The Nation's Best Gingerbread Houses
Find out more about the National Gingerbread House Competition.
Dec. 24, 2008 — -- It may be one of the sweetest and most complicated representations of the holiday season. Gingerbread houses have become as much a part of the holiday season as gifts and snow wishes.
But today's tasty likenesses can be so much more intricate that one might forget the homes are made of gingerbread. The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Asheville, N.C., hosts the annual National Gingerbread House Competition and crowns the best of the best.
Emily Spafford of Maryville, Tenn., took top honors last month in the youth category that had 124 competitors. Billie Mochow of Burns, Tenn., won the grand prize. For a complete listing of the winners, check out the list below and click here to learn more about the National Gingerbread House Competition.
Grand Prize, Billie Mochow of Burns, Tenn.
1st Place, Suzanne Kanaly of Liberty Township, Ohio
2nd Place, Gail Ketchum and Amy Flaherty of Cincinnati
3rd Place, Patricia Howard of Winter Springs, Fla.
4th Place, (TIE) Maggie Falkner of Hendersonville, N.C.
Cathy Barron of Depew, N.Y.
1st Place, Patterson and Peyton Young of Weaverville, N.C.
2nd Place, Corriher Lipe Middle School (Teacher: Sharon Edwards) of Landis, N.C.
3rd Place, Courtney Gentry of Hendersonville, N.C.
4th Place, Lynsay Tarus, Brooklyn Watts and Taylor Oliver of Maryville, Tenn.
1st Place, Emily Spafford of Maryville, Tenn.
2nd Place, Amy Ray of Charlotte, N.C.
3rd Place, Ryan Brantolino of Lenoir, N.C.
4th Place, Katelyn Cope of Asheville, N.C.
1st Place, Lydia Gentry of Hendersonville, N.C.
2nd Place, Jake Brantolino of Lenoir, N.C.
3rd Place, Amanda Spafford of Maryville, Tenn.
4th Place, Danielle Tenberg of Mooresville, N.C.
