Well Sawsen, I cannot weigh in on the subject as I’ve never entered a competition. They are sorely lacking here in Canada. There’s one in Sept, @ Canada’s Sweets & Baking show, it’s so so. It’s only been around 3-4 yrs.,so it’s in its infancy. One very small competition , at a local cake decorating shop about a hour from me, in Nov, one in another Province I’d have to fly to….prohibitive at almost $1000 a plane ticket to do so. And one where you have to be a member @ $50 a year to have the “privilege” to compete. I could go to ICES in USA, but also prohibitive financially. I would kill to attend your CI, just for the fun of looking at all the amazing entries.
Perhaps you will get more feedback on this topic from some more seasoned decorators who’ve entered cake completions.
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