On Monday 11th March Ascot Racecourse hosted the finals of the Ascot/1711 2024 Bake-Off Competition. This followed heats that took place in 14 schools across Slough, RBWM and Bracknell Forest.
The teams had designed, created, baked and decorated their own Tray Bake following this year’s theme of ”Royal Ascot”; locating and using locally sourced ingredients and creating a mood board showing their journey from sourcing to design, decoration and naming of their creation.
Judges for the event were Gemma Amor, 1711 Executive Chef, Matthew Humphreys, 1711 Head of Operations and Guest Judge Eric Lanlard, Celebrity Pâtissier, who all brought a wealth of experience. Following the judging, students, teachers and parents enjoyed a career talk with the 1711 Training Team together with an interactive Q & A session followed by a tour of the hospitality areas.
2024 Winners/Runners Up... Senior Bake-Off Competition:
Winners: Eden Girls’ School, Slough. - Students: Musfirah Mobeen. Aisha Mohammed, Salma Shameer
Runner up: Slough & Eton School, Slough- Students Naoman Ahmed, Delwain James, Reuben Roberts
Junior Bake-Off Competition:
Winners: Holy Trinity, Cookham – Students - Jack Keegan, Edward Nye, Sean Boyle
Winners: Holy Trinity, Cookham – Students - Jack Keegan, Edward Nye, Sean Boyle
Runner up: St Francis Catholic School, Ascot - Students: Francesca Watson, Olivia Fisher
Ascot will now reproduce the winning bakes which will be available for the public to buy at our Summer Mile Family Raceday which takes place on 13th July 2024. Congratulations to all those who took part.
Participating schools:
- Holy Trinity Primary School, Cookham
- Birch Hill Primary, Bracknell,
- Holy Trinity Primary, Sunningdale
- St Francis Catholic School, Ascot,
- Cranbourne Primary School, Windsor,
- Altwood Secondary School, Maidenhead
- Slough & Eton School, Slough
- Churchmead School, Datchet
- Oakbank School, Reading
- Eden Girls’ School, Slough,
- Charters School, Ascot
- Langley Academy, Slough
- Sandhurst School, Sandhurst
- Kings Academy East Hampstead Park, Bracknell Teacher.