December 11, 2019
Win a professionally decorated gingerbread house
Creations by the city’s best pastry chefs are up for auction
Decorating the coffee shop at Community Matters Café this week is a festive row of gingerbread houses. You’ll find Snoopy and Santa’s cookie shop, as well as a hot cocoa truck and a violin. They’ve been created by some of the best pastry chefs in Charlotte, and they’re being auctioned off as a fundraiser.
Ashley Anna Tuttle, the pastry chef at the non-profit restaurant, says she started working on the event in October. The plan is for the auction to be an annual fundraiser for Community Matters Café. Taking part in the debut auction are Brigitte Oger of Craft Cakes CLT, Laney Jahkel-Parrish of 300 East, Miranda Brown, Jossie Lukacik of Sweet Spot Studio, Justin Fry of The Club at Longview, McKinzie Spence of La Belle Helene, Mary Jayne Wilson of Amelie’s French Bakery, Maris Ochoa of Copain, Hannah Woociker of Barrister’s, and Seless Lautzenhiser and Bo Southivorarat of Southminster.
Check out some of our favorite houses below. See one that could be the perfect centerpiece for your holiday parties? Check out the rest of the gingerbread creations and bid on them here. As of writing, some houses were still at just $10. —Kristen Wile
Tuttle and the Community Matters Café team built a true two-story house. Kristen Wile/UP
This house from Hannah Woociker of Barrister’s comes with individual cookies. Kristen Wile/UP
Jossie Lukacik, owner of Sweet Spot Studio, created a hot cocoa truck. Kristen Wile/UP
Pastry chef Justin Fry put his expertise in chocolate to use. Kristen Wile/UP
300 East’s Laney Jahkel-Parrish even included the Charlie Brown Christmas tree in her Snoopy snowscape. Kristen Wile/UP
The team from La Belle Helene built a Parisian gingerbread house. Kristen Wile/UP
Mary Jayne Wilson’s creation channels Elsa’s castle. Kristen Wile/UP
