Mince Pie Bake Off - Saturday 5 December 2015 - East Dulwich Christmas Cracker

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***UPDATE***

There are a few places left in the Traditional and Alternative Mince Pie categories which we would dearly love to fill to reach our target of raising over ?500 for Peckham Foodbank. If you, or anyone you know, likes baking please join us!

We also have quite a few places left in the Children's Bakes category - great prizes to be won including tickets to Picturehouse Cinema.

Email [email protected] to register.

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The Band of Bakers' Mince Pie Bake Off will take place on Saturday 5 December 2015 at Brick House Bakery in East Dulwich. This new event is part of the East Dulwich Christmas Cracker - a festive street event with all the trimmings.

Do you love baking? Feeling festive? Could you bake our first ever Best in Show?

Email [email protected] to secure your place or take a look at our website https://bandofbakers.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/mince-pie-bake-off-saturday-5-december-2015/ or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/bakeclubselondon/ for more information.

We have a fantastic panel of talented bakers to judge your bakes:

Dan Lepard - Artisan baker, food writer and author Dan Lepard is one of the world?s most widely-read and respected bakers, he?s the easy-going judge on TV?s The Great Australian Bake Off, and for 8 years a columnist at The Guardian. Dan?s books have established him as the alternative baking guru for a generation of young cooks and chefs. His latest book, ?Short & Sweet? has been a best-seller since its launch, and won the UK?s prestigious Andre Simon Award, Cook Book of the Year, 2011. He lives in Tooting with his partner David.

Fergus Jackson - Fergus is the baker behind Brick House, a sourdough bakery and cafe in East Dulwich, SE London, which he owns and runs with his wife Sharmin. Brick House specialises in San Francisco style slow fermentation sourdough breads, made using traditional methods and just a few simple ingredients; flour, water, sea salt and naturally occurring yeast. Fergus' Peckham Rye is the current holder of the prestigious Real Bread Campaign's London Loaf award.

Suzanne James - Sue is an East Dulwich based chef and the woman behind one of London?s leading professional catering companies, which provides private, wedding and corporate clients with delicious and inspiring food made using Great British ingredients. Suzanne is totally committed to the area and to sourcing food locally. She is fondly known as the Queen of Canap?s.

Mayor of Southwark - Councillor Dora Dixon-Fyle MBE was appointed Mayor of Southwark in May this year. Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and a Southwark resident since the age of three, she has had a varied career which has included jobs in education, managing the constituency office of Harriet Harman MP and a small role in EastEnders. She is poised, ready to eat as many mince pies as she can in the hour she has managed to spare us from her hectic schedule!

Naomi Knill - Naomi is a food writer, home cook and co-founder of Band of Bakers who lives with her family in East Dulwich. She writes the successful food blog The Ginger Gourmand. Her recipes have been featured in various publications, including her Cranberry, Orange & Almond Mince Pie recipe which she created for delicious. magazine's article about Band of Bakers in December 2012.

How do I enter?

If you would like to enter the Mince Pie Bake Off please email [email protected] to register.

The entry fee is ?10 (?5 for the Children's Bake category). All of your entry fee will go directly to Southwark Foodbank (also known as Peckham Foodbank or Pecan) by way of a donation.

The Mince Pie Bake Off is open to all amateur bakers wherever you are based.

There are 20 spaces in each category which will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

What happens on the day?

You will bake 6 mince pies for your chosen category at home. Then you will deliver your mince pies to Brick House Bakery (1 Zenoria Street, London SE22 8HP) between 10am and 1pm on Saturday 5 December 2015.

From 2pm onwards, our amazing panel of judges will taste and deliberate over your mince pies. The winners will be announced from the stage on Northcross Road at 4.15pm. There will prizes for the winners and runners up in each category as well as a special prize for the overall Champion 2015.

Your mince pies which are not required for judging will be sold on the Peckham Foodbank stall on Northcross Road to raise even more money for the fantastic work they do.

Categories

1. Traditional Mince Pies - 6 traditional mince pies. Pastry case, mincemeat, pastry top.

2. Alternative Mince Pies - 6 sweet pies that you would serve as an alternative to a traditional mince pie (you can include mincemeat). Be as creative as you like!

3. Children's Bakes - 6 traditional or alternative mince pies baked by anyone aged 12 or under.

There are 20 spaces in each category which will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Prizes

The list of prizes is ever growing, so watch this space for updates...

A meal for two at Franklins Restaurant, two tickets for Picturehouse East Dulwich, lunch at Brick House Bakery & Caf?, a book token from Rye Books, a very special design by Gourmandizing London for the 2015 Champion.

Southwark Foodbank

We are proud to support Southwark Foodbank, a Peckham based food bank which provides emergency food to help people who, for whatever reason, don't have money to feed themselves or their families. It was launched in 2009 and is part of a national network of foodbanks established by The Trussell Trust.

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/bandofbakersmincepiebakeoff

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More prizes have been added?

- a champagne breakfast for two at Toast E.D.

- a ?20 voucher to spend in ed (Northcross Road)

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A great little write up about our bake off in Londonist today: https://londonist.com/2015/11/festive-fundraiser-aims-to-find-the-best-mince-pie-in-southwark

We'd love some more local entries if you fancy giving it a whirl. We've already raised over ?250 for Peckham Foodbank and it would be amazing to at least double that if we can.

Thanks

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We just wanted to share this great flyer which the talented Gourmandizing London have designed for the Mince Pie Bake Off.

The Traditional and Alternative Mince Pie categories are filling up (a handful of spaces left in each), but we still have lots of space in the Children's Bakes category if you know of any budding young bakers who might be keen to get involved with the chance of winning a pair of Picturehouse cinema tickets or a Rye Books book voucher.

Please get in touch or spread the word or even just donate if you can! http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/bandofbakersmincepiebakeoff

Every single penny is going straight to Peckham Foodbank.

Thank you

[email protected]

[Knomester]

***UPDATE***

There are a few places left in the Traditional and Alternative Mince Pie categories which we would dearly love to fill to reach our target of raising over ?500 for Peckham Foodbank. If you, or anyone you know, likes baking please join us!

We also have quite a few places left in the Children's Bakes category - great prizes to be won including tickets to Picturehouse Cinema.

Email [email protected] to register.