From grocery giants to commercial pie pros, Florida-based companies like Publix and Winn-Dixie stacked up blue ribbons like layers of a meringue at the annual National Pie Championships in Orlando.
Here’s who took the cake — or rather the pie this year:
What is the National Pie Championship?
Hosted annually by the American Pie Council, the National Pie Championships is basically the Super Bowl of baking.
The competition, held in Orlando, brings together amateur bakers, professional pastry chefs, and commercial heavyweights from across the U.S. and Canada. Categories range from classic fruit pies to cream-filled showstoppers, and pies are judged on taste, texture and overall presentation…