Blue Ribbon Desserts™ was inspired by the multiple blue ribbons that Stan & Brenda Strom and family had received at the Arizona State Fair.  Over the past 20 years, the Strom’s have made hundreds of pies, cakes, cheesecakes and cookies for friends and family to enjoy.  This hobby exploded into a business reality when Stan & Brenda Strom were featured on Food Network's Food Nation with Bobby Flay on October 16, 2001.  Over 30 million viewers were expected to have seen the episode that featured Arizona citrus and Mr. Strom’s Luscious Lemon Layer Pie that won the Marie Callender Pie Contest in 2000.  Brenda too was featured for her prize winning Lemon Bars. Previously, Mr. Strom had won the Pillsbury Softasilk Cake Championship in 1999 for his "Pirate's Tropical Treasure Cake”, Crisco’s Pie Contest in 2001 for his “Coconut Cream Dream Pie” and 2005 with his pineapple creation called “Pirate's Tropical Treasure Pie”.  In 2009, he won the C&H Sugar Pie Contest for his "Key Lime Coconut Custard Pie" and Karo Perfect Pie Contest in 2010 for "Don't Fudge on the Butterscotch Pie".  He is a two-time national pie champion with his 2007 winner called “Hawaiian Vanilla Custard Pie” and 2010 winner called  "Dark Chocolate Raspberry Glacier Pie" at the APC Crisco National Pie Championships in Orlando, Florida.