They gathered at Harry Gow's Bakery in Glasgow where 2019 winner David Gow guided them through such techniques as applying cream filling and icing to a Harry Gow’s famous Dream Ring, adding jam and ice to Empire Biscuits, putting cream and jelly into strawberry tarts and decorating cupcakes with buttercream icing.
“What a joy to have potential bakers of the future doing so well today,” said David Gow, who was joined at the launch by competition ambassador Mich Turner and head judge Robert Ross.
Voting opened on February 12th and runs until March 13th, with customers using QR codes and paper voting forms all participating bakeries or going online to vote at www.bakeroftheyear.scot.
Judging day will be March 25th at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline, and the winner will be announced at a gala dinner in Glasgow May 9th May.
The Scottish Baker of the Year Awards is the brainchild of the trade association Scottish Bakers, and is now in its ninth year.