Julia couldn’t have been more excited to announce the second featured instructor in her Watch-Learn-Create series! Hosted by Manu Pezzopane on Julia’s community-based site Cookie Connection, these challenges kick off every two months with an instructional video by a noted cookie artist
Earlier in 2022, Cookie Connection’s popular Practice Bakes Perfect challenges got a makeover, and Challenge #51, which opened on July 20, was the first challenge bearing this brand new look. Woo hoo! Hosted by longtime Cookie Connection contributor Manu Pezzopane,
Julia is beyond-excited to return to the American Cake Awards in 2024 for an evening of celebrating North America’s finest cookie and cake artists! Sponsor, judge, and presenter, Julia is honored to wear so many hats at what is one
After a successful sold-out launch event in 2022, the American Cake Awards was back in 2023 with a magical night of celebration with North America’s sweetest cookie and cake artists! Julia and many other sugar heroes were in attendance for
Join North America’s sweetest sugar artists for a night of celebration at the brand new American Cake Awards. The culmination of a rigorous online competition, these awards recognize North American talent in the sugar arts across a spectrum of categories and
With the help of three different challenge hosts over the years, Cookie Connection is now celebrating its 50th Practice Bakes Perfect challenge! Woo hoo! Challenge #50 is commemorating that milestone by giving entrants the opportunity to revisit any of the past
Ready for it?! The results of the 2024 Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ are in! But first, a few observations about this year’s competition. To Julia’s great pleasure, the return to an online format allowed entries to flow in from
After a false start at its usual in-person home at That Takes the Cake (TTTC) Show, Julia’s annual cookie competition went virtual in 2022. (When TTTC canceled due to COVID for the second year in a row, Julia insisted that
Important Update: Unfortunately, That Takes the Cake Show canceled on January 16 due to COVID, and so this in-person format of the competition was also canceled. But there’s good news: Julia will be re-launching her 2022 competition in a virtual
Due to COVID, Julia’s annual cookie competition went fully virtual in 2021. The call for entries closed on October 15 with a record-high number of entries from all over the world. After much deliberation and some extremely difficult decision-making, Julia’s
Overview: After appearances at The Bake Fest every year since its inception in 2021, Julia happily returns to teach cookie decorating at the special holiday edition on October 5 and 6, 2024! Not familiar with The Bake Fest? It’s the
Overview: Julia is thrilled to return to Fall Cookie-A-Thon in 2024, though solely as a sponsor this time. For those not in the know, Cookie-A-Thon is the world’s largest online cookie decorating event, spanning two days (September 6 and 7)
Overview: After appearances at The Bake Fest every year since its inception in 2021, Julia happily returns to teach cookie decorating in 2024! Not familiar with The Bake Fest? It’s the world’s largest online baking and decorating event, and it
Overview: Julia is thrilled to return to Spring Cookie-A-Thon as both a sponsor and an instructor. For those not in the know, Cookie-A-Thon is the world’s largest online cookie decorating event, spanning four days (March 14-17) and including over 50
Overview: Julia is super excited to return to Holiday Cookie-A-Thon as both an instructor and a sponsor. For those not in the know, Cookie-A-Thon is the world’s largest online cookie decorating event, spanning four days (November 2 to 5) and including
Overview: Julia is thrilled to report that she’s returning to teach at The Bake Fest once again – this time for their special holiday edition! She has taught at this online event since its inception, and can’t endorse it highly enough. With
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