Bread and Pastry Winners
Denmark Bakery has been named most successful exhibitor for the second year in pastry cooking at the IGA Perth Royal Show 2008 Bread and Pastry Cooking competition.
The bakery won first place for its gourmet beef, lamb and chicken pies as well as its Swiss roll, apple pie, Danish fruit pastries and traditional Black Forest cake.
A team of judges sampled their way through almost 700 pies, pastries, breads and cakes from 122 small businesses.
Baker’s Delight in Phoenix was named most successful bread exhibitor. Chief bread judge John Noonan said there had been many more gourmet bread entries this year, with the relatively new class of Turkish bread entries more than tripling.
He said consumers now had more sophisticated palates and the café industry had also been key in driving the demand for different bread varieties.
“The good thing about the show is it gets people thinking and competing so it drives quality and diversity,” he said.
PIE RESULTS
The Best Meat Pie for 2008 was won by Ming’s Bakery in Woodvale. Owner Minh Do has three bakeries in the northern suburbs and previously won best meat pie in 2006.
Miami Bakehouse won the prize for the best sausage roll.
Denmark Bakery won the best gourmet lamb pie, gourmet beef pie and gourmet chicken pie.
Jaylea’s Patisserie in Willagee won the best meat and vegetable pastie as well as best vanilla slice and creative vanilla slice.
Clete O’Brien from Denmark Bakery says his favourite pie is green Thai curry chicken but steak and steak and mushroom remain firm favourites at his store, with lamb and rosemary becoming a new town favourite.
BREAD RESULTS
The Champion Loaf was won by Baker’s Delight in Mandurah. Unlike the pastry judging, much of the bread judging was done by touch and smell as well as taste testing.
Little Home Bakery in Northbridge took home the prizes for best traditional German European style rye bread and best Vienna type rye bread.
CAKES AND PASTRIES
Denmark Bakery won the best apple pie, Danish fruit pastries, Swiss roll and traditional Black Forest cake.
Miami Bakehouse won best torte.
Saigon Pastry House in Perth won best blueberry muffins.