Athens Baker Nilah DeLetto-Howard Wins Critic’s Pick

Local baker Nilah DeLetto-Howard was in the remote town of Tofino on Vancouver Island when the news came to her that she had been chosen as the Critic’s Pick for the nationally recognized Greatest Baker competition. The Greatest Baker competition receives submissions from pastry chefs, confectioners and home bakers who compete for the Greatest Baker and Critic’s Pick titles while raising awareness for The Andrew McDonough Be Positive Foundation. Brian Hart Hoffman, the competition’s critic and editor of Bake From Scratch Magazine, chose DeLetto-Howard’s Black Forest Gateau, a German chocolate layer cake topped with cherry syrup, over more th…