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RBA Roadshow in Chicago
On Sunday, Dec. 2, the Retail Bakers of America (RBA) will launch the RBA Roadshow at Kendall College in Chicago. Designed to bring bakers, cake decorators, vendors, students and educators together, this one-day event is the ﬁrst of several regional educational programs planned by the RBA in the coming months.

fabulous networking event (5 p.m. to 8 p.m.) with hors d’oeuvres, charcuterie and crudités made by Kendall College’s aspiring chefs. Adult beverages, of course, will be on the menu, too. The day will wrap up in the early evening to give our attendees time to travel home - or to go out on the town. With Michigan Avenue decorated for the holidays, it’ll be a great get-away before the ensuing holiday madness! Ken Jarosch, president of CARBA, says that Chicago was chosen as the RBA Roadshow launch point in part because, “Chicago is a great bakery town. We have numerous cupcake

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shops, boutique bakeries and traditional bakeries from a For more information and to register, visit http://retailbakersofamerica.org/ rba-roadshow-chicago-2012. Kendall College, one of Chicago’s top culinary schools, will serve as the location for the Dec. 2 event. The day will begin with bakery tours of three of Chicago’s renowned bakeries: Roeser’s Bakery, Delightful Pastries, and Dinkel’s Bakery. A boxed lunch of European-style sandwiches (made by Coupe de Monde de Boulangerie winner, Jory Downer of Bennison’s Bakery) will be provided, along with a vendor showcase running from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. In conjunction with the lunch/vendor showcase, RBA will offer two tracks of education: one for cake decorating/ baking, one for business. The classes will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Following the educational portion of the day, RBA and CARBA will host a Flat Fee Price: tours, lunch, education and networking event: $125. À La Carte Option: tours and lunch - $50; education - $40; networking event - $50. The à la carte is a great option for bakery owners who would like to bring several employees from their bakeries. As an added bonus for attendees of the RBA Roadshow, both CARBA and RBA will offer half-off annual memberships to those that purchase tickets for the event. Pricing for the event is as follows: wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. CARBA has hosted several conventions over the years and the member bakers gladly welcome any baker into their shops. We are thankful for the very generous use of the Kendall College facilities, providing an ideal setting for the educational seminars, demos and interactions with vendors.”

Kerry Vincent will judge The Great Australian Bake Off, which will air next year.

The Nine Network announced Shane Jacobson and Anna Gare as hosts of The Great Australian Bake Off, with Dan Lepard and Kerry Vincent joining them as judges in the search to ﬁnd Australia’s Best Home Baker. The ultimate kitchen battle is set to erupt when Nine serves up this brand new TV dish in 2013. Ten home baking enthusiasts will be put through a series of grueling elimination challenges, baking a mouth-watering selection of cakes, pies, tarts, pastries, bread, biscuits and desserts, all in the hope of being crowned Australia’s Best Home Baker. The franchise began on the BBC TWO in 2010, the UK format is a ratings phenomenon with its series three ﬁnale drawing its highest ever peak audience of 7.2 million and attracting a record-breaking average of 6.5 million viewers.

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