Pumpkin Carving Contest

Every year, the different departments at The Davenport Hotel and Tower and Hotel Lusso have a pumpkin carving contest. The competition gets pretty serious...Plotting and planning goes on for weeks. The goal is for each department to have a theme and then build their masterpieces around their theme. They then all go on display in the Historic Lobby where they are judged. The winning department receives a fun party, and of course, bragging rights!

Here are the photos of the pumpkins:

Sales & Catering

Security

Banquets

Concierges

The Tower Housekeeping

Retail Shops

Accounting

Post St Ale House

Front Desk Services

Guest Services

Human Resources and Call Center

Banquet Kitchen

Room Service

And the winner is.... TOWER HOUSEKEEPING! Congratulations and thank you for all your hard work!

Th runner-ups wereThe Banquet Kitchen and The Ale House...

This is always a fun contest, so a big thank you to everyone who participated! Looking forward to December for the Gingerbread Contest!

Christ Kitchen Gingerbread House Competition!

On this past Sunday,nine teams of local Spokane chefs and architects came together to raise money for Christ Kitchen. The professionals decorated their gingerbread houses in 3 hours in the Grand Pennington Ballroom as the public cheered them on! This years theme was Children's Movies.

People were also welcome to join in on the fun for $7 to benefit Christ Kitchen. Christ Kitchen is a "job-training project providing work, instruction, discipleship, support, and fellowship for women living in poverty in the Spokane area. Through the production and sales of gourmet dried food products and catered meals, this project enables women to learn to work, to become employable and, eventually, to support themselves and their families without reliance on government programs or destructive relationships."

Thank you to all who participated and helped out to make this yet another successful event for a great cause. And a special congratulations to the Yoke's Fresh Market Team and architect David Smart for creating the winning Snow White House!

Here are the houses!

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
The Davenport Hotel and Chris Morian Executive Chef: Bryan Franz
Pastry Chef: Rosario Mendoza
Architect: Chris Morian








Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Off the Wall Events
Chef: Sonia Duffy
Design Engineer: Chris Duffy
Architect: Barry Nance



Snow White
Yokes Fresh Market
Steven A. Meek Architects
Chef: Teresa King
Sous Chef: Megan Womak
Dessert Coordinator: Kathy Skomer
Merchandiser: Elise Shmoorkoff
Architect: David Smart
Vendor: Mick Short
Decorator: Mindi Howland

Whoville
Integrus Architect, Sew Sweet
Structural Engineer: Aaron Zwanzig
Structural Draftsman: Chris Cuddy
Intern Architect: Rob Wiese
Marketing Assistant: Kristen caro
Baker: Jennifer Work
Architects: Jodi Kiltel/Craig Caro
Office Manager: Denise
Interior Designer: Maria Vanhoff/Lindsay Aaseby
Administrative Assistant: Jade Tipke

Santa Conquers The Martians

Globe Bar and Grille
Chefs Howard Batmen, Chris Copenahaver, Greg Jacobson





Lady and the Tramp


Europa
Chef: Christie Sutton
General Manager: Jessica Jackson








Twas the Night Before Christmas


Northern Quest Casino
Pastry Chef: Pepi Safford
Baker: David Knight




Peter Pan

Coeur D’Alene casino/Baker Construction
Executive Chef: Adam Hegsted
Pastry Chef: Susan Brunelle
Apprentice Chef: Alex Stoy
Design Manager: Joseph Stoy


Jonah A VeggieTales Movie



Marsells Cakes
Bakers: Marcel Kopplin and Stephanie Lentz
Apprentice: Cheyenne Orndorff