Mount Hope woman ices cable TV baking contest
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, DECEMBER 1 BTR 4-20, 2018 15
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A local small-business
startup proprietor got a shot to
showcase her cooking skills on
a national television program.
Teresa Brock, a Mount
Hope resident, put her baking
skills to good use along
with her cousin, who is a food
business professional, on a
new baking competition show
aired on Discovery Family
Channel.
Brock and her cousin Kareem
Queeman, a professional
baker who owns a Washington
D.C. business called Mr.
Bake Sweets, appeared on Discovery’s
‘Bake It Like Buddy’
a weekly cooking competition
show featuring ‘Cake Boss’
Buddy Valastro.
Brock appeared on a
Thanksgiving-themed episode
that originally aired on
Saturday, November 17 called
‘Topsy Turvy Thanksgiving
Cakes.’
The duo competed against
another team of cousins, baking
a Topsy Turvy Thanksgiving
three-layer cake, with one
layer of sweet potato cake and
two tiers of chocolate.
“It was very natural, like
we were at home in our own
Mount Hope resident Teresa Brock and her cousin Kareem Queeman were featured on Discovery Family Channel’s
new baking competition show Bake It Like Buddy. Here they are with a completed Thanksgiving themed
cake. Photo courtesy of Discovery Family Channel
kitchen cooking together,”
said Brock about the adventure,
adding that she and her
cousin often cook together
when she hosts family events
during holidays at her borough
home.
They ended up winning the
competition, and took home a
cash prize and baking products.
“Winning was a beautiful
feeling,” said “At fi rst being on
television and being chosen by
the production company out of
so many applicants, and then
to win, was just an amazing
feeling.”
The duo used a family recipe
that was honed at home for
one of the layers of the cake.
The sweet potato portion of
the their winning multi-layer
Topsy Turvey Thanksgiving
cake was based on a recipe
for sweet potato pie that her
late aunt Janet used to bake,
and it was incorporated and
adapted for use on the show,
said Brock.
Brock said her favorite restaurants
in the borough are
Giovanni’s on the Grand Concourse,
as well as a number of
City Island eateries including
Crab Shanty and Sammy’s.
Brock, who works at the
Metropolitan Transportation
Authority as a token booth
clerk, is the founder of a small
Bronx start-up called Made
Just 4 You where she provides
food treats, decorations and
party favors for the local community,
she said.
“I am hoping to develop
this business and eventually
make it more of a full-time endeavor,”
said the budding entrepreneur.
She said she hopes that her
television appearance will be
a boost to her business, which
she said she has been working
on for several years.
“In the next year or so, it is
my hope you will see a party
favor store with my name on
it,” said Brock. “God willing,
that is my goal.”
To learn more about Made
Just 4 You, email Madejust4u2012@
gmail.com.
You can also connect with
Made Just 4 You on Facebook,
Etsy, and on Instagram.
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