held at the
URBAN GREEN FAIR,
Brockwell Park
Brixton, London on
Sunday, August 31st 2008
picture gallery of the show HERE and HERE
2nd Brockwell Bake, 2009 HERE
On a rather overcast day with tropical rainstorms forecast by the Daily Express nonetheless a group of bakers and bakery fans made it to Brockwell Park for our first annual Brockwell Bake and laid out a great display of quality and exciting baking. Despite having a very limited covered space and much to learn about just how to conduct such an event (a first for everyone) we managed collectively to have an especially enjoyable and rewarding day.
"What was exciting was noticing how far home baking in the UK has come over
the last decade, when bakers were either to scared to attempt making a loaf
with just a natural leaven for fermentation, or happy with a sourdough loaf
that just tasted sour and didn't bother about aerating the crumb at all. At
the Brockwell Bake we saw clear evidence that home baking skills are getting
pretty refined."
Thanks to all the contestants for taking part in the first annual Brockwell Bake. Special thanks to the judges for all their hard work (over two and half hours solid examining around 60 entries) - the judges were human rights activist Peter Tatchell, local restaurateur (Franco Manca Pizzeria) and publisher Giuseppe Mascoli, 'real bread' author and critic Dan Lepard and miller/baker couple Mervin and Marie-Christine Austin from Mount Pleasant Windmill and the True Loaf Bakery. Thanks to David Whitehouse for taking on the task of being secretary to the competition and the judges on the day and to Michael 'The Baker' Hanson for bringing along his mobile wood fired oven and keeping us all fed with pizza all day. Also thanks to our generous sponsors and to the organizers of the Urban Green Fair that we were part of.
We certainly hope to repeat the Brockwell Bake next year. You can complete the form at the bottom of the page if you would like to be kept informed about future Brockwell Bakes.
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"Best in Show"
WINNER Emmanuel Hadjiandreou,
Judges Bakery, Hastings for his stollen
award of trophy + £75 made across all classes
and professional
and amateur entrants
sponsored by wind powered electricity firm, Ecotricity
"Best professional loaf"
WINNER Emmanuel Hadjiandreou,
Judges Bakery, Hastings for his rye bread
award of trophy + £40 sponsored by
Brixton sourdough wood-fired pizzeria Franco Manca
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"Best amateur loaf"
WINNER Philip Borg for his fougasse
award of trophy + £40 voucher for Brixton Wholefoods
sponsored by UK leading independent
wholefood wholesaler-distributor Suma
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"Best young baker" award (16 or younger)
WINNER Eben Haskel Hulley for his parkin
trophy + £10 + signed copy of "the Handmade Loaf" by Dan Lepard
sponsored by our local co-op health food shop
Brixton Wholefoods
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CLASS WINNERS
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