Career
Vincent is a self-taught Cake Designer. In 2001 she wrote the book Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes . She was inducted into the International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES) Sugarcraft Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. in 2004.
Vincent regularly appears as one of the judges on the reality series Food Network Challenge on the Food Network Cable television network. She was also the show host for four one-hour specials for the Food Network, highlighting the skill of winning contestants in the Grand National Wedding Cake Competition.
Vincent has demonstrated sugarcraft at a variety of international venues and celebrity occasions, as well as making a number of television appearances to promote the art. She has taught at the El Atelier Del Azucar Bakery School in Santa Rosa District, Lima Province, Peru. She demonstrated sugarcraft at The British Sugarcraft Guild in the UK in 2001, and she was a presenter at the Australian Association of Sugarcraft in 2003. Vincent has served as the voluntary International Publicity Chairman for the annual cake-decorating exhibition, ICES Conventions in 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2006. She also made cakes for the PME book, 'Creating Wedding & Anniversary cakes.'
Vincent has taught at the French Pastry School, Chicago in the Master Instructor’s series. In May 2004, she taught at the Macomb Culinary Institute in Warren, Michigan part of the Macomb Community College.
After the Wedding Style Director of Brides magazine was a guest judge at the Oklahoma Sugar Art Show, Vincent was selected for a special feature in the March–April 2008 issue of the magazine entitled "America's 50 Most Beautiful Cakes."
In 2013 Vincent will be a judge at the The Great Australian Bake Off an Australian reality television baking competition.
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