<div>The Omni Grove Park Inn & Spa will open its 2026 gingerbread display November 17th at 290 Macon Avenue in Asheville. The exhibition follows the 34th National Gingerbread House Competition and continues through January 3rd, 2027.Public viewing is available after 6 p.m. Sundays and during regular resort hours Monday through Thursday. Fridays and Saturdays are reserved for registered resort guests and people with confirmed dining reservations.Holiday exclusions also apply. The display is closed to the public on holidays and on November 26th; December 6th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th and 31st; and January 1st.Self-parking costs $35 and valet parking costs $45 for both day visitors and overnight guests. Those rates run through January 3rd, and the resort offers no complimentary parking during the fall and holiday season.Required competition entry forms are due November 9th, according to the resort. Completed entries are registered in person on November 14th for child and youth divisions, and November 15th for teen and adult divisions.Competition judging takes place November 16th and is closed to the public. The awards ceremony that day is restricted to contestants and their families, ahead of the display opening the following day.Two new judges join the competition this year: pastry chef and Baking Magic author Sasha Aleksandra Nary and cookie artist Rabiha Sami. Sami has competed on Food Network’s Christmas Cookie Challenge, and their backgrounds bring pastry, sugar artistry and structural-design experience to the panel. Nary trained at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, while Sami’s work includes cookie artistry alongside her television competition experience.The competition began in 1992 with gingerbread houses made by local community members. It now attracts professional pastry chefs, amateur bakers, architects, artists and families from across the country, according to the resort’s announcement of this year’s event. The hotel says past competitions have received entries from 26 states and that the display has drawn more than 20,000 visitors to Asheville annually over its history.A portion of the resort’s parking proceeds from October through December supports nonprofit organizations in Buncombe County. The hotel says the program, which began in 2013, has contributed more than $1.4 million since its launch.Visitors can check the resort’s gingerbread information before choosing a date. The same resource provides request forms for groups needing oversized-vehicle parking, which requires advance arrangements.</div>

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The Omni Grove Park Inn & Spa will open its 2026 gingerbread display November 17th at 290 Macon Avenue in Asheville. The exhibition follows the 34th National Gingerbread House Competition and continues through January 3rd, 2027. Public viewing is available after 6 p.m. Sundays and during regular resort hours Monday...

Grove Park Inn Gingerbread Display Opens November 17th

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The Omni Grove Park Inn & Spa will open its 2026 gingerbread display November 17th at 290 Macon Avenue in Asheville. The exhibition follows the 34th Nation

Grove Park Inn Gingerbread Display Opens November 17th

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