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| The ONLY details provided and 10 entered. |
Here's the KB Cup behind-the-scene story.
Two months of brainstorming, behind the scenes work to
marketing and promoting of the 2015 KB Cup Floral Design Competition resulted
in an exciting and fun event at this year’s KB Open House. A blog on our KB Open House coming soon. (KB is a part of the annual Monterey Bay Greenhouse Growers Open House Tour)
I love and believe in the KB Cup Floral Design Competition because it benefits
everyone: giving back to our community (all of KB proceeds are donated to
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks), supporting our floral industry by educating
and entertaining the general public, recognizing the amazing talents of designers and of course, an opportunity to showcase KB grown flowers.
In order to truly appreciate the KB Cup "Iron Chef" Challenge, let me share all the details behind the final results. Typically, I do not post anything this long and lengthy, but in this case, I believe it's a journey worth reading for 10 minutes. Like and share if you agree.
In the Blind - Judges & Competitors
On Tuesday 6/16,
our judges: Steven Brown AIFD (City College of San Francisco
Environmental Horticulture/Floristry Department Chair),
(Instructor/Designer - City College of San Francisco Environmental Horticulture/Floristry) and Susan Ishkanian, AIFD (Freelance Designer) received the final details.
On Friday, the day before the competition, our competitors found out the KB Cup will not be a two-level divisional competition, instead it will be one competition for all. SURPRISE!
During the random table selections, I discovered an empty table. Talk about being spontaneous, 5 minutes before the competition, Lily Lum-Chan was cheered on (some would say peer pressured) to compete. It was meant to be, Greg Lum had some extra tools for her!
Creativity under Pressure
No glue. No tape. No wires. No prep-work. Oh My! No clue until the day of the competition and per round surprises. The only allowed tools were scissor, plier, pruner, stemwrap and knife.
The competition theme was Designing for Men ~ Happy Father's Day. Our designers were given only one foam to use for the entire competition.
Round 1 - Designer's Freestyle - 15 minutes to select 15 stems and design (9" dish)
Round 2 - Top 7 were given a Mystery Box - 10 minutes to think, be creative and design (6" container and 1 stem aspidistra, 1 stem KB mini calla lily, 1 stem KB gerrondo, 1 stem KB stock and 1 stem KB lisianthus)
At this point, the pressure definitely went up a notch or two...5 stems?! 10 minutes?!
Final round - the top 5 received the 2 secret stems (1 KB mini calla lily, 1 KB gerbera) and the 1 secret small prop was a golf ball with holes! They had 15 minutes total to select 8 more stems using all 3 secret items to create a design for a golfer's dinner party. (1/3" cage w/foam)
A few of the competition designs here.
We'll be posting many more pictures throughout the week.
3rd Place ~ So-Yeon Kim (Student
– City College of SF Floristry Dept)
2nd Place ~ Lily Lum-Chan, AIFD
People's Choice Award ~ Greg Lum, AIFD, EMC (Flowers Indeed!)
The 2015 KB Cup Winner ~ Hee Joo
She defeated 9 other talented designers among them...
the 3 years in a row KB Cup Floral Design Competition Winner,
Greg Lum.
Adding to the final moments of excitement, Greg was in the final round...
Robert announced 3rd and 2nd places, a pause to retrieve the KB Cup trophy.
And the KB Cup winner is...TABLE 10!
(Silence followed by screams was what I remembered)
Thanks everyone, let's do it again next year!
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| (Left to right) Judges: Susan Ishkanian, Steven Brown and Jenny Tabarracci. 2015 KB Cup Winner Hee Joo (table 10), 2nd Place Lily Chan, 5 minutes before competition entry! (table 8), 3rd Place So-Yeon Kim (table 4) and the People's Choice Greg Lum. |
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