For the seventh year in a row we’ve invited LA’s best bakers, chefs and food writers to judge the Good Food Pie Contest . The event is Sunday, October 4th at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
This year’s judging panel includes Pulitzer Prize winning critic (and cream pie aficionado) Jonathan Gold as well as pastry chef Sherry Yard and previous pie contest champion Nicole Rucker. We are thrilled to bring back pie judging pros and welcome new faces to the judges deck. Check out the full list of judges below.
The deadline to ENTER YOUR PIE is Sunday, September 27th at 11:55pm.
Laurel Almerinda, Huckleberry, Milo + Olive, Cassia
Noelle Carter, LA Times Test Kitchen
Carol Cotner Thompson, culinary instructor and catering
Jonathan Gold, LA Times
Valerie Gordon, Valerie Confections, Valerie at Grand Central Market, and Valerie Echo Park
Clemence Gosset, The Gourmandise School of Sweets and Savories
Jonathan Grahm, Compartes
Roxana Jullapat, Elysian
Ann Kirk, Dominick’s, Little Dom’s and 101 Coffee Shop
Sarah Lange, Elysian
Rose Lawrence, Red Bread
Christine Moore, Little Flower Candy Company and Cafe, Lincoln
Dahlia Narvaez, Mozza Restaurant Group
Chris Phelps, Salt’s Cure
Meadow Ramsey, Sqirl
Akasha Richmond, Akasha Restaurant and Sāmbār
Nicole Rucker, Cofax
Hourie Sahakian, La Brea Bakery
Mariah Swan, BLD, ICDC
Lesley Bargar Suter, Los Angeles Magazine
Shannon Swindle, Craft LA
Zak Walters, Salt’s Cure
Robert Wemischner, LA Trade Tech College
Sherry Yard, iPic and Helms Bakery
