Gingerbread House Competition

December 13, 2017

The winners of Milwaukee Area Technical College's 2017 gingerbread house competition were announced at a ceremony at the Milwaukee Public Market. In addition to 25 traditional gingerbread house entries, there were three replicas of the Milwaukee Bucks' new downtown Milwaukee arena and three of the Milwaukee Brewers’ Miller Park stadium as part of a new “Gingerbread Pro” partnership. All entries were created by MATC’s baking and pastry arts associate degree and baking production technical diploma program students. The team of Ana Silva and McKenzie Miller won first place in the traditional gingerbread house competition, while Mary Kate Drayna won the People’s Choice award. Silva also won first place and the People’s Choice awards for her entry in the “Gingerbread Pro” event for her creation of Miller Park, and Strait Reyes won first place in the Milwaukee Bucks portion of the competition for her creation of the new arena.