competition Showpieces
Competition Showpieces & Awards
*SCP = Société Culinaire Philanthropique
*PG = Paris Gourmet
U.S. Pastry Championship
First Place, Gold Medal
“Pastry Chef of the Year”
23rd U.S. Pastry Championship, 2012
Silver Medal
19th U.S. Pastry Competition, PG, 2008
18th U.S. Pastry Competition, PG, 2007
18th U.S. Pastry Competition, Paris Gourmet ’07
Anthony crafted this stunning showpiece with chocolate and sugar to look like bamboo plants, flowers and climbing iguanas. The flamingo atop mother nature adds even more height and beauty!
17th U.S. Pastry Competition, PG, 2006
17th U.S Pastry Competition Paris Gourmet, ’06
Anthony created this beautiful “Prelude to a Kiss” showpiece, featuring a couple tilting toward each other at the top, and a twisted violin at the base.
15th U.S Pastry Competition, PG, ’04
“Forbidden Fairy Tales”
15th U.S Pastry Competition,
Paris Gourmet, 2004
Anthony’s first solo entry into this annual competition was a “Forbidden Fairy Tales” book, wrapped in chains with storybook characters jumping out of it.
Nationals
Bronze Medal
National Pastry Team Championship ’09
Salon of Culinary Art
Gold Medal
143rd Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2011
At 143rd Salon of Culinary Art, Société Culinaire Philanthropique
Anthony won
Gold Medal of the Salon, First Prize for cooking
141st Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2009
“Danger in the Beauty”
141st Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2009
“Danger in the Beauty”
Dragonfly & Ant-like bug crawl on a branch among the flowers, but do you see the snake lurking in the pond below?,
Medal of the International Chefs Association
140th Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2008
140th Salon of Culinary Art
Anthony presented a chocolate showpiece on the Société Culinaire Philanthropique table, and earned a Medal of the International Chefs Association for his work.
Watch Société President Jean-Claude Blazy visit Anthony’s table
Silver Medal
139th Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2007
139th Annual Salon of Culinary Art, 2007
Anthony created a chocolate bumblebee showpiece, and won the Silver Medal for Pastry Presentation, awarded by Granata catering.
Gold & Silver Medals, Best in Show
138th Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2006
Anthony’s “Birds of a Feather” Showpiece, and “Simple Elegance” cake won First AND Second Prize for Pastry Presentation; The Gold Medal was awarded by the N.Y. Guild of Chefs, and the Silver Medal of the Salon was awarded by the Société Culinaire Philanthropique, for best chocolate piece of the show.
Silver Medal
137th Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2005
Gold Medal
136th Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2003
Gold Medal x2 , Wedding Cake
135th Salon of Culinary Art, SCP, 2002
135th Salon of Culinary Art,
Société Culinaire Philanthropique
This unique wedding cake won Anthony two Gold Medals, one from the Société Culinaire Philanthropique, and one from
Patis France