Wonderland in the gold medal of the international baking competition

The Wonderland-themed cake by author Ha Hai won a gold medal at the international baking competition Battle of the Pastry & Bakery chefs held in Malaysia last July.

The Smurfs and Gargamel village in the 2024 international gold medal winning cake - Photo: NVCC

This cake is not just a dish but a work of art, taking viewers into the wonderland of the fairy tale Alice.

Previously, Ha Hai also won a gold medal with a perfect score of 100 points in the international baking competition called The Vietnam Bakery Cup 2024 held in Ho Chi Minh City.

Bringing fairy tales to the international baking competition

Looking at the Wonderland cake, you can see each character, tree, flower, and house decorated in detail and vividly.

To make them, Ha Hai and his colleagues spent hundreds of hours working hard to perfect every smallest detail.

Ha Hai said she spent two weeks watching the movie and researching each stage and character. It took her three months to create this image: "The cake is a reminder that we always have the right to choose to create our own fairyland."

Ha Hai added that Alice symbolizes curiosity, courage, and the part of each of us that is naive, yet always ready to step into the unknown to discover ourselves. In contrast, the Red Queen represents power, imposed order, and arbitrary control.

Ha Hai (second from right) with international judges

Alice in Wonderland in the Gold Medal Cake - Photo: NVCC

In this fantasy world , their confrontation serves as a metaphor for the inner journey: between freedom and conformity, between imagination and reality.

Previously, the work Two sides of life with the image of the green Smurf forest. The small creatures live in peace , joy and love. They are the goodness of life - where kindness is planted, where solidarity overcomes all difficulties.

Old Gargamel - a lonely, jealous man who seeks to destroy that peaceful world, just like life has good and evil, joy and sadness, light and darkness - existing in parallel.

From finance officer to fairy tale-loving baker

Ha Hai is 35 years old this year. Before becoming a baker, she worked in finance.

To reduce stress from dry numbers, Ha Hai learned to bake and has been involved in this profession for more than 10 years.

Ha Hai with the gold medal

Now she has a bakery in District 7, specializing in making cakes according to customers' requests.

Ha Hai happily said: "My customers are many children. Children love fairy tales and want to express that love on their birthday cakes.

I respond to the requests of young customers, as a way to help them have a little more joy."

Ha Hai has only participated in 2 international baking competitions and won gold medals in both.

She said there were times when she felt like Alice lost in Wonderland - a place full of challenges, pressures, and strange rules. "But that journey also forced me to grow up, to believe in myself, and to be stronger than I ever thought possible.

By participating in the international baking competition, I want to prove to the world that Vietnam does not lack talented people, even in baking," she said.

HOANG LE

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/xu-so-than-tien-wonderland-trong-chiec-huy-chuong-vang-cuoc-thi-lam-banh-quoc-te-20250730105931165.htm