
The Judges
Nickol Hayden-Cady
Nickol Hayden-Cady has been working in the culinary industry for over twenty years. She has earned her Associates Pastry Arts Degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Nickol has worked under top certified chefs and pastry chefs in California, Seattle, New York, London and Oregon.
After spending two years in Portland, OR working as the Executive Pastry Chef and Consultant for Papa Haydn’s, Nickol is happy to be back in Central Oregon with her Husband and Two Boys.
Once in Bend, OR, Foxtail Bakeshop came to life. Her son’s nickname while he was in the womb was baby Foxtail, he was such a gift to her and her husband that Foxtail was the start of her dream to open her own whimsical place for the community and a experience for the public to enjoy thoughtful food, decadent pastries and wonderful coffee & cocktails.
Nickol loves creating whimsical & beautiful things for people to enjoy!