My sweet tooth is so ready for this. More than 40 of the regions top pastry professionals and students will compete for top honors at the Ninth Annual Let Eat Cake, a Wedding Cake Design Competition on Monday April 15th at The Merion located at 1301 Route 130 in Cinnaminson New Jersey. Brides–to-Be and Fondant Foodies

will be able to sample the entries, toast the talent with Champagne provided by KORBEL , dance the night away to Back 2 Life by Brandywine Valley Talent.

The event will be held this year at The Merion with our blind judging beginning at 4:00 lead by Sweet Genius Ron Ben Israel whom has so graciously donated his time. The judging panel will also consist of

Chef Kathy Gold, Owner of In The Kitchen Cooking Company, Natanya DiBona Co-Founder of Diner en Blanc, Lari Robling Food Journalist and Producer on WHYY just to name a few. The doors open to the general public at 6 p.m.

Proceeds of these evenings’ donations benefit cancer research, treatment and educational programs at the City of Hope. For more information go to http://www.cityofhope.org/giving/regional-fundraising-offices/philadelphia/let-them-eat-cake/Pages/default.aspx

About City of Hope:

City of Hope is a new model of cancer center, focused on rapidly accelerating the application of scientific discovery into new, better treatments. Their research leads to innovative drugs and treatments that help patients worldwide (e.g Humulin, Rituxan, Avastin etc) City of Hope uses the technology in new ways to treat more diseases and transfer that knowledge around the world ( e.g. bone marrow transplantation to treat multiply sclerosis and diabetes). Their scientific excellence and compassionate care attracts patients from across the country while their experts collaborate with others throughout the world and train the next generation of scientists.