2022 Chefs & Judges Gallery

It was our absolute pleasure to host 11 competitors in 2022. These talented and daring bakers presented their prized cookie creations for a loonie-a-taste.

The 2022 Competitors

Chef Ashley Benson - Bloom Cookie Co.
Chef Erica Box - Red Balloon Sweets Co.
Chef Shane Chartrand - Vons Steak House & Oyster Bar
Chef Curtis Jones - Ernest's at NAIT
Chef Vikram Redgaonkar - Highlands Golf Club
Chef Neil Royale - Seitans
Chef Robert Takacs - The Common
Joanne Landmark, Amateur Chef
Theresa Yaremchuk, Amateur Chef
Milk & Co., Amateur Chefs (Highlands Gr. 9 Student Team)
Doughmocracy, Amateur Chefs (Ashley Salvador, City Councillor + Blake Desjarlais, MP + Janis Irwin, MLA)

: Chef Ashley Benson
Bloom Cookie Co.

: Chef Shane Chartrand
Vons Steak House & Oyster Bar

: Joanne Landmark
Amateur Chef

: Theresa Yaremchuk
Amateur Chef

: Chef Erica Box
Red Balloon Sweets Co.

: Chef Robert Takacs
The Common

: Doughmocracy
Amateur Chefs: Janis Irwin, Blake Desjarlais & Ashley Salvador

: Chef Curtis Jones
Ernest’s Dining Room at NAIT

: Milk & Co.
Amateur Chefs

: Chef Vikram Redgaonkar
Highlands Golf Club

: Chef Neil Royale
Seitans

The 2022 Judges & Student Judges

Tough-love judges Cindy Lazarenko (Chef, Food Educator & Co-Owner of OnOurTable), Linda Hoang (Blogger, Content Creator, & Social Media Strategist), Jon Timms (Photographer), Jennifer Sobczuk (Highlands School Assistant Principal), and Nigel Prosser (Co-Owner of Be-a-Bella Candy & Gifts) were paired with Highlands School student judges to scrutinize and award Judges' Choice, Kids' Choice, and Most Unique. The general public also cast their votes for the People's Choice award.