{{Short description|Australian pastry chef (1945–2021)}} {{For|the Australian politician|Kerry Vincent (politician)}} {{Distinguish|Kary Vincent}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Kerry Vincent | image = KV THANKSGIVING 2011edlc.jpg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = Vincent in 2011 | birth_name = Kerry Flynn | birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1945|6|1}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Wyalkatchem, Western Australia}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|2|1945|6|1|df=yes}} | death_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, US | other_names = | known_for = Judge on ''Food Network Challenge'', ''Last Cake Standing'', ''The Best Thing I Ever Ate'' | occupation = Author, cake designer, Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show director }} '''Kerry Vincent''' (''{{nee}}'' '''Flynn'''; 1 June 1945 – 2 January 2021) was an Australian television personality and baker. She was a judge on several Food Network shows, as well the co-founder of the annual ''Oklahoma Sugar Art Show''.<ref name="VanillaVine03"> {{cite journal |title = Sugar Artists test their talents in Oklahoma competition |journal = Vanilla Vine Newsletter |issue = 3 |publisher = Nielsen-Massey Vanillas |date = 2002 |url = http://www.nielsenmassey.com/vanillavineIssue3_2002.htm |accessdate = 2008-03-01 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080303183211/http://www.nielsenmassey.com/vanillavineIssue3_2002.htm |archivedate = 3 March 2008 }}</ref>
==Career== Vincent was a specialist cake designer. She wrote the book ''Romantic Wedding Cakes'' which was published by Merehurst Press in 2002.<ref name="VanillaVine03"/> She was inducted into the International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES) Sugarcraft Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. in 2004.<ref name="Kerry Vincent"> {{cite web|title=Kerry Vincent|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/kerry-vincent/bio/index.html|publisher=Food Network|accessdate=26 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724185446/http://www.foodnetwork.com/kerry-vincent/bio/index.html|archive-date=24 July 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Vincent was instrumental in bringing fondant icing to the United States. While in Australia in 1989, she approached fondant manufacturer, Pettinice, and convinced them to set up a manufacturing facility in Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview with Kerry Vincent|url=http://cake-decorating-corner.com/articles/terri/interview-kerry-vincent|access-date=2022-02-24|website=cake-decorating-corner.com|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224200829/http://cake-decorating-corner.com/articles/terri/interview-kerry-vincent|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Vincent regularly appeared as one of the judges on the reality series ''Food Network Challenge'' on the Food Network Cable television network.<ref name="FoodNetwork46387">{{cite web | title = Food Network Challenge - Episode CC0404 | publisher = Food Network | date = 2008-02-02 | url = http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cc/episode/0,2495,FOOD_20077_46387,00.html | accessdate = 2008-03-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080221165303/http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cc/episode/0,2495,FOOD_20077_46387,00.html | archive-date = 21 February 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2008}}
Vincent has taught at the ''El Atelier Del Azucar Bakery School'' in Santa Rosa District, Lima Province, Peru.<ref name="Rosa"> {{cite web | title = Rosa Viacava - Pioneering in Modern Sugarcraft Art | publisher = Rosa Viacava | url = http://www.rosasdesign.com/ | accessdate = 2008-03-01}}</ref> In May 2004, she taught at the Macomb Culinary Institute in Warren, Michigan part of the Macomb Community College.<ref name="Macomb">{{cite web | title = Rosa Viacava - Pioneering in Modern Sugarcraft Art | publisher = Rosa Viacava | url = http://www.macomb.edu/Alumni/Newsletter/AtMacomb-SP04.pdf | accessdate = 2008-03-01 | archive-date = 17 June 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240617014827/https://www.macomb.edu/Alumni/Newsletter/AtMacomb-SP04.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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."<ref name="TW08807"> {{cite news | last = Mikles | first = Natalie | title = Icing the competition | publisher = Tulsa World | date = 2008-02-20 | url = http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?subjectID=39&articleID=20080220_4_D1_hThre08807 | accessdate = 2008-03-01}}</ref><ref name="Bride"> {{cite web |title=Wedding Cakes: America's Favorite Cakes |publisher=Brides magazine |date=2008 |url=http://www.brides.com/brides/cakes |accessdate=2008-03-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410071910/http://www.brides.com/brides/cakes |archivedate=10 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2013, Vincent was a judge in ''The Great Australian Bake Off'', a reality television baking competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id%3D8550663%26id%3D8377378 |accessdate=9 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130033246/http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8550663 |archivedate=30 January 2013 |title=The Great Australian Bake off }}</ref>
In 2014, Kerry Vincent hosted nine episodes of a show on the Food Network called ''Save My Bakery'', in which she helped out struggling bakeries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodnetworkgossip.com/2014/02/save-my-bakery-new-food-network-series.html|title=Food Network Gossip: Save My Bakery - New Food Network Series|author=Matt|work=foodnetworkgossip.com|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Parrish | first = Ashley | title = Oklahoma 100: Sugar Arts Show | publisher = Tulsa World | date = 2008-11-15 | url = http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?articleID=071115_4_OF1_hSUGA21002 | accessdate = 2008-03-01}}</ref>
Vincent died from an undisclosed illness on 2 January 2021, at age 75.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/kerry-vincent-dead-dies-food-network-judge-host-1234877999/|title = Kerry Vincent, Food Network Judge and Host, Dies at 75|work = Variety|date = 3 January 2021|accessdate = 3 January 2021|last = Shafer|first = Ellise}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tulsaworld/name/kerry-vincent-obituary?pid=197421245|title = Kerry A. Vincent Obituary (2021) Tulsa World|website = Legacy.com}}</ref>
==Bibliography== ''Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes'' (2001)<ref>{{cite web|last=McMillian|first=Grace|title=Kerry Vincent|url=http://kerryvincent.com}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ices.org International Cake Exploration Societe (ICES)]
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