Ally Berrich, 17, forms a pomegranate out of marzipan in her baking and pastry course at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 5, 2016.

Ally Berrich talks with her baking and pastry instructor, Peter Akerboom, about her end of the year project at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 11, 2016.

Ally Berrich, 17, practices for the national commercial baking competition by making a pie crust at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 11, 2016.

Ally Berrich, left, shows the pies she baked to her classmates at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 11, 2016.

Ally Berrich, 17, sketches a pomegranate before she works on a marzipan project in her baking and pastry course at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 5, 2016.

Peter Akerboom, left, a baking and pastry instructor, teaches Ally Berrich a technique for using marzipan in a course at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 11, 2016.

Ally Berrich, 17, works to open a tub of dough to bake for a commercial order in her baking and pastry course at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 5, 2016.

Ally Berrich, 17, shows her final marzipan pieces in her baking and pastry course at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 11, 2016.

Peter Akerboom, center, makes a marzipan joke with Ally Berrich in a baking and pastry course at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 11, 2016

Ally Berrich, 17, gathers supplies to stay after her baking and pastry class at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 11, 2016.

Ally Berrich, 17, removes her chef’s hat and prepares to go home after her baking and pastry class at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md., on May 11, 2016