The Cake & Bake Show will open its doors for five fun-filled days from 22 – 26 November at Olympia London.
The ultimate event in the baking calendar promises a day filled with everything baking, cake decorating, and sugarcraft. Featuring a star-studded line-up of celebrities and experts, an action-packed schedule of live demos and hands-on masterclasses, plus showstopping cake displays and top baking brands to shop from, The Cake & Bake Show is the go-to destination for bakers of all levels, Hobby bakers and professional bakers alike will leave The Cake & Bake Show inspired to bake more.
Juliet Sear, professional baker, author, and TV personality known for her appearances on ITV's This Morning, will join the line-up of celebrities and experts who are set to share their recipes, top tips, tricks, and hacks on The Sugarcraft and Decorating Stage and at The Christmas Kitchen. She said: “This year will be one of the best Cake and Bakes ever. Come catch my sessions on how to make a stunning Christmas wreath cake and how to make everyone's favourite Christmas movie cupcakes”.
Also taking centre stage on The Sugarcraft & Decorating stage is master pâtissier Eric Lanlard, known for his popular baking school & patisserie based in London, Cake Boy, and his award-winning TV shows on Amazon Prime and National Geographic. He will be leading sessions on how to create spectacular festive centrepieces and how to make a beautiful clementine and pomegranate cake that is sure to be the talk of the Christmas table for anyone who makes it.
Oli the Choc, known for his stunning chocolate work, as well as his appearances on Blue Peter and Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch; and Molly Robbins, known for her appearance on 'Extreme Cake Makers' will also be sharing their top tips, tricks, and hacks to create the perfect cakes and bakes. Visitors can get hands-on in Pro Masterclasses with top-tier baking influencers and content creators including Emma Wills of Foodie Fix, Karen Davies, Lady Berry Cupcakes, and Kendra Grove of Wildchild Cakes – to name a few.
Sessions include how to hand-ice festive biscuits, create fondant cake toppers, prepare the perfect sourdough, write and publish your cookbook, dominate social media in the cake world, build a baking business and much more. As well as being inspired by the experts to take their baking to the next level, visitors can shop the latest must-haves and stock up on essentials to create the perfect cakes and bakes.
From cookie cutters, stamps, sprinkles, and toppers, to icing, food colouring, ingredients, cake boxes and much more, they'll find everything they need from their favourite brands. The Cake & Bake Show's much-loved Cake Competition sponsored by The Baking Company will return, welcoming bakers of all ages and levels to enter.
The theme for this year's competition is 'Inspired by Disney', to celebrate the iconic brand's 100th Birthday. With the option of three categories to enter, the competition is open to all and is an opportunity to express creativity and the skills needed to create extravagant cakes.
Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category include a cash prize of £1,000,
plus appliances provided by The Baking Company. The Cake & Bake Show takes place from Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 26th November, 10am to 5pm, at Olympia London.
