The Lafayette Culinary team took first place in a Gingerbread House competition that was judged at Plaza Frontenac the weekend of Dec. 3. 

“We received a medal from  L’École Culinaire which is on display in the FACS hallway,” long term FACS substitue Karla Johnson said. “The gingerbread house was auctioned off and purchased by a local dentist,” she added.

Students who worked on the house were seniors Jessica Bax, Sara Duncan, Antonio Jones, Dymond Strong, Charlie Zimmerman, junior Jesse Knickerbocker and sophomore Will Green.

 The house stood on a 2×2 foot square, had to be under two feet tall and be completely edible except the display board. It took over three weeks to assemble and only one major flaw occurred.

“The windmill fell apart we needed to deliver it,” Johnson said.

However the problem was fixed in time for the CulinaryTeam to snatch up the title.

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Lafayette’s Culinary Team, made up of students in FACS classes have entered a Gingerbread House in a contest at Plaza Frontenac sponsored by Lydia’s House. The theme of this year’s contest is “It’s A Small, World.”

Lydia’s House is an organization that provides transitional housing and critical support services for abused women and their children

The display of houses created by St. Louis’s best chefs runs through Dec. 5. The houses will be judged by a panel of experts and prizes will be awarded during a special ceremony on  Sunday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. at Plaza Frontenac.  The winners in each category, which are chosen by 23 judges, will be announced at that time.

The Lafayette FACS students have entered a house titled “Christmas Around the World”.  

This year there is also a  new award called, “People’s Choice” where anyone can go on Facebook and vote for their favorite gingerbread house. Everyone with a Facebook account can go online and vote for the LHS Culinary Team’s Gingerbread House. the link is:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=302633&id=110064652264

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