Leslie Marchio has been decorating cookies professionally since 2012.
Her meticulously clean designs and abstract concepts are helping her to carve out a niche in the upper echelon of cookie artists across the country.
When she began growing her family, Leslie took on cookie art as a hobby amid juggling four children, but the demand for her work quickly turned from hobby to professional. With a Masters in Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a prior career as a designer in a high-end residential firm, Leslie has translated her design perspective and 3-D modeling skills to a new medium. In the last few years, Leslie has been recruited for online tutorials, featured on Food Network and placed in various National Cookie Competitions. She loves the creative freedom, and the ability to show her love of cookie art to the public.
Food Network
2019 - Assistant on Holiday Gingerbread Showdown, and Finale episodes
Press
Winter 2020 - NJIT Magazine
February 2020 - Our Robbinsville Magazine
March 2020 - Featured on backstreets.com
February 2017 - The Cranbury Press
March 2015 - Princeton Packet Magazine
Competitions
2020 - Cake Star International Competition (hosted by: By Bora Sugar Paste)
Country winner and international finalist
2020 - Cookie Convention (Louisville, KY)
2nd Place in the Anything Goes Advanced Category (Juried Panel Vote)
2nd Place in the Anything Goes Advanced Category (Popular Vote)
3rd Place in the Home Sweet Home Advanced Category (Juried Panel Vote)
2019 - Jersey Shore Cake and Cookie Convention
1st Place in the 2D Cookie Competition
People's Choice Cookie Award
2019 - Show Me Sweets Convention
2nd Place in the 3D Cookie Competition
2019 - Cookie Convention (Reno, NV)
1st Place in the Art and Music Category (Juried Panel Vote)
1st Place in the Art and Music Category (Popular Vote)
2017 - Cookie Convention (Salt Lake City, UT)
Instructor's Choice Award (Angela Nino)
Teaching
2023 - cookie convention (orlando, fl)
Add-On Instructor
2023 - cookie convention (sandusky, oh)
Core Instructor
2022 - cookie convention (reno, nv)
Add-On Instructor
Sugar Show Judge
2021 - cookie convention (dallas, tx)
Add-On Instructor
2021 - cookie convention (orlando, fl)
Add-On Instructor
