Exclusive Interview With Santa’s BFF At The Food Network
Amie Pope of Beverly, Massachusetts won the Food Network's Christmas Cookie Challenge by rolling love and favorite holiday memories into her dough. A two-tiered competition began with five talented bakers from around the country vying to win the grand-prize of ten thousand dollars.
Mixing, baking, and decorating countless trays of cookies, Amie moved like a Ninja around her home-kitchen as she explained her unexpected path to the Food Network special. Out of a summer blue sky producers of the Christmas Cookie Challenge contacted Amie after discovering her Instagram page The Painted Pastry. A series of telephone calls were followed by Skype interviews and family photo sharing before she was flown to New Orleans last August. Armed with a few winter outfits and memorized recipes, Amie said she didn't know what to anticipate in Louisiana but was eager to compete in the delicious day of Christmastime holiday decorating.
