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Neomie Eliezer competes on Food Network’s “Holiday Baking
Championship.” Courtesy of Allied Global Marketing
television shows, impressing the
masses isn’t as easy as it seems.

On the first episode, contes-
tants were tasked with making
donuts, a task Eliezer was confi-
dent in, having made sufganiyot
every year for Chanukah.

“I thought I had it in the bag,
but it didn’t really turn out as I
planned,” Eliezer said, admit-
ting to having trouble initially
finding her sea legs.

However, Eliezer saved herself
later in the episode, riffing on
the French classic of a tarte
tatin, topping a sable crust with
caramelized apples and a white
chocolate and Gouda ganache.

Eliezer had filled her
Instagram feed @neobakes with
pictures of her confections since
beginning her first job as a pastry
chef at Rittenhouse Square
restaurant Parc in 2013, slowly
amassing a local following and
handful of clients who she bakes
for from her home kitchen.

After working as the
bakeware manager at Fante’s
Kitchenware Shop and pastry
JEWISHEXPONENT.COM chef at Dulce in Collingswood,
New Jersey, she began as pastry
chef at Feast Your Eyes Catering
in Philadelphia, where she’s
worked since 2018.

But after competing in
“Holiday Baking Championship,”
Eliezer is thinking about making
a change.

Participating on the show
reinvigorated Eliezer, reawak-
ening her passion for baking that
had waned as she focused on
getting married and raising her
son. Now, she’s thinking about
becoming a pastry chef at a hotel
or opening up her own storefront.

“I’m not sure what’s next,”
Eliezer said. “I definitely want
to grow more, and I want more
experience in some avenue, but
I’m not sure which one yet.”
Episode three of “Holiday
Baking Championship” airs on
the Food Network at 8 p.m. on
Nov. 15 and can be streamed
on Discovery+. l
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