Posted by Zaibun Arab
on
28th July 2010
Greenwich Community College Sugarcraft student Sherry Glasgow was named ‘Britain’s Best Baker’ after winning a cake-off as part of a national competition run by experience website ‘Red Letter Day’ to celebrate their 21st birthday.
35 year old Sherry, from Thamesmead, only started baking and decorating cakes a year ago with her mum as a hobby. She then enrolled on an Introduction to Sugarcraft course at the college’s Burrage centre.
Sherry’s tutor Sue Kemp encouraged the class to enter the ‘Red Letter Days’ competition to showcase the skills they had learnt on the course. Sherry was hesitant to enter and delayed her entry until the day of submission. She was amazed when selected as one of eight finalists and was invited to Eric Lanlard’s Cookery School where the finalists had five hours to bake and decorate their cakes.
The cakes were shown off to the general public before the judges Eric Lanlard (Master Patissier & Owner of Cake Boy Kitchen), Oliver Thring (Guardian Food Blogger) and Bill Alexander (managing Director) casted their vote.
Sherry said:
“The competition was so incredibly fierce; I was convinced that one of the other finalists had won the title.”
Speaking about her experience at the college she said;
“Sue is an excellent tutor with years of experience, this combined with her teaching style enabled me to quickly grasp the techniques and gave me the confidence to enter the competition and utilise some of those techniques in my final design”.
Sherry’s prize was a week long holiday for two in Sri Lanka.
Please click here= for full details of Sugarcraft courses starting from September 2010.
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