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Alumnus Eric Jones ’97 wins ‘Outrageous Pumpkins’ Season 3

Alfred University alumnus Eric Jones ’97 has won the Season 3 competition of Food Network’s “Outrageous Pumpkins” show, in which contestants are judged on their pumpkin-carving prowess.


Alfred University alumnus Eric Jones ’97 has won the Season 3 competition of Food Network’s “Outrageous Pumpkins” show, in which contestants are judged on their pumpkin-carving prowess.

Jones, who earned a BFA degree from Alfred University, was one of four finalists who appeared on the last episode of “Outrageous Pumpkins” third season. The episode, titled “Gourd Games,” originally aired Sunday, Oct. 23, and is being re-aired this week, including on Friday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m.

Eric Jones Wins Contest

Alfred University alumnus Eric Jones ’97 won the Season 3 competition of the Food Network’s “Outrageous Pumpkins.”

The Wellsville Sun reported Tuesday (Oct 25) on Jones winning the “Outrageous Pumpkins” Season 3 competition.

Jones, a resident of West Clarksville, NY, in Allegany County, is an accomplished sculptor in a variety of mediums (including pumpkins, wood, snow, and sand), and a caricature artist. He is founder and co-owner of Give A Caricature LLC, where artists create caricatures from photographs provided by customers.