to help other new mothers. She decided to broaden her knowledge by becoming a certified lactation counselor. After becoming a new mother again, Anisa noticed that there was little support for new mothers in Ventura County. In 2010, Anisa created The Nutrition Mama, to help teach mothers how to create healthier, happier families by offering nutrition education and breastfeeding support services. Anisa is passionate about being a mother and raising healthy children. She hopes to share her knowledge with the other mothers in her community who have the common desire to create a lifetime of good eating habits and optimal health for their families.
Christopher Benevides:
Christopher
Benevides was born in providence Rhode Island, then moved out to Southern California at the young age of 8 years old. Christopher didn't
develope his culinary skills or passion till a late age, it was one year
after he graduated high school were he relized he did not want to go to
college or go into the family business was not for him, and wanted to
try his hand in the crazy culinary world. He went to Cordon Bleu in Southern Pasadena. In those 2 years that he was there he relized this is
the crazy mixed up high pressure world he wanted to be in. After
graduating top 10 in his class Christopher then went on to work in Los
Angeles and San Diego, ...but he went back home to temecula to work
because this is where family and friends are. There is where he decided
he wanted to make his new culinary home and see what else he can learn
and do to one day open is own mom & pop restaurant.
Christopher
is a wonderful passionate person that doesn't just care about the food
he cooks but also about making sure the person eating his food is
happy, satisfied and enjoying there time in his culinary world, so they
enjoy every minute of there dinning experience with him. He believes the
food taste that much better if you take care of the person eating your
food making sure they are enjoying everything !!! Cause if they are
happy when they leave, then that's were you know they will come back and
be a part of Christopher crazy fun culinary family adventure! Now let
the adventure begin!!
Youth Judges
Blakely Colvin
18 yr old Blake, founder and creator of Cupcakes for Cancer has a BIG
sweet tooth-especially when it comes to Cupcakes - the more vanilla
frosting and pink sprinkles the better! After baking over 5,000
cupcakes, granting 9 wishes for Make a Wish of the Tri-counties,
donating $20,000 to The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara
and raising an amazing $100,000 for children with cancer- all with silly $1
cupcakes- we think she is a SUGARY bet to help judge your cupcake
treats!
more info see: CUPCAKES FOR CANCER page.
JESSEN VILLARYO
11 year old Jessen is a current 5th grader at Sunset Elementary School
in Oakview.
Jessen loves cats, dragons and video games. He was diagnosed with Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia (A.L.L.) in December 2007 and started treatments at
Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara then
transferred to Ventura
County Medical
Center to be closer to
home. Jessen is so happy to have celebrated the end of his 3 year course
of treatments last Feburary 2012. His interests include science, computers, paleontology and welding! He
can't wait to enjoy tasting those
wonderful cupcakes! GOD BLESS you Jessen and your health!
BRYANA INOUYE
I am a senior at Moorpark High School and I am Miss Teen Ventura County Intl. Since I could talk, I always wanted to be a princess. My freshmen year in high school, I found out about the International Pageant system and immediately wanted to compete. This past year I was fortunate enough to capture my current title. The International system is great -- it gets young women involved in their community because this pageant system focuses largely on community involvement. My first platform was Soles4Soles and I collected over 1,000 pairs of shoes and donated them to people who have never had a pair of shoes. The platform I am working with now is Go Red for Women through the American Heart Association, which spreads awareness about women's heart disease. I chose this platform after seeing what my best friend has gone through with four heart surgeries, and still struggling with heart issues. I have learned so much from the Gushwa Family - Crowning Glory Productions - this past year, who have treated me like their own daughter. I have grown a lot working with various charities since I won my title.
My hobby is baking! My mother was a professional baker, and I have had fun creating all kinds of goodies throughout my childhood. I am excited to be a Judge for the Cupcakes for Cancer and to be able to help this fund raiser in any way that I can.
