Fox13 goes behind the scenes with Pastry Chef Xavier Baudinet as he unveils his twelfth larger-than-life gingerbread creation at the Grand America Hotel, a holiday tradition years in the making.
December 8, 2025
Inside the Grand America Hotel, pastry chef Xavier Baudinet has been hard at work on his latest holiday masterpiece.
"Every year it's a new design," Baudinet said. For this pastry chef, you could say a dozen is his lucky number. "It is my 12th gingerbread house," he said.
Every holiday season, the life-size candy house is put on display to dazzle hotel guests. The elaborate creation undergoes a lengthy pre-build process that begins months in advance. "This piece of art is about precision," Baudinet said. "I do the design in June, May/June."