our cover: SWEET CHARITY
His Just Desserts
Chef Paxton Lanning of
Whistle Hill’s Downtown Café is
Dessert Chef of the Year
BY MELISSA MOORMAN
P
axton Lanning is
PCT’s 2017 celebrity
Dessert Chef of the Year,
winning the hearts and
taste buds of guests at this
year’s Sweet Charity and
Bachelorettes event. His
seasonal pumpkin bread
with pecans, whiskey,
cream-cheese icing and
chocolate on top was the
winning dessert.
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Emily Beck and Paxton Lanning
Photo by Megan Parks