{"id":7395,"date":"2012-05-07T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.davison.com\/blog\/?p=7395"},"modified":"2017-08-21T10:27:39","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T14:27:39","slug":"meet-christine-walker-cookie-bowl-inventor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/blog\/meet-christine-walker-cookie-bowl-inventor\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Christine Walker, Cookie Bowl Inventor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7399 photo\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cookie-Bowl-3.jpg\" alt=\"Davison Inventor\" width=\"229\" height=\"364\" \/>For Reading, Pa., native Christine Walker, it was an ordinary day in her high school cafeteria that led to a rather extraordinary idea for a new baking product.<\/p>\n<p>According to Christine, her cafeteria was noted for serving enormous chocolate chip cookies; several members of the football team were noted for the \u201cunique\u201d way they devoured the cookies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe football players would get [the cookie], then pour milk all over it\u2026 and their tray,\u201d said Christine.\u00a0 One of those football players was Christine\u2019s then-boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[He] was always doing it.\u00a0 I was horrified and thought, \u2018I need to put a stop to this,\u2019\u201d said Christine.\u00a0 \u201cI thought, \u2018Wouldn\u2019t it be better in the shape of a bowl?\u2019\u00a0 That would solve the mess, but still be delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christine shared the idea with her mom, but it wasn\u2019t until she had moved on to performing arts school in New York City that she decided to take action.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Around 2008, Christine, a self-proclaimed obsessive baker, had baked a batch of cookies for her personal trainer.\u00a0 She also told him about her \u201cdunked cookie\u201d idea, not realizing that he already had a connection that just might help her out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018You have to pursue this!\u2019\u00a0 He had a friend, who had worked with Davison; [so], I was actually referred\u2026 and I took his advice,\u201d said Christine.<\/p>\n<p>While she said she would have loved to have pursued her idea on her own, Davison was able to provide her with the educational help she needed to take her idea to the next level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think one person could do it alone\u2026 not without experience,\u201d said Christine, who also said she typically is very skeptical of taking risks.\u00a0 \u201c[I said] I\u2019m just going to do it.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t research or read any reviews.\u00a0 I was, kind of, just all in!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Christine, she didn\u2019t really have any expectations as to where the idea might go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a risk\u2026 you just don\u2019t know!\u00a0 [I thought that] just to have tried was a step,\u201d said Christine.<\/p>\n<p>After finding out that her idea was not currently on the market, Christine said things started to look good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[My director] kept me informed.\u00a0 I felt safe and confident with him.\u00a0 He called monthly with updates,\u201d said Christine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7397 photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cookie-Bowl-1.jpg\" alt=\"Baking Product\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/>However, Christine said that while the licensing department was working on finding a company interested in her idea, she was uncertain if it would ever get off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t hear anything for two years.\u00a0 I was getting mad, [but] you have to be patient with it.\u00a0 [Davison] was still doing the work,\u201d said Christine, who also said she relied on her mom and her fiance\u2019, George.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are my biggest support system and the biggest fans of my cookies!\u201d said Christine.<\/p>\n<p>In a way, Christine said she was captivated by the suspense of waiting for an update on her idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s fun to not know what\u2019s going to happen\u2026 [Davison] definitely took my product and ran with it\u2026 I think it\u2019s going to pay off in the end,\u201d said Christine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7396 photo\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Brownie-Bowl-1.jpg\" alt=\"Brownie Bowl\" width=\"221\" height=\"294\" \/>Christine\u2019s product has been licensed as Xtraordinary Home Products\u2019 (XHP) Cookie Bowl and has spawned their Brownie Bowl, included under XHP\u2019s Chicago Metallic brand.\u00a0 The Brownie Bowl is headed for its selling-debut on QVC.<\/p>\n<p>Our inventor, Christine, is headed for a debut of her own.\u00a0 She is set to play the role of Marysol in \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2137381\/\">The Night Never Sleeps<\/a>,\u201d an action-drama film that premiered in early April!\u00a0 Check out the movie&#8217;s Facebook fan page here!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Christine and everyone that has worked on making her \u201cdunked cookie\u201d into the delicious Cookie Bowl and Brownie Bowl!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Christine&#8217;s invention is proving to be a slam dunk!\u00a0 Tune in next\u00a0Monday for some more big Brownie Bowl news!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The client has not made a net profit on this product. 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