Kerry Vincent
Australian pastry chef (1945–2021)
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Kerry Vincent (née Flynn; 1 June 1945 – 2 January 2021) was an Australian television personality and baker. She was a judge on several Food Network shows, as well the co-founder of the annual Oklahoma Sugar Art Show.[1]
1 June 1945
Kerry Vincent | |
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 Vincent in 2011 | |
| Born | Kerry Flynn 1 June 1945 |
| Died | 2 January 2021 (aged 75) Tulsa, Oklahoma, US |
| Occupations | Author, cake designer, Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show director |
| Known for | Judge on Food Network Challenge, Last Cake Standing, The Best Thing I Ever Ate |
Career
Vincent was a specialist cake designer. She wrote the book Romantic Wedding Cakes which was published by Merehurst Press in 2002.[1] She was inducted into the International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES) Sugarcraft Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. in 2004.[2]
Vincent was instrumental in bringing fondant icing to the United States. While in Australia in 1989, she approached fondant manufacturer, Pettinice, and convinced them to set up a manufacturing facility in Texas.[3]
Vincent regularly appeared as one of the judges on the reality series Food Network Challenge on the Food Network Cable television network.[4] She was also the show host for four one-hour specials for the Food Network, highlighting the skill of winning contestants in the Grand National Wedding Cake Competition.[citation needed]
Vincent has taught at the El Atelier Del Azucar Bakery School in Santa Rosa District, Lima Province, Peru.[5] In May 2004, she taught at the Macomb Culinary Institute in Warren, Michigan part of the Macomb Community College.[6]
After the Wedding Style Director of Brides magazine was a guest judge at the Oklahoma Sugar Art Show, Vincent was selected for a special feature in the March–April 2008 issue of the magazine entitled "America's 50 Most Beautiful Cakes."[7][8]
In 2013, Vincent was a judge in The Great Australian Bake Off, a reality television baking competition.[9]
In 2014, Kerry Vincent hosted nine episodes of a show on the Food Network called Save My Bakery, in which she helped out struggling bakeries.[10][11]
Vincent died from an undisclosed illness on 2 January 2021, at age 75.[12][13]
Bibliography
Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes (2001)[14]
