Blue Bamboo owner's cake wins General Mills Foodservice grand prize

Dennis Chan collects $30,000 in cash and $5,000 for charity.


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Dennis Chan celebrates Friday with Shawn O’Grady, General Mills group president, Convenience Stores & Foodservice, and The Pillsbury Doughboy.
Dennis Chan celebrates Friday with Shawn O’Grady, General Mills group president, Convenience Stores & Foodservice, and The Pillsbury Doughboy.
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Blue Bamboo owner Dennis Chan’s signature Sunshine State Orange Crunch Cake earned the General Mills Foodservice grand prize in the 2018 Neighborhood to Nation recipe contest.”

Dennis Chan’s signature Sunshine State Orange Crunch Cake
Dennis Chan’s signature Sunshine State Orange Crunch Cake

As the South East Region winner, Chan won $5,000 in cash and $1,000 for charity.

As the grand prize winner, he won $30,000 and $5,000 for charity, and he chose Real Men Wear Pink of Jacksonville, a campaign from the American Cancer Society that rallies men to join the fight against breast cancer.

Chan will travel to the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival in October to showcase and sample the cake.

 

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