The much anticipated gingerbread display at Stein Eriksen Lodge was unveiled and placed in the Deer Valley Lodge last Friday, accompanied by an ornate 32-foot-tall decorated Christmas tree as part of the lodge’s festive holiday decor.
This year’s sugary exhibit, a 19-year gingerbread tradition at the lodge, stands seven-feet tall and three-feet wide, and features 45 pounds of gingerbread. The display also includes nearly 60 pounds of royal icing, 15 pounds of fondant, 12 handmade, solid chocolate nutcrackers, weighing just under three pounds each, and a combined total pound of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
We are so grateful to bring our visionary gingerbread displays to life every holiday season – this one in particular. Celebrating traditions is so meaningful for families, friends, and our guests, and we hope this year’s treasured touches and details will remind all of fond childhood memories and provide an opportunity to connect with younger generations as they create new special moments together.
Chef Jeremy Garcia
Executive Pastry Chef Jeremy Garcia lead a team of gingerbread connoisseurs to construct this year’s gingerbread display, all made in-house. The construction of the gingerbread display and chocolate nutcrackers was created over the course of four weeks by a skilled group of gingerbread professionals, led by Chef Garcia and Chef Zane Holmquist. Between the engineering and culinary teams, the display required approximately 100 hours over the course of four weeks to design, bake, produce, erect, and decorate.
Lodge guests look forward to this exhibit every December, and have the opportunity to view the antique-style gingerbread creation, adorned with a dozen solid-chocolate nutcrackers, through the holiday season. Guests are also encouraged to look closely and find the small, hidden gingerbread cookies on the display, including a star, dinosaur, gingerbread man, Christmas tree, snowman, turkey, heart, and pig.
Former gingerbread presentations have included movie scenes from Star Wars, Peanuts, Frozen, Despicable Me 2, and Harry Potter, as well as intricate models of a retro-styled rocket ship, Norwegian viking ship, whimsical carousel, the Eiffel Tower, and the Empire State Building.
Stein Eriksen Lodge, the world’s best ski hotel and Utah’s only Forbes Five-Start Hotel and Spa, is one of America’s premier resorts. For more information on holiday specials, dining menus, and accommodations follow @steinlodge on Instagram, visit Stein Eriksen Lodge or call (866) 996-0034.
