Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Announce
TopCookie Dessert Competition Winners
Photo by John Vitollo. Eileen Higgins (center) welcomes chefs to the 2021 TopCookie dessert competition.
30 APRIL 2021 | TheJournalNJ.com
The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore is pleased to announce
its 2021 TopCookie dessert competition
champions. Charlie’s of Bay Head was selected Top-
Cookie winner by a jury of judges, led by celebrity chef
David Burke. Asbury Park’s Cardinal Provisions captured
the People’s Choice Award. The live competition took
place on March 16 at the Council’s Program Activity Center
in Farmingdale, and results were revealed March 21
on the Girl Scout YouTube channel and on Facebook.
Chefs from four Jersey Shore restaurants transformed
beloved Girl Scout Cookies into delectable des-
creativity.
The desserts were fantastic and very creative,” said Burke,
a James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurateur and
cookbook editor, who was a familiar guest on TV’s Top
Chef.
The winning indulgence was a beautifully plated
lemon layered dessert topped with an edible message
that read “I am a leader,” a nod to one of the inscriptions
stamped on the Lemon-up Girl Scout Cookie used in the dessert.
After thousands of votes were counted, the People’s Choice Award
was awarded to the Samosa-inspired dessert by Cardinal Provisions; a
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ie topped with a coconut brittle.
Votes were sold for $1 each with a few triple vote days to boost
participation from Girl Scout supporters and the community.
Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore CEO Eileen Higgins said the event
raised more than $30,000 to support Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore
and helped promote the hardworking restaurant community.
fun way to come together and support each other. Proceeds from the
two-part event will fund leadership programs and experiences for local
Girl Scouts “designed to keep them connected and engaged during this
challenging time.”
Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore provides leadership opportunities
to nearly 10,000 girls in Monmouth and Ocean counties. The Girl Scout
Cookie Program teaches girls lifelong lessons such as how to manage
money, set goals, meet deadlines,
work well with others and to think
like an entrepreneur.
Girl Scout Cookies will be
available at drive-thru booths
and community locations in
Monmouth and Ocean counties
through April. To locate a
cookie booth, order cookies
online or learn more about
Girl Scouts, visit GSFun.org.
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