In 2019 James performed 2 main stage demo’s at LA Cookie Con & Sweets show.  He was asked to come up with two different stage demo’s, one on Saturday prior to Adriano Zumbo’s demo and on Sunday prior to Rosanna Pansino’s Q&A session.

James came up with a fun interacted performance where he involved the audience.  He selected 3 audience members to compete against one another in a SpongeBob marshmallow decorating competition.

In 2018 James was invited to LA Cookie Con to perform a demo of his popular “Everlasting Gobstopper” recipe where he re-created the candy from the iconic movie “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”.  Of course these Everlasting Gobstoppers won’t last forever.  The crowd was amazed as he explained just how easy it was to make these at home.

James also made a special giant Everlasting Gobstopper where he gave it away to one lucky fan.  He also made about 50 regular sized ones to pass out to audience members who were well versed on food trivia.

In 2018 James was one of 3 celebrity chefs selected along with Ron Ben-Israel and Chef Jamika to judge the cake decorating competition at LA Cookie Con.  There were many entries in different categories.  It was obvious that there were so many talented bakers who attended the show.

“Trying to pick the best cake for a specific category is tough when all you want to do is cut a big piece of each cake and dig in”  

The judging was done by all 3 judges reviewing each cake and discussing the unique qualities of each as attendees looked on.  Unfortunately for the judges, they didn’t get to taste each cake.  It was strictly judged by appearance.

In 2017 James hosted a decorating class at the Big Chocolate show in New York.  So many families were happy to learn hands-on how to decorate fun desserts.  This included giant marshmallows covered in chocolate and decorated to look like fun cartoon characters.  If you think this was fun for kids you would be right but trust me, the parents had just as much fun.