18/08: This event has been postponed due to the change to Alert Level 4.

Bring along your best homemade baking for a chance to win the prestigious ‘Golden Spork’!

7pm – Doors open. Tables will be set up for you to display your baking.

7:20pm – Tasting, judging and voting for People’s Choice starts. Everyone attending can try as many entries as they wish, subject to availability and stomach space.

7:50pm – Judges announce the winners, including People’s Choice.

8pm – Tidy up – volunteers needed to pack tables away and sweep up the inevitable crumbs.

Printed copies of the latest WTMC Cookbook will be on sale on the night.

Rules:

• Judges’ decisions are final.

• Entries must be homemade and fit into one of the four categories below.

• Please label your entries if they meet any specific dietary needs eg gluten free, vegan.

• Participants are responsible for taking all remaining baking and containers away.

• We take no responsibility for any overconsumption of sugar at this event.

Categories:

1. ‘Get me up that hill’

High energy snacks that you can carry with you on a tramp and eat on the track. Entries to this category need to be pocket-sized and practical snacks you can make at home before you head out on a trip.

2. Hut-friendly desserts

What homemade sweet treat do you like to round off a good day in the hills with? This category includes anything you think you can make mid-tramp, with what you have carried into a hut. Billy-baked cakes, carefully carried and constructed pavlovas, and creek-chilled cheesecake would all fit the bill.

3. ‘Post-tramp treats’

What do you dream about eating when you finish a hard trip? What’s your go-to recovery eating recipe? This category is for anything and everything that you can make at home to reward yourself post-tramp – the more decadent or nourishing the better!

4. Tararua biscuits

Your take on this tramping staple. Key features are high energy, indestructible and versatile enough to be eaten on-tramp for breakfast, lunch or dinner (or all three!). Check out the TTC website for more detail on what makes a good Tararua biscuit.

Happy baking!