The Boga Blog: 2022 Winners: The end of Jamie's Dynasty, but not quite a sweep for Robin

All good things must come to an end. And in this case, that good thing is 6 straight years of Jamie taking 1st place in the Boga Bake-Off. Everyone loves a dynasty right?! But it was time for a new winner to be crowned, and Robin rightfully took her spot on the Boga Bake-Off throne late on Christmas Day. During decorating, we had a feeling that her "Viva Argentina!" cookie would take first place...the depth of the goal, the details of the soccer ball, the colorful crowd, the placement of the players...they all added up to a beautiful cookie, and the people recognized her for it! In total we had 277 votes from the US & Puerto Rico, Ecuador, UAE, UK, Kuwait and Mexico!

Robin won 1st place with "Viva Argentina!"

And what about the others?

"God Save the Queen" won in the beauty category and was enough clinch 2nd place for Robin as well. The best Jamie could eek out was a 3rd place cookie with "Be Iran's Voice". It was a beautiful and intricate cookie (did you check the accuracy of the country shape?!), but 3rd place is a far cry from six straight years of winning. She had high hopes for the simplicity of "It's Corn!"...but knew that "Today's Wordle: BAKED" failed in execution. It suffered from too small and illegible letters, but the people still voted it into 5th place. And did she make the right decision submitting her Stranger Things' "Max" cookie over "Top Gun: Maverick's Flight Path"? I guess we'll never know.

NOT Submitted: Jamie's "Top Gun: Maverick's Flight Path"

Robin's "Keep my Wife's Name out of your Mouth" won 4th place, taking top marks for humor. And Pete Davidson's Rolodex, her last entry in the Bake-Off, took 7th place and explored a new cookie format...multiple cookies to make a single design. Will we see that trend come back in 2023?

And poor Nancy. Try as she may, her best performing cookie was 9th place "Tourist Visit to the US Capitol", a pithy take on the Insurrection. And her Boga Family Tree cookie failed to place this year. Jamie & Robin tried to give counsel that the Boga cookie could have been improved with more of a "Tree" green design, and the Capitol cookie name may have been too "inside" and appeal only to age 65+ newsheads...but the advice fell on deaf ears, and votes told a consistent tale.

Finally, thank you to Ellen and Mia for their submissions as well. Bode wasn't bad for a 9 year old right?!

See below for a complete list of cookies and vote counts. Thanks to everyone for voting, and we'll see you next year!!