New photos from the 2011 event will be up shortly! Watch for them our our flickr and Facebook page!

THANK YOU!!

Thank you to all who attended the 2011 Cupcake Love-in on October 30th at the Hotel Valley Ho! Your participation and support helped a wonderful non-profit, Central Arizona Shelter Services, and you can feel good about your money going to support an organization doing great work in our community!

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to all our amazing sponsors, donors, volunteers and of course pastry chefs who contributed their time, money, product, & services! We are so grateful to have the support of all of you and could not have put this event together without your dedication!!!

A BIG THANK YOU to our judges: Chef Aaron May, Food Writer Wynter Holden, NY Times Best Selling Author Jenn McKinlay, Cupcake Crazy winner Carol Torres and Founder, Cupcakes Take the Cake Blog Rachel Kramer Bussel. We appreciate your willingness to sit and try upwards of 30 cupcakes!

THANKS SO MUCH to our Emcees Thomas Smith and Andi Barness for being such fabulous hosts and giving a voice to this event.

CONGRATULATIONS to our winners:

BEST FROSTING – BOURBON STEAK
BEST CLASSIC CUPCAKE – JEWEL’S CUPCAKE SHOP
BEST USE OF SECRET INGREDIENT (POPCHIPS) – SANTA BARBARA CATERING CO.
MOST OUTRAGEOUS CUPCAKE – OLLIE CAKES
BEST IN SHOW – JEWEL’S CUPCAKE SHOP
CUPCAKE EATING CONTEST WINNER – NATHAN SIMPSON

A final THANK YOU to Jennifer Rueb, Jesse Thompson, Kristin Heggli, Chef Chuck Wiley, Chef Sean Currid, Chef Justin Pfeilsticker and the entire staff at the Hotel Valley Ho! We appreciate all your help, support and tireless dedication to our event!

See you next year,
The Cupcake Love-in Team!