The gingerbread houses were judged on overall appearance, originality, creativity, difficulty, precision, and consistency of theme. Each entry must be 75% gingerbread and 100% edible.
The 30th annual National Gingerbread House Competition — billed as America’s largest — announced its winners and shared photos of the intricate, creative displays.
The competition included 219 gingerbread house entries across the adult, teen, youth, and child categories for a chance to win more than $40,000 in cash and prizes, a 60% increase to years past, organizers said. This year's judge panel evaluated each creation based on overall appearance, originality, creativity, difficulty, precision, and consistency of theme, with each entry required to be 75% gingerbread and 100% edible.
The 2022 Grand Prize Winner for the adult category was Ann Bailey from Cary, North Carolina, who created a gingerbread house called "When Dreams Have Wings."The teen first-place winner was listed as Rhinehart Girls of Columbia, Tennessee, for the "Fairy Tea House."The youth first-place winner was Coble Adams of Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Santa Yoda and His Baby Elves.
Additionally, registered competitors had the opportunity to vote on their favorite design to determine the winner of the new "People's Choice: Best in Show Award," which went to Jessica Frost of El Paso, Texas, for "Engine of America.
The Omni Grove Park Inn is displaying all the gingerbread creations in-person throughout the resort through Jan. 2, 2023. The hotel is also sharing one of the Top 12 finalists each day on its Facebook (
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