Amateur & Professional Bakers to Battle it Out in Wrexham’s Great Christmas Bake Off

Over 20 of Wrexham’s best amateur and professional bakers are preparing to go head to head in Wrexham’s first Christmas Bake Off.

The event, which will take place at The Bank in Wrexham Town Centre tomorrow, follows on from the inaugural evening held in the summer which saw over £100o raised for Nightingale House Hospice.

Following on from the success of the first ever Wrexham Bake Off held in September at the Bank Bar in Wrexham, event organisers Andrew Atkinson and Alex Jones are looking ahead to the festive season to find the Star Baker of all things seasonal.

The event is again being organised by local campaigner Andrew Atkinson and owner of the Bank Bar, Alex Jones.

In total there are over 20 entries competing for the highly coveted title of ‘Star Baker’ – with three local baking businesses, restaurants and individuals all taking on the festive challenge.

Contestants this year include previous winners- Bev’s Been Baking, Emz Cakes, Chris De Burger and Gateway Church as well as Kitchen Creation Cakes, King Street Coffee, La Baguette, The Lemon Tree, Natwest Bank, Crafty Creations, Barbara Edwards, Marlena Masel, Maggie Rastall, Elwell Chocolates, Val Hartnell, Cllr Phil Wynn, Olga Kalkwarf-Greyling, Natalie Jones, Nightingale House, Marfird Play Group and Siaran Price-Edwards.

The entries will be brought to the Bank Bar and judged in front of a live audience who will then get the chance to buy and try slices of cake and other Christmas treats for £1 each.

The head judge will once more be ‘Mayor Berry’ the Mayor of Wrexham, Cllr John Pritchard and there will be prizes awarded to the winners as well as a fundraising raffle on the night.

Mayor of Wrexham Cllr John Pritchard will be reprising his head judge role of ‘Mayory Berry’ for the night. Also on the look out for soggy bottoms will be several other judges who have volunteered themselves to take on the task of sampling every cake / dessert entered into the competition.

Mr Atkinson commented: “It’s all set to be another great night highlighting our amazing businesses from in and around Wrexham and showcasing our baking talent from the area whilst raising money for an incredibly important cause, Nightingale House. I hope lots of people will come down get a beer and cheer on the bakers before the best part, trying the cake.”

There will also be the chance to take part in a raffle – with money raised going to Nightingale House Hospice.

The prizes have all been donated by local businesses, including a back massage voucher from Glow, jewellery from Jen’s Irresistible Handmade Jewellery, Emz Cakes treats, King Street Coffee voucher, £20 Mr Tee home delivery ice cream voucher and much, much more!

One lucky person will also have the chance to win an oven glove signed by some of the recent contestants of the Great British Bake Off (pictured above)

The categories in contest are-

Best Christmas Cake- Professional bakers only.

Best Christmas Cake- Everyone else.

Most epic Yule Log.

‘All the Extras’- Festive treats, there must be 12 as close to identical as possible.

Gluten-free Christmas Treat

Anyone interested in attending is welcome to turn up at the Bank Bar tomorrow evening at 7pm.

You can view our coverage / watch videos from the first Wrexham Bake Off here.