Loren Stanard wins $10K in Food stuff Network’s ‘Halloween Cookie Challenge’

Considering the fact that April, Loren Stanard experienced to maintain her profitable title of Food items Network’s Halloween Cookie Challenge a top secret — till now.

Stanard received $10,000 just after competing in period two of the cookie problem which aired on Oct. 2. When the hosts known as her title, tears and shock were being noticed on Stanard’s encounter.

“When I gained, I actually reported ‘shut the f*** up’ and I just started out crying for like 10 minutes,” claimed Stanard. “I was just like in shock. I sort of blacked out.”

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All through the competition, Stanard and 4 other contestants which include her good friend Nolan Schooley of Billerica had to finish two difficulties.

The to start with challenge was to embellish 50 percent-experience makeup cookies, with one aspect of the cookie currently being a self-portrait even though the other half displays off “their terrifying make-up.”

For the “scary makeup” 50 % of the cookie, Stanard made a “creepy” Frankenstein.

Stanard, who is a tattoo artist at Caged Raven in Worcester, mentioned this midway cookie challenge “was quite natural” for her and described how “tattooing is like the identical factor as piping on a cookie but it’s just like stabbing into someone’s pores and skin.”

For the next problem contestants experienced to make a life-measurement oozing zombie component out of cookies working with elements like blackberry jam, orange marmalade, raspberry jam and cranberry sauce.

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Stanard established a zombie foot with an interactive part where by the middle bone of the foot that was protruding out of the ankle, popped out and snapped the cookie in half, with bone marrow pouring out of it.

“It was disgusting,” she remarked.

Stanard utilized to be a entire-time baker, but decided to transition into remaining a tattoo artist for the duration of the COVID pandemic for the reason that she desired a break from baking.

“It’s just crazy, it’s these types of an honor to be capable to go on the present and like obtaining not baked in a although and not remaining skilled any longer. G etting the option and the recognition was seriously huge,” Stanard mentioned.

Filming took put in California in April over many days, and up until October, Stanard had to continue to keep the announcement a solution, which was challenging for her.

“Not extremely lots of people today realized about it,” Stanard mentioned. “I experienced to maintain it a top secret since April so that was definitely tough due to the fact I talked to individuals each and every solitary day of my life at work so hoping to preserve it under wraps was actually tricky.”

Becoming a component of the filming for this level of competition, has “lit a fire” under her, motivating Stanard to go on performing on her cookbook, which she commenced when she was 13 many years previous. Stanard also explained she hopes more folks will be interested in getting tattooed by her as she carries on to improve as an artist.

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The competitors caused a couple gray hairs and anxiety for Stanard, but she also uncovered her best mate, Schooley.

“Nolan was on my episode and it was like an immediate relationship,” said Stanard.

“We satisfied on the present,” reported Schooley. “I just recall going for walks into the place and I noticed her and was promptly like, ‘we’re going to be most effective good friends…’ We’re soul besties, we’re rather a lot the exact particular person and the universe practically brought us jointly and I’m so thankful for it.”

Just after the competitors, Stanard tattooed an Audrey Hepburn mosaic piece on Schooley which she explained is “one of my preferred tattoos I have finished.”

Stanard’s function can be located on Instagram at @horrorlortattoo and @wickedsweetsma.

Yet another Massachusetts baker, Aisling O’Sullivan of Auburn competed on a different episode that aired on Sept. 25, but did not gain.

Facts about the Food Community Halloween Cookie Challenge and an episode manual can be located on its website.