The Cake & Bake Show 2013 - Manchester


Manchester Central

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New for 2013 - Join your favourite baking stars in our Competition Theatre

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​From static displays to live bake offs, there’s plenty of opportunity to get competitive and show off your skills at The Cake & Bake Show. Whether you are a keen cake maker, a professional sugarcrafter or just a budding baker, you will be able to showcase your talents in a number of different areas. 

Entry details will be announced shortly! To keep up to date, join the Cake & Bake Club here…

Cake on the Catwalk

The official cake competition for the Manchester show is themed ‘cake on the catwalk’ and competitors are invited to enter their fashion inspired creations which will be displayed on a purpose built cake catwalk. Entry categories will include junior and non professional.

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Vintage Couture

The theme for this year's professional only category of the Manchester show's cake competition is `Vintage Couture’. All professional cake makers/decorators are invited to use their artistic vision and be inspired by vintage styles to create a cake with the romantic charm which epitomises the principles behind couture design.

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Live Bake Offs

Would you like the chance to bake alongside your favourite stars from the Great British Bake Off? Do you have what it takes to showcase your baking skills in front of a live audience? In our brand NEW feature - The Competition Theatre, audience members will be chosen to join the baking stars on stage and battle it out in a number of live bake offs. Make sure you are there to be in with a chance of being picked!

More details about The Competition Theatre... >


The Bakery Challenge

Mich Turner & Peter Sidwell, judges on ITV’s latest TV series Britain’s Best Bakery will host their own series of baking challenges live at the Cake & Bake Show! Competitors will be put through their paces in front of the live audience by the judging duo in our brand new feature - The Competition Theatre. Take the challenge today!

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Gingerbread Village

Help us create a whacky wonderland gingerbread village with Billington's at the show! Baking fans will be invited to enter their own gingerbread structures and are being asked to be as creative as possible, taking inspiration from the edible structures in fairytales such as Hansel & Gretel, Alice In Wonderland and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Your creations will be put on display to form a gingerbread village - the perfect showcase for all the latest gingerbread biscuit baking and icing techniques.

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Family Bake Offs

Do you enjoy baking as a family? Is there a budding baker in your household? Then why not enter our Family Bake Offs? After being chosen from online entries (to be announced shortly!) family teams from across the country will be invited to battle it out in a series of baking challenges at the show.

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