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13-year-old Roanoke girl to have baking show on Blue Ridge PBS new ECHO channel
Read full article: 13-year-old Roanoke girl to have baking show on Blue Ridge PBS new ECHO channelAs simple as a click on a remote or a mouse, children will now be able to learn through new educational shows on Blue Ridge PBS, including one from a local teenager featured on the Food Network.
Local 12-year-old baker shows off sweet skills
Read full article: Local 12-year-old baker shows off sweet skillsROANOKE, Va. - A local Roanoke baker is showing off her sweet skills back in her hometownTwelve-year-old Taylor Pusha spoke to culinary arts students in Roanoke on Wednesday about her experience on "Kid's Baking Championship." This was the girl's first visit since appearing on the Food Network competition TV show. She decorated a cake and talked with the students at the Feeding America Southwest Virginia's Community Solutions Center on Melrose Avenue. Taylor said meeting the students was a great experience because the center helps the community by providing job training to underemployed adults. The baker said her goal is to grow her business and show adults that kids can bake, too.
What's News Today: August 5, 2019
Read full article: What's News Today: August 5, 2019Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia. The Old Fiddlers' Convention gets underway in Galax today. The youth competition gets underway starting at 5:30 p.m. Events run through Sunday. You can give your comments at a public to the agency at a public information session today. The clinic will be at the Salem Church of Christ from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.Roanoke County schools holds its teacher convocation today.
12-year-old Roanoke baker getting ready to compete on national baking show
Read full article: 12-year-old Roanoke baker getting ready to compete on national baking showROANOKE, Va. - One Roanoke baker's skills are so good that they've landed her a spot on a nationally televised baking championship. "Baking is really fun, and eating the dessert after is basically the best part," Taylor said. Taylor will be a contestant on the upcoming season of Food Network's "Kids Baking Championship." Taylor will now be one of nine kid bakers on the show's seventh season trying to bake their way to a $25,000 prize. She said she started baking at age 4 or 5 and started to get serious about it a few years later.