Will Roland Winbeckler Beat Mike Mcarey?
Decorating By TheresaXXX Updated 30 Jul 2009 , 4:00am by FromScratch
The Food Network Challenge this Sunday (7/26) is Sesame Street Cakes! Roland Winbeckler is competing against Mike MCarey.
I wonder if they finally found someone to beat Mike?! The commercial I saw looks like this is gonna be interesting! I can't wait!!!
What time? Did I miss something?
I know I can't wait!!!!! I have it on my work calendar, google calendar, icalendar and my itouch, it going to be crazy! But I am 100% positive Mike got this one!
I know I can't wait!!!!! I have it on my work calendar, google calendar, icalendar and my itouch, it going to be crazy! But I am 100% positive Mike got this one!
That's hilarious! And I thought I was bad...
I know right it's a sickness! But my hubby took my DVR away so I just wanted to make sure, plus I worship Mike! He is insane! And he finishes with such easy with time to spare, HOW!!!
It almost doesn't seem like a fair competition -- Mike loves his fondant and Roland loves his buttercream -- the mediums aren't even the same. By all means let us know who wins (I don't have cable!) 
Man, I can't think of a more "night & day" competition 
I have never seen RW work in anything but 2 dimensions on a buttercream covered cake..........never any stacking or sculpting. He's a nice man, but I think of his work as very 70s.
Mike, on the other hand, is so outside the box--very new era.
This should be really interesting!
Rae
Wow! I'm editing this to say that I WAS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! I went to RW's site: winbeckler.com and WOW! Of the 6 times that I have seen him at ICES and Cake Camp, I have not ONCE seen any evidence that he would be so incredibly capable at sculpting and 3-D! Why the classes he offers at these events haven't showcased this incredible talent, I don' know, but this should be good!
Rae
at the convention...i have only known him to demo beautiful b/c flowers,etc.. i have all his books.. he does schedule classes on sculpting.. airbrushing, etc. haven,t taken them.. but can do his flowers.. i love him and marsha . they are very talented... people pay him big bucks to make life size sculptures of their husbands, etc. i saw one several years ago .on tv.. the sculpture looked just like her husband. down to the fingernails, ha! it was perfect..
I am so happy they finally asked Winbeckler to compete. He is one of the original 3D artists!
Man, I can't think of a more "night & day" competition
I have never seen RW work in anything but 2 dimensions on a buttercream covered cake..........never any stacking or sculpting. He's a nice man, but I think of his work as very 70s.
Mike, on the other hand, is so outside the box--very new era.
This should be really interesting!
Rae
Wow! I'm editing this to say that I WAS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! I went to RW's site: winbeckler.com and WOW! Of the 6 times that I have seen him at ICES and Cake Camp, I have not ONCE seen any evidence that he would be so incredibly capable at sculpting and 3-D! Why the classes he offers at these events haven't showcased this incredible talent, I don' know, but this should be good!
Rae
You need to look him up, he is the one who started 3D carving!!!
Man, I can't think of a more "night & day" competition
I have never seen RW work in anything but 2 dimensions on a buttercream covered cake..........never any stacking or sculpting. He's a nice man, but I think of his work as very 70s.
Mike, on the other hand, is so outside the box--very new era.
This should be really interesting!
Rae
Wow! I'm editing this to say that I WAS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! I went to RW's site: winbeckler.com and WOW! Of the 6 times that I have seen him at ICES and Cake Camp, I have not ONCE seen any evidence that he would be so incredibly capable at sculpting and 3-D! Why the classes he offers at these events haven't showcased this incredible talent, I don' know, but this should be good!
Rae
You need to look him up, he is the one who started 3D carving!!!
Ah, yeah, right...........if you read my ENTIRE post, you'll see that I did just that, apologized, and corrected myself. 
Can't do anymore than that, can I?
Rae
Man, I can't think of a more "night & day" competition
I have never seen RW work in anything but 2 dimensions on a buttercream covered cake..........never any stacking or sculpting. He's a nice man, but I think of his work as very 70s.
Mike, on the other hand, is so outside the box--very new era.
This should be really interesting!
Rae
Wow! I'm editing this to say that I WAS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! I went to RW's site: winbeckler.com and WOW! Of the 6 times that I have seen him at ICES and Cake Camp, I have not ONCE seen any evidence that he would be so incredibly capable at sculpting and 3-D! Why the classes he offers at these events haven't showcased this incredible talent, I don' know, but this should be good!
Rae
You need to look him up, he is the one who started 3D carving!!!
Ah, yeah, right...........if you read my ENTIRE post, you'll see that I did just that, apologized, and corrected myself.
Can't do anymore than that, can I?
Rae
It's okay, don't get your panties in a wad, I am just a winbeckler fan!
That's a tough call, but I love Mike. It'll be a great one to watch. Can't wait!!!
I'm rooting for Roland. He's wonderfully talented and probably the best I've ever seen with an air brush. He's also a great instructor, as is his wife. I can't wait to see the competition!
OMG,OMG,OMG!!! I just saw RW's site, my first time looking at his 3D work and now I have mixed feelings about this FN challenge because being mike's fan I'm terrified with RW's trully amazing work in BC but at the same time I'm happy to see that this time around Mike is going to have real competition 
The only sure thing here is that we are going to be the winners just watching this 2 titans working their magic 
can't wait, I'm more stressed than on my wedding day!!! 
I know I can't wait!!!!! I have it on my work calendar, google calendar, icalendar and my itouch, it going to be crazy! But I am 100% positive Mike got this one!
That's hilarious! And I thought I was bad...
I know right it's a sickness! But my hubby took my DVR away so I just wanted to make sure, plus I worship Mike! He is insane! And he finishes with such easy with time to spare, HOW!!!
Hey, if you have to get sick....I'd take this being sick every day!
He took away your DVR? That's torture for a cake girl! Sorry about your DVR. You'll have to sneakily buy a new one and hide in the pantry or something.
Lauren Kitchens is in this challenge as well. I really admire her abilities. She's up against some tough competition; however, and discusses it in her blog:
http://fancycakesbylauren.blogspot.com/2009/02/sesame-street.html
If you remember, she debuted at the Disney Challenge and did Mary Poppins coming out of her carpet bag. I was really impressed with her calm composure in that challenge. Even though she fell short of her own expectations, she never got catty or boo-hooed over her performance.
I had the AWESOME experience of taking Mike's chocolate class in March. He was going to tape the challenge the day after our class and he showed us a picture of what he was doing for Sesame Street. After the taping, he said that it went well, but that it was a really difficult challenge! I can't wait to see the outcome!!!
On a side note, after seeing him in class, he is VERY calm while he works, and his work space is SUPER clean and organized ALL the time!
I can't wait for tomorrow's show!
After checking Winbeckler's site, I see he is now using fondant on some of his displays. That is what he will probably do on the challenge, just to be with the times, and I will be so disappointed. His fondant work doesn't compare to his buttercream work, IMO.
I wanted to see a challenge of not so much Roland vs Mike.....but buttercream vs fondant.
R.Winbeckler is awesome , but M. McCarey IS THE MAN! His work has better proportions and is cleaner than anyone else out there in 3-D Cakeland in my opinion. No matter who wins, it's going to be fabulous to watch the masters at work. Can't wait!!!!
This challenge will probably be the most interesting of all of them.
How many of you will be unplugging the phone for this one?
Theresa 
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