Are you Thame’s best baker? Oxfordshire’s cake king or queen? The Big Thame Bake is now calling for entries as it looks for talented bakers everywhere to rise to the occasion for good local causes at this year’s Thame Food Festival (26th September 2015).
Whether you’re passionate about pastry or fanatic about fondants, The Big Thame Bake is the challenge you’ve been waiting for. It’s your chance to shine and put your creativity to the test, with categories to charge your imagination whatever your baking skill or age.
Enter now and you could be crowned a winner. Not only that, you could also win a fantastic prize and get to meet some of the biggest names in the world of baking, including Great British Bake Off’s Frances Quinn, Luis Troyano, Miranda Gore-Brown and patisserie legend Benoit Blin from Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, to name but a few.
“With the launch of the Big Thame Bake, we’re throwing down the oven glove to bakers everywhere” says food writer and Big Thame Bake organiser Jane Hornby. “We’ve come up with ten great categories to stretch your abilities and give you the chance to show us what you can do, whether you’re an enthusiastic beginner or expert home baker.”
Enter as many categories as you like and bring your creation to Thame Town Hall either between 3-4.30pm on Friday 25th September, or by 10am on 26th September, ” she continues. “It’ll be put through its paces by experts from the baking world, plus the newly formed Thame Belles WI, with prizes for all the winning bakes.
“All we ask is a
£5 donation for each entry, with all the money going to the Thame Food Bank and Thame Food Festival, a not for profit event run for the local community – as we
ll as your best bakes of course!”
If your brownies are the best of the bunch or your flapjacks are flipping delicious, get them in the Big Thame Bake today. You’ll find all you nee Thame Belles Wd to know about how to enter online, as well as the full line-up of categories.
Which category to go for? Do your macarons melt in the mouth? Can you make a mean madeleine? If so, Sweet Treats are for you
Food writer and Big Thame Bake organiser Jane Hornby
Are your cinnamon buns unbeatable? Or perhaps your crusty white loaf is beyond compare? Make a beeline for Bread and Yeasted Doughs. Or if you really want to show off, enter Food Glorious Food and really steal the show.
Whether you try your hand at a tantalising traybake or plump for a prize-winning pie, there’s plenty to inspire you. And if you are in need of a little help to make your sponge victorious, take some tips from food writer Jane Hornby’s classic recipe for you to follow for this category http://www.thamefoodfestival.co.uk/classic-victoria-sponge-recipe/
Even if you aren’t a winner, or if you’re more of an eater than a baker, you can still play your part by popping along to The Town Hall on the day of the festival from 1.30pm onwards. The are transforming it into a fabulous vintage tea room where you can tuck into the cakes from the bake off and have a reviving cup of tea before heading back out into the hustle and bustle of the brilliant Thame Food Festival.
As well as home bakers, business bakers can also take part in the competition. Bakers from pubs, estate agents, hairdressers and accountants can bake a cake and make the decoration shout something special or unique about their business.
Don’t miss your opportunity to enter the Big Thame Bake and show you’re the best in baking. Download your entry form today from http://www.thamefoodfestival.co.uk/the-big-thame-bake/
The Thame Food Festival takes place from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 26th September 2015 in the heart of Thame town centre. For more information and to enter the Big Thame Bake, please go to www.thamefoodfestival.co.uk.
