Cake and cookie shops across America are getting ready for the most magical time of the year.

Reinhart is a multiple James Beard Award winner for his cookbooks and is the founder and host of the popular website PizzaQuest.com.

Pint Size Bakery in St. Louis has found success with its tea cakes and mini loaf cakes.

Lodge is the owner of the International School of Sugar and Confectionary Arts in Atlanta, and has traveled to 26 different countries teaching courses in cake decorating and sugar arts.

Cake decorators today are looking to create more elaborate, over-the-top designs.

Chef Jacquy Pfeiffer is the president and founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, one of the leading pastry institutions in the world.

Notter is the founder and director of education of Notter School of Pastry Arts in Orlando, Florida. The school was recognized as one of the world’s most prestigious pastry schools.

Southern California's Porto's Bakery & Cafe recently launched its innovative Bake at Home frozen product line.

Suas is internationally recognized as an industry expert and is a strong advocate of using education to advance the appreciation and craft of artisan baking.

Our annual 25 list puts the spotlight on leading educators in the fields of baking, pastry, and chocolate.