EVENT NEWS
Bumper crop of brilliant bakers on show at
Scottish Baker of the Year 2023/24 judges table Bakery customers throughout Scotland continue to have their say in the Scottish Baker of the Year Customer Choice category
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his years’ crop of entries included nearly 650 ‘brilliant bakes’ from 70 bakers with accolades on offer for the best scones, loaves, savoury items, morning rolls, individual cakes and biscuits as well as French and Danish style
pastries and Free-from bread, biscuits and cakes. And of course, the ultimate prize will be to be crowned Scottish Baker of the Year.
“Every day in Scotland we can enjoy a buttery for
breakfast, a sandwich made from a fresh loaf for lunch, afternoon tea with mouth-watering sweet treats and a fresh piping hot pie for dinner. But the bakers who carefully make the pies, scones, loaves, savouries, morning rolls, individual cakes and biscuits sold in Scotland every day are the hidden gem of our economy and of our culture,” says Alasdair Smith of Scottish Bakers who organise the competition “and we are delighted to give Scottish bakers the chance to shine and showcase their skills.” Professional judging might now be completed, but customer voting for the Scottish Baker of the Year “Customer Choice” awards is still open until 5th April. Shoppers simply vote for their favourite bakery and from these we will identify a “Customer Choice” winner in each of the four business categories; Craft Baker, Retail Craft Baker, Wholesale Baker and Bakery Café. Scottish Bakers President, Ian McGhee said: “We are delighted to give the public a say with our Customer Choice awards. It’s a great opportunity for our members to reach out to their customers and communities and get people talking about great, traditional Scottish baking. It’s really easy to vote too, ask your bakery for their unique QR code to scan, or a voting form in store now. Alternatively, log on to the competition website
www.bakeroftheyear. scot to vote. QR codes and voting forms are available in-store at all participating bakeries or shoppers can vote online at www.
bakeroftheyear.scot
The winner will be announced at a glittering Gala dinner at the Glasgow Hilton on Saturday 6th May 2023. How the Scottish Baker of the Year Awards 2023/24 works:
48 Kennedy’s Bakery Production April/May 2023 Customer Choice Awards:
Customers vote for their favourite baker online via each bakery’s unique web-link, QR code or using the in-store paper voting forms, from the 8th February – 5th April 2023. Paper votes MUST be received by 5th April, any paper votes received after this date may not be counted. These votes will then determine the winners of the Customer Choice Awards in the four main business categories: Bakery Café, Craft Baker, Retail Craft Baker and Wholesale Baker. The finalists and winners of the customer choice awards will be presented on Friday 5th May 2023 following the announcement of the regional product award winners.
Product Judging:
Bakers were able to register up to 12 of their products. The categories for 2023 are: Biscuit, Bread: traditional & sourdough, Celebration Cake, Individual Cake, Morning Roll, Butteries, French/Danish pastries, Savoury, Scone (including special award for potato scone) and Free From.
Business Judging:
Each Scottish Bakers member who achieves a bronze award or above will be eligible to take part in the business judging part of the competition.
The four business categories are: Craft Baker of the Year (three shops or less); Retail Craft Baker of the Year (four shops or more); Wholesale Baker of the Year (no shops) and Bakery Café of the Year for cafés who produce the bulk of their own baked goods either on-site or at a dedicated bakery unit. The ultimate Scottish Baker of the Year Award will be awarded to one of the four category winners. Non-members will not be eligible to enter the business judging part of the Scottish Baker of the Year competition.
When will the awards be presented? Regional Awards and Customer Choice Awards will be presented on Friday 5th May 2023 and the National Awards (which includes special awards), business category winners and the overall Scottish Baker of the Year 2023/4 will be announced on Saturday 6th May 2023.
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