Message From Wayne Courtney

Hello..

I have decided that the upcoming Great Roath Bake Off & also RoathRocks will be my last. I would like to thank all the hard working volunteers and Ofcourse all the amazing bakers that have supported our events over the last 6yrs. I just feel I want to pursue other types of fundraising and organise different events. I've had six amazing years building these events and we have raised an insane amount of money for charity, I am really proud of everything we achieved and the friendships made through these events.

I would ideally like to hand responsibility of the Bake Off to someone who will be equally as passionate about it as I have been. As a community we should be extremely proud of the success of the Bake Off, who would have thought we could attract celebs to little old Roath to judge cakes or to sing in a church. But for me personally I want to focus on other projects and both The Bake Off & RoathRocks take up a large part of my year. I will continue to fundraise but in different ways.

I'm so appreciative of every single person that has helped with these events over the years and also all the shops and businesses that have supported us, especially Emma & CPS Homes. I've been nominated & won awards for the fundraising I've done through the Bake Off and for that I thank everyone that has contributed something to these events. You all deserve an award.

I'm sure this years Bake Off will be a huge success again and I'm making sure I finish on a high with it. 

So I hope you can join me on April 23rd for my last Bake Off.

Wayne X

The Great Roath Bake Off 2016

The Great Roath Bake Off returns on April 23rd at St Andrews Church Wellfield Road, Roath. The Bake Off is in its sixth year and promises to be a fun packed day for all cake lovers. Each year the event has got more popular and we anticipate a great turn out again in April. 

Over the years The Great Roath Bake Off has raised thousands of pounds for local cardiff charities and the dedicated team also set up workshops where children have been able to learn about baking and cake decorating, all funded by The Bake Off. The team also guest judge at various charity Bake Offs throughout the year, again raising thousands for other charities.

The Great Roath Bake Off is once again teaming up with CPS Homes who sponsor the event and aim to stage an all day music event running alongside the Bake Off and will feature local acts as well as some well known singers. X Factors Helen Fulthorpe and local award winning singer songwriter Tom Auton are just a few of the performers already lined up.

There will be a team of 12 judges made up of food experts and celebrity guests. BBC weather presenter Sue Charles, Big Brothers Glyn Wise, Heart Radio Presenters Jagger & Woody will join the judges who will decide the winners from the following categories.

Best Cake( Proffesional)

Best Cake (Amateur)

Best Decorated, Sugarcraft Cake

Best Bake, (Bread, Pie)

And The Great Roath Junior Bake Off

Best Cake

Best Decorated Cake

Former Britains Got Talent contestant Lorraine Bowen will perform her Crumble Song and judge a special category for Best Crumble!

http://youtu.be/51JSTXhfx3c

The event will be hosted by Cardiff Times columnists Wyburn & Wayne and all money raised will be going to Welsh Hearts.

'I am so proud of the success of The Great Roath Bake Off and it's been amazing to watch it grow every year. 2015 was an exceptional year for our team raising more money for charity than ever before. Team members made up of volunteers and previous Bake Off winners set up workshops in a local school and we were able to pay for everything so children could come along and learn about baking and cake decorating. The workshops were very popular and we aim to do more in the future. There was an outstanding turn out for last years Christmas Junior Bake Off with entries from as far away as Swansea coming to Roath. The dedicated team of volunteers work hard throughout the year at various other Bake Offs and are all geared up to make 2016 the best one yet. Personally I look forward to seeing the community come out and show its support to our event. We started working on The Bake Off in early January and want to put on an event that not just Roath but all of cardiff can be proud of' event organiser Wayne Courtney.

The Great Roath Bake Off 2016

Saturday April 23rd

St Andrews Church 

Wellfield Road 

Roath

Cardiff

Doors open 10am

All cakes to be entered by 1pm

Judging starts 2pm

Winners announced 5pm

All cakes £4 to enter competition

All Junior Cakes (U16) £3 to enter

Junior Xmas Bake Off

On November 22nd the Christmas lights will be switched on at Wellfield Road Winter Festival & to celebrate we will be holding a Great Roath Junior Xmas Bake Off.

We are calling on all junior bakers to enter our festive competition. 

We are looking for bakes that look good as well as taste good. If your cake is decorated with a Xmas theme then you could be a front runner at winning the competition. We want to see as many cakes decorated with a festive theme!

The competition is open to anyone from 16yrs and under. 

Categories

Best Cake By Under 8yrs

Best Cake By Over 8yrs

Overall Best Decorated Cake

CPS Homes & Lettings Favourite Cake

There will also be cake decorating demonstrations taking place during the afternoon for anyone under 16yrs. The demonstrations will be taken by former winners of The Great Roath Bake Off.

To enter 

The Great Roath Junior Xmas Bake Off

Just bring your Cake/Bake along to St Andrews Church Hall on November 22nd between 12:30 - 13:30. The judging starts at 2pm and winner announced at 4pm. The winner will take part in switching the Christmas Lights on for the Wellfield Rd Winter Festival at 5pm.

Also in the church hall will be stalls, live music & refreshments served all afternoon.

Entry into the competition is just £1.50 with all money raised going to local charity.

Calum Ross & Friends

Calum Ross returns to host another outstanding line up of music acts at this years Great Roath Bake Off! Pulling together some of the best live acts this years Bake Off looks set to be a musical extravaganza not to be missed!

Ellie Makes Music


Ellie has been described as sounding like "A Welsh Taylor Swift" or "Laura Marling’s Little Sister". 

She played at last years Bake Off and has been complimented in the Horizon’s Awards at this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards live from The Royal Albert Hall, has played a gig at The Houses Of Parliament with Cerys Matthews, Mark Ellen, Mark Radcliffe, and had her song 'Company' featured on Peacocks Christmas ad last year!

Core' is the new single from Ellie Makes Music, available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.

http://www.elliemakesmusic.com/

Marie Batchelder


Marie Batchelder is small, but boy does Marie have a big voice! Petit female singer, songwriter and musician spending her time between her home town Cardiff & London.

"A delight, not to be missed"

http://www.mariebatchelder.co.uk/



Tom Auton


Young rising star Tom, is one to watch, recently winning the Open Mic UK Under 16's last year. 

Toms talent goes from strength to strength and sounds better every time we hear him.

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=317705458277900

Cristian Perugino 


Coming especially from Swindon for the Bake Off, the gorgeous tones of Cristian and his looper will be bringing a full one man band sound to the Church. 


https://www.facebook.com/CristianPeruginoMusic



Helena May


Cardiff star Helena is one third of South Wales' gems, "The Siren Sisters" and fronting "Man May'd", "Afro Cluster" and "Miss May & the Magic" to name but a few. 

Helena's powerful soulful voice is one not to be missed!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Helena-May/94223802836?fref=ts



Ross, Lang & Gricmanis


Calum Ross & Tori Lang are no strangers to the Bake off, being The Bake Off's very first act 4 years ago! 
accompanied by the multi-talented Conor Gricmanis from the Royal Welsh College of Music, he join's Ross & Lang to entertain you all with a selection of fine folk & country music.

https://www.facebook.com/rossandlang



Bayside Boogiemen 

Stepping up the pace this year, The Great Roath Bake off are pleased to be debuting Bayside Boogimen's very first performance.
A brand new 7 piece Soul band from Roath, Cardiff, bringing you the best of Motown, Soul, Rhythm & Blues.
Fronted by the Bake Off's Calum Ross, from "Calum Ross & the Scarlets" and previous Bake Off band, "The Magic Rooster Bros"
ahttps://www.facebook.com/baysideboogiemen



Stephanie Webber


The Great Roath Bake Off are very excited to have Stephanie Webber from this years The Voice joining us this year!

We were all behind her all the way and now get to hear those powerful Welsh vocals in person.


http://www.stephaniewebber.co.uk

The Great Roath Bake Off 2015

The BIGGEST amateur baking Competition in Wales returns on May 9th At St Andrews Church in Roath.

After last years phenomenal success The Great Roath Bake Off returns and promises to be the biggest and best yet. Last year thousands was raised for Cardiff charities and the Bake Off Team have been working tirelessly since November to ensure even more is raised this year.

CPS Homes & Lettings & The Great Roath Bake Off Team are excited to bring the Bake Off back for a fith consecutive year. This massive community event has grown each year and this year we are proud to announce we are working alongside local schools to set up workshops to encourage young children to bake and teach them about cake decorating.

Wayne Courtney returns as Bake Off host for a fith time. Through his work with The Great Roath Bake Off & the RoathRocks Music festival Wayne has raised over £40,000 in the last five years for local charities. 

'I'm excited to bring The Great Roath Bake Off back to Wellfield Road on May 9th, we've been working real hard to make sure the day is fun and entertaining for everyone.' Wayne Courtney

Returning for a second year as Special Guest Judge is Britains Got Talent/Food Artist Nathan Wyburn.

'I was honoured to be asked back as a judge again at The Great Roath Bake Off. Last years event was a lot of fun and I'm especially looking forward to seeing the creativity that goes into decorating the cakes.' Nathan Wyburn

We are thrilled to announce that actress Amanda Henderson from hit BBC 1 drama Casulaty will be a Special Guest Judge at this years Great Roath Bake Off.

Joining Nathan & Amanda will be Matt Appleby, Nikki Vivian, Kirstie McCrum, former Miss Wales Sharron Mills, Michael Bell, Lloyd Pinder, Nell Pugh, Calfyn Williams, Scott Davies, Owen Deery and Chris from I❤️'s The Diff.

There will be an amazing line up of entertainment & music taking place all day at The Bake Off, including a live performance from Stephanie Webber who was recently in Tom Jones Team on BBC 1 talent show The Voice.

Local talent Calum Ross has brought in a great line up of singers and musicians to perform including Tom Auton who was recently awarded Open Mic UK Champion.

Performing:

Ellie Makes Music

Marie Batchelder

Tom Auton

Cristian Perugino 

Helena May

Ross & Lang

Bayside Boogiemen 

Stephanie Webber

We are also very excited at the return of The Great Roath Junior Bake Off. The under 16's category is hugely popular with everyone and it's where the most creative cakes will be found. Previous Great Roath Bake Off winner Lisa Watts hosts this category and has a great panel of judges and special guests ready to look for The Greatest Junior Baker in Roath. 

Also making Special appearances on the day will be Minnie & Mickey Mouse & the characters from Frozen.

With stalls, demonstrations, raffles, refreshments, entertainment & lots & lots of cake The Great Roath Bake Off will certainly be the place to be this May 9th.

Previous winner Gareth Davies will be demonstrating his cake decorating skills at this years Great Roath Bake Off.

The categories are:

Best Cake

Best Decorated Cake

Best Professional Cake

Best Bake-Bread or Pie

The Great Roath Junior Best Cake under 16's

The CPS Homes Special Award for Outstanding Cake

Entrants are asked to bring their cake/bake to St Andrews Church on May 9th between 10am and 1:30pm. You register your cake on the day. Judging starts at 2pm and winners will be announced from 4:30pm. To enter a cake/bake there is a fee of £3.50 with all proceeds going to charity.

The Great Roath Bake Off 2015

St Andrews Church

Wellfield Rd

Roath 

Cardiff

Saturday May 9th

Doors Open 10am

The Great Roath Bake Off is sponsored by CPS Homes & Lettings who continue to support local charities and community events.

All Proceeds from The Great Roath Bake Off will be donated to The Acute Stroke Unit UHW & The Welsh Spinal Centre UHW

GRBO '15

Great Roath Bake Off 2015

Saturday May 15th

St Andrews Church

Wellfield Road

Roath

Cardiff

Plans started back in November for this years Bake Off and now Christmas, New Year & my 40th Birthday are all over, our attention is completely focused on putting together our Greatest Bake Off to date.

2014 was an amazing year for The Great Roath Bake Off. Our main event seen record crowds and entries into the competition & we may be biased but we think we pulled off a great day for everyone. Not only was our event packed with the most amazing cakes but we got performances from some of the best music acts in South Wales, Celebrity Appearances, the Lord Mayor of Cardiff & a visit from Mickey & Minnie Mouse! 

Ragsy from BBC1 The Voice

Our event was packed with celebs and we were broadcast live on Radio Cardiff and was filmed for S4C HENO. 

Great British Bake Off finalist Beca Lyn-Pirkis & BBC Radio DJ Chris Needs

The standard of cakes at last years Bake Off was outstanding and visually amazing! Gareth Davies winner of Best Professional Cake wowed people with his cake.

Gareth Davies with winning Professional Cake

And Nell Pugh took home the award for Best Cake at last years Bake Off. All judges agreed that Nells Cake was deliciously fantastic.

The turn out for last years Junior Bake Off was bigger than any previous year & the effort & creativity gone into the cakes entered was amazing!!! It was evident that the participants in the Junior Bake Off had a fun time creating their wonderful cakes.

In November we held The Great Roath Junior Xmas Bake Off as part of Wellfield Road Winter Festival. Again the turn out was phenomenal & the cakes were amazing. Our winners even got to switch on the Christmas Street Lights on Wellfield road.

So now all our attention is focused on GRBO '15 & we want to build on last years success and raise even more money for our charities plus bring as many people to Roath to enjoy our event.

This years event will take place in May and we are inviting people to get involved and become a volunteer, judge or perform. It's a community event and we encourage people's input and ideas. 

We are very fortunate to have great support from CPS HOMES & LETTINGS who are again sponsoring this years Great Roath Bake Off. 

So.... Keep an eye out for our launch parties in the run up to the main event!