THE ARTIST

Alexandria Pellegrino

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Doctrine of beauty

THERE ARE ARTISTS WHOSE WORK FOLLOWS FORM, AND THERE ARE ARTISTS WHO RESHAPE THE FORM ENTIRELY. FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, ALEXANDRIA PELLEGRINO’S CONFECTIONS HAVE OCCUPIED A SPACE BETWEEN SCULPTURE AND REVERIE, WHERE BEAUTY IS NOT DECORATION, BUT DOCTRINE. HER MAXIMALIST APPROACH WHERE EVERY CAKE TELLS A STORY, LAYERED, EMOTIONAL AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY ORNATE AND HAS UNMISTAKABLY REDEFINED THE CAKE AS AN OBJECT OF ART.

An Aria in Sugar

A MOONLIT COMMISSION
THE COUPLE ASKED FOR THEIR WEDDING CAKE TO
ECHO THE CELESTIAL BEAUTY OF THE MOON SALON AT
THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE. A DREAM STEEPED IN GILT AND
SHADOW, IMAGINED FIST IN PENCIL AND THEN IN SILVER LEAF.

the Final Brushstroke

BEFORE THE CURTAIN LIFTS ON-SITE, BENEATH VAULTED CEILINGS AND CHANDELIE S, I COMPLETED THE FINISHING TOUCHES AND WATCHED AS THE CAKE TOOK ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE SCENE IT WAS MADE FOR.

Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA’S WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS VOGUE, VANITY FAIR, PEOPLE MAGAZINE, AND MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS, AND HOLDS TWO GOLD MEDALS FROM FOOD NETWORK. SHE HAS SERVED AS BOTH COMPETITOR AND JUDGE AND CONTINUES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES IN HER FIELD.

She’s the best, and everyone should know it.

MILISSA ANDRE

2008

Alexandria wins her first gold medal for the “Fashion Cakes” episode on Food Network Challenge. She is the first Canadian and first time contestant to ever win on this prototypical food competition show.

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