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PUPILS RISE TO HOUSE
BAKE OFF CHALLENGE
Pupils baked some mouth-wateringly gorgeous creations in
this year’s annual House Bake Off competition, when they had
just two hours to produce their signature bake.
Every house nominated a pupil for each division of the school,
often after keenly-contested heats. The 12 pupils nominated
had to recreate their bake for the final, under the watchful eyes
of judges.
The resultant creations, which included cakes of various
flavours and sizes, colourful buns and beautiful macarons,
reflected the huge amount of talent among our star bakers.
SENIOR SCHOOL:
Peter Massey - chocolate malt and honeycomb
cake (Hutton) and Tiggy Elwes - Macarons (Gruggen)
Teachers Louise Clarke, Manique Wilson and Anne-Marie
Salmon had the enviable task of tasting them all, to judge on
taste, technical skill and appearance. After much difficulty
deciding, they declared the winners were: Cookery teacher Anne-Marie Salmon said:
LOWER SCHOOL: “A special mention to Olly Rayner who bravely stepped in to
represent Wilberforce with little experience against Tiggy and Peter.
He definitely rose to the role of House Captain and helped the
younger pupils throughout, a real credit to himself.”
Charlie Evison – three-tiered chocolate cake (Dolman) and
Ben Vahey - Oreo cake (Wilberforce)
MIDDLE SCHOOL:
Josh Gill - Victoria sandwich cake (Gruggen)
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“We were extremely impressed by the standard of baking this year;
everyone who took part should be very proud of their performance.