Young Chefs Academy of The Woodlands

Please go to our Facebook and help us pick our SOCIAL MEDIA AWARD WINNER!
Voting is between now and Wednesday at Midnight!

‼️Please remember votes need to be on FACEBOOK‼️

We have 5 Chefs that made this round this time!

Chef Stella Mae: Vanilla Cupcake with Chocolate Ganache and Strawberry Frosting

Chef Jelissa: Earl Grey Cupcake with Lemon Curd and White Chocolate Frosting

Chef June: Chiffon Cupcakes with Chantilly Cream and Buttercream Frosting

Chef Jonah: Pumpkin Cupcake with Caramel Apple Filling and Caramel Frosting
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Chef Jocelyn: Oreo Cupcake with Strawberry Filling and Strawberry Frosting

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WOW! It never ceases to amaze us what our chefs are capable of!
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Congratulations to:
🏆Chef Maggie- Winner & OVERALL Winner
🏆Chef Noah- Runner-up

🏆Chef Nova- Winner
🏆Chef Everleigh- Runner up

🏆Chef Cleo- Winner
🏆Chef Adelaide- Runner up
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Congratulations Chefs! 🎉
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As you all know we have one more trophy to award!
Stay tuned for our Social Media Award Candidates Post!

Sneak Peek 👀 Cupcake Challenge 2025: Session 4

Sneak Peek 👀 Cupcake Challenge 2025: Session 3

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Sneak Peek 👀 Cupcake Challenge 2025: Session 2

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Sneak Peek into Session 1!

Great job Chefs! 👏 🧁

It’s finally here—the biggest CUPCAKE CHALLENGE ever! 🎉

Our bakers are already rolling with their CREATIVE ideas, incredible skills, and CUPCAKES that will leave you speechless.

Get ready for a day full of flair, fun, and frosting-covered masterpieces! 🧁✨

Stay tuned for photos and our winners!

🎉 Only 1 day until the CUPCAKE CHALLENGE! 🎉

Fun fact: The world’s smallest CUPCAKE was just 1.5 centimeters wide, while the most expensive featured diamonds and gold—a JAW-DROPPING luxury! 🌟 Our bakers will be crafting bold, unforgettable CUPCAKES. Get ready to ENJOY some truly CREATIVE SHOWSTOPPERS packed with flair! 🧁✨

Retired educator (High school English teacher) and professional school counselor with 36 years of experience helping others, Denise spent 25 years in Conroe ISD: 18 years at The Woodlands High School as Registrar, Grade Level Counselor and Lead Counselor before having the privilege of working 7 years as Coordinator for Guidance and Counseling for the district. Denise supported the district’s 171 counselors as they served the 68,000 students and families in CISD. She continues to be a mental health advocate in Montgomery County connecting the community with available resources and ensuring individuals have a wealth of referral and resource information.

Denise is on the Board of Directors for Lone Star Family Health Center in Conroe , actively involved with the Behavioral Health and Su***de Prevention Task Force of Montgomery County, and on the Board of Directors for Mosaics of Mercy.

Denise’s passion has been working with people of all ages to help them realize their potential and encouraging them to reach for their dreams while freeing themselves from being victims of their past. She is a strong advocate of teaching the importance of effective communication skills, patience, and acceptance of individual differences. She is dedicated to teaching Resiliency, grit, and using failures as fuel for future success.

Mother of two young adults , mother-in-law of two wonderful bonus young adults and grandmother of four, Denise has experienced first-hand the heartbreaking challenges of keeping teenagers safe until the whole brain matures….age 26 is very long coming and it may take longer, but with communication, commitment and love, all things are possible, no situation lasts forever, and you are not the first or only one to experience whatever you are going through.

Heather Brookshire is an award winning baker from Spring, who has appeared on Food Network multiple times and is a Food Network Christmas Cookie Champion. Her career started after attending Le Notre Culinary Institute and working in brick and mortar bakeries across Houston, including Three Brothers Bakery. In 2015, she started her own cottage bakery, The Cake Whisperer.

She bakes all kinds of sweet treats ranging from towering wedding cakes to fully decorated gingerbread houses. Heather also teaches monthly sugar cookie classes with baking bestie Kim.

And Now Let's Meet Our Judges!

Chef José knew he wanted to be a chef when he was 19 years old. He was a dishwasher at the time and dreamed of one day being the executive chef for his own restaurant. -
He loves everything about this industry, from the hustle and bustle in the kitchen, to inspiring and teaching staff and of course being able to be creative and coming up with new ideas for new recipes, new flavors and new concepts. He started trying to learn everything he could and immersed himself in the culinary world. He began as a baker with the Orioli group and through his perseverance now has become the executive chef at !
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He cannot wait to see what our chefs come up with and hope that maybe one of our chef’s creations will be close to his favorite dessert, tres leches! 😋

🎉 Only 2 days until the CUPCAKE CHALLENGE! 🎉

Did you know the tallest CUPCAKE tower ever made stood at a JAW-DROPPING 40 feet tall? 😲 While we won’t be building towers, our bakers will be MIXING up SIGNATURE RECIPES that rise to the challenge. Get ready for some truly IMAGINATIVE MASTERPIECES! 🧁✨

➡️ Continue following us along to meet our judges—directly after this post!

🎉 Only 3 days until CHALLENGE KITCHEN: CUPCAKES kicks off! 🎉

Fun fact: The RECORD for eating the most CUPCAKES in ONE sitting is a JAW-DROPPING 72 CUPCAKES in just SIX minutes! 😮

While we’re SAVORING every bite, our bakers will be WHIPPING up CREATIONS that are WORTH SLOWING down for. We can’t wait to see their IMAGINATIVE MASTERPIECES! 🧁✨

Make sure to TUNE In TOMORROW to MEET OUR JUDGES!

4 Days until the OVENS HEAT UP for the CUPCAKE CHALLENGE! 🍰🔥

Did you know the world's HEAVIEST Cupcake weighed over 1,200 POUNDS and stood over a FOOT TALL? That's a WHOLE LOT OF FROSTING! 😮🧁

While we won't be going for WORLD RECORDS, we CAN'T WAIT to see our CHALLENGERS show off their CREATIVITY, IMPRESSIVE SKILLS, AND DELICIOUS DESIGNS! 🎉✨

Get ready for some UNFORGETTABLE TREATS!

The COUNTDOWN is on—just FIVE days until our CHALLENGE KITCHEN: CUPCAKES 🎉🧁

Our YOUNG CHEFS are gearing up to CREATE their most IMPRESSIVE CUPCAKES, and we can’t wait to see (and taste!) their incredible RECIPES. Stay tuned for all the EXCITEMENT! ⏳🍰

Calling all YOUNG CHEFS! 📣📣📣

Join us this FRIDAY for a VALENTINE'S DAY WORKSHOP filled with:

❤️Heart Shaped Pretzels
❤️Meringue Kisses
❤️Thumbprint Heart Cookies

Our chefs will MIX, ROLL, and BAKE their way to delicious treats! 🥨👩‍🍳💕

Don't MISS OUT! Click to register below!
Ages 6-12

https://thewoodlandstx.youngchefsacademy.com/pages/workshops-special-events

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