Contests

The 2009 Pear Bake Off will be held in conjunction with the Pear Fest planned for April 11 2009.
Watch this space for further details!

There will also be competitions involving local primary schools as well Art competitions leading up to the Pear Fest, more information will be provided when available. 

The 2008 Pear Bake Off was held on the 23rd November, 2008.
The winning entries were as follows;
Professional Baker’s
Home Bakers
Pear Pie                  
Pear Pie                  
1st Garry Honig-Mooroopna Bakery 1st    Margaret Farrell
2nd Janie Wall- Pastry Chef Benalla Tafe 2nd   Suzanne Johnston
3rd Bart Collyer- Mooroopna Bakery 3rd    Vera Fleming
   
Pear Cake                 
Pear Cake   
1st Bart Honig- Mooroopna Bakery 1st    Diane Surzaker
2nd D. Chandler Mooroopna Bakery 2nd   Kath Boast
3rd Garry Honig –Mooroopna Bakery 3rd    Toni Makin and Vera Fleming
CHAMPION of the whole competition was Garry Honig Mooroopna Bakery for his Pear Pie scoring 85%
There were 25 cakes and pies entered in the 2008 Pear Bake Off.
The judging was conducted professionally by staff from GO Tafe Shepparton who had no idea of who the contestants were and awarded marks on the external appearance, the internal appearance and taste.  Thanks to Kim Bamfield and Steve Pinick for their time and we will look forward to their involvement again next year.

Click here for more details on the bake off.