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Bronx pastry chef participates
in TV Halloween Baking contest
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
It was a spook-tacular time for a
Bronx pastry chef who showcased
her creepy culinary desserts on the
Food Network Channel’s Halloween
Baking Championship competing
for a chance to win $25,000.
Though she didn’t win the
season 5 hair-raising Halloweenthemed
challenge, 26-year-old Brittany
Lombardi of Pelham Bay was
ecstatic to be selected for the show
among seven other contestants,
which was fi lmed in Los Angeles
in April and aired on Oct. 28.
“I wanted to try and challenge
myself and put myself against
some really talented bakers,” said
Lombardi, who was eliminated
from the competition during the
second episode. “I wanted the exposure
and to get out there and to see
if that’s something I am capable of
doing and it was really an amazing
experience.”
In the fi rst episode, Lombardi’s
Brittany Lombardi (third from left) is one of eight contestants who competed on
the Food Network Channel’s Halloween Baking Championship show for a prize of
$25,000. Photo courtesy of Brittany Lombardi
They count on you,
Pelham Bay resident Brittany Lombardi competes in the Food Network Channel’s
Halloween Baking Championship show whipping up a rum coconut cream pie with
fl ambeed bananas.
Photo courtesy of Brittany Lombardi
would always be baking,”
Lombardi said.
In the meanwhile, Lombardi
operates her small business, Little
Cake Baker, from her home.
“I do all wedding cakes and
specialty cakes,” Lombardi said.
“My favorite part about the job is
the customers’ reaction. It’s satisfying
that I can create something
to help them celebrate a special occasion.”
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creations included a skeletonthemed
dark chocolate cupcake dessert
made with hazelnut chocolate
fi lling and hazelnut buttercream,
followed by a one-eyed monster
vanilla cake with a marshmallow
and raspberry fi lling.
For the second episode, Lombardi
whipped up a coconut cream
pie with a silhouette of demon fairies
and a rice pudding dessert for
the theme of “Day of the Dead.”
“I was so nervous. You’re in the
kitchen and you don’t know where
anything is, and there are three
camera people on you running
back and forth, but the time constraint
was really diffi cult for me,”
Lombardi said. “It was very cool
though.”
It’s not the fi rst time Lombardi
has competed in a cooking competition.
In 2017, she participated in
the America’s Cake Fair competition
in Orlando, FL. and is looking
forward to competing in another
competition in the future.
“Growing up in a big Italian
family, cooking has always been a
big part of our life and especially
baking — my dad and grandmother
So count on us to
keep you going.
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