Winners of the Fair Trade Bake Off!

Local bakers grabbed their aprons and baked a cornucopia of fair trade cakes at the Bridgend Fairtrade Festival.

Bridgend County Fairtrade Partnership Fairtrade Festival ‘Bake-Off’ winners.

Event held at Carnegie House, Wyndham Street, Bridgend on Saturday 18th March.  

Judge Madeleine Moon, MP

Judging the bake off

Adult winners

First prize: Ann Lewis with a decidedly Welsh-looking Spicy Fruit Cake with Mocha Icing.

Winning Cake

Second prize:  Liz Worthington with a delicious intensely Orange Gluten-Free Cake.

Gluten free

Children – under 15 winners

1st Prize: Juliet gardner with a clever heart-shaped Fair-trade logo-designed Dark Chocolate & Coffee Cake.
 

Second prize: was 3+3/4 years-old Ffion Bourke with a Chocolate Henry the Hedgehog Cake. 

The winner of the public vote was also Liz Worthington

(Prizes donated by SUSSED Porthcawl and Fairtrade Wales)

Autumn fair trade bake off 2016 winners

Under 16s

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Sam Johnson's (age four) winning cake 

1st was Mack Jenkins (age 11) prize a £10.00 voucher to spend in SUSSED  and 2nd was Sam Johnson (age four)  cake no 7 ( £5.00 SUSSED Voucher).(Mack was overall winner)

Mack Jenkins' winning cake

Adult category

1st prize over 16’s was Nathan Barrett - teacher at Nottage Primary School) cup cakes no.5 , (£10.00 SUSSED voucher)

Nathan's winning cupcakes

The mouth watering event raised around £360. 

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Fair trade ingredients and talent

Thanks go to all those fantastic cooks who donated their cakes to the charity. Sponsorship for the prizes was gratefully received and provided by Fairtrade Wales.

Also we are delighted that bake-off winner Mack has agreed to be one of the bakers for the ‘pop’ up Green Room Cafe (above SUSSED)  which will open every third Saturday of the month 10.30am - 4pm. We will be serving homemade cakes, soups, snacks and savouries. 

Calling all bakers! Autumn Fairtrade Bake Off 12 November

SUSSED on James St., Porthcawl CF36 3BG

Sustainable Wales is holding a fairtrade bake off at the Green Room (above SUSSED) in Porthcawl. We're inviting bakers, schools and local groups to dust the fairtrade flour off their aprons and get to work baking for this flavoursome event.

So whether you're an enthusiastic baker or an even more enthusiastic cake connoisseur, make a date in your diary for the bake off... Saturday 12 November 10am-4pm

Find out all the details on the bake off page!

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