And the winner is...

Drum roll...this afternoon the winner was drawn from the correct entries received in our Wordfind competition and it is...

Tamika Butler

Congratulations Tamika, you've won a voucher to use at either the Old Chapel Tearooms or the Car Yard Café. And thank you to everyone who completed the Wordfind correctly!

It's official

The 2022 Bake finished today and to the tune of 35,480 biscuits!!!

A huge thank you to all our bakers, helpers, supporters and customers, we couldn't do it without you.

We finished off the last orders and cleaned up the building ready for next term. Not sure how the West was won, but this is how a Bake is won:

The moment the ovens are turned off!!!

Amanda and Emma get just a 

few more bags dated for today.

While Pam and Virginia make sure there's some ready

for when we do our regular weekly batch next term.

Or for a few late orders!

Wayne and Rony measuring out some more ribbon.

Running low! David and Shane are onto it to.

While Gary gets a few more inserts into waiting bags.

Last batch going in! Bronte in the kitchen.

With Tammy who's just finished filling Bryce.

Dallas rolling the last few mixes in the kitchen.

With Therese and Anne.

All finished here say Jeremy and Peter!

Not quite for Mellany and Georgia, but getting close.

Last few in the oven for 2022, 

here they come says Helen.

Naomi at the lifting table.

Along with Ollie.

Lift and pack...Steph and Tammy.

Look at these! Natalie busy packing the final biscuits.

And then...after baking this many biscuits, 

guess what has to happen?

Yep, a cleanup of gigantic proportion...

Laurie working on cleaning the butter table

tools of the trade, that table has finished for this year.

Michael wiping down the table cloths ready for storage.

Dry mix is done too!

And Chris is busy in the kitchen washing trays.

Clean and dry and ready to put them away,

Mellany, Jeremy and Georgia marching to 

the kitchen just one more time.

And last but not least, more tablecloths to clean,

Therese and Anne.

Stay tuned for the winner of our Wordfind competition to be announced soon!

Last day!

Last day of baking! What will the final tally be and do you have your competition entry in? At lunchtime today we will draw and announce the winner from the correct entries received. 

Finishing this year's morning posts with a few final images courtesy of Kelvin Ball. 

As the tally climbs

Hello everyone, second last day and a busy one it was, but orders are flying out the door still...

Jo and Louise this morning got stuck straight into the butter.

With Luke on the other side.

Practice makes perfect, Jordan and Gary 

start with practising the dates before writing them on the bags.

Stuart is adding the inserts.

This ribbon would stretch many times around our building by now!

Tammy cutting some more ready to thread gumnuts.

While Amanda and Wayne clean up some more gumnuts.

Busy busy in the dry mix corner, Chris and Veronica

measuring out ingredients.

While Jennifer sifts the flour.

Is this the naughty corner?

And just what have Kelly and Helen done to be here?

The phantom blogger found no answer and the 

ladies returned to work so all's good 😃

Bronte and Layla are taking a turn at working with Bryce.

David and Cheryl are ready for the next mix!

Jennifer and Angie still have a little 

to go on with in the pantry.

Heavy lifting! Josh is up to the task.

While Heather and Emma pack the next bag.

Here they come! Louise with a tray full of 

bags about to be sealed and delivered.

Jennifer and Brenda are finishing them off with a flourish.

Afternoon...and the first thing we need to do 

is collect all the rubbish...

Rony and Josh are doing that job today.

Louise has moved on to the butter table.

As have Gary and Therese.

Tammy is labelling some bags ready for tomorrow.

That's our last day for this year's Bake!

Julie is stirring a mix ready to go to the kitchen.

Amanda and Dallas are already busy 

preparing the next one.

Jennifer and Jennifer...yes folks, that's not a typo!

Working with Bryce this afternoon.

Brenda is giving rolling her best go in the kitchen.

The pantry crew is hard to keep up with though!

Emma, Heather and Stuart on one table...

Jordan and Chris on the other.

Helen and Luke set a cracking pace at the lifting table.

Cause these packers mean business!

Layla, Ange, Louise and Veronica.

Bronte, Raj and Cheryl whisking them away quick as.

And look at this!!! Bronte and Kelly.

And in one of these baskets it went! 

Out the door they go.

We were busy but not so busy we couldn't stop 

for Louise's birthday! 

Lighting the candles ready to celebrate.

Before we turned to the serious end of day task of washing up...

Brenda and Jennifer giving the kitchen a spruce up

ready for the last day tomorrow.

Almost there, just a few more orders to fill, see you all tomorrow!!!