Events
Scottish Bread Championship 2024: Results
Feb
With thanks to SBC organiser Wendy Barrie of Scottish Food Guide for this summary of the day.
Scottish Bread Championship 2024 Results
The crowd gathered at the Scottish Festival of Real Bread Main Stage to hear the Championship results. Photo credit Wendy Barrie, Scottish Food Guide
It’s a wrap. The Scottish Bread Championship was held at Bowhouse in Fife, this last weekend in February, during Real Bread Week. The one and only of its kind, the Scottish Bread Championship, sponsored by The Edinburgh Bakers Trust, Scottish Food Guide and Scotland The Bread brings together Real Bread makers from across the nation. Unique to this Championship, entrants could deliver their loaves (judged behind closed doors) then head for a cuppa and networking with fellow entrants before enjoying free time in Fife: visiting friends, walking in nature, exploring the region’s culture… or perhaps even indulging in wild swimming, a popular pastime along Fife’s shoreline! There were pre-arranged loaf “drop-off” options but many bakers car-shared and spent the weekend in Fife. Friday supper offered further opportunities to meet over good food and bread conversations; a precursor to the Scottish Festival of Real Bread extravaganza and Awards Ceremony the following day, also at Bowhouse.
The judging panel. Credit: Chris Young / www.realbreadcampaign.org published under Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA-NC-4.0
With eight classes ranging from Classic Sourdoughs to imaginative entries reflecting our diverse food cultures, flamboyant patisserie and The People’s Bread, promoting an everyday nutritious, tasty and achievable family loaf, there was something for everyone and a plethora of fabulous flavours for the judges to appraise. Suffice to say they had an intense day. Details of Judging Panel here.
RESULTS
Supreme Champion: Spelt Sourdough from Station House Bakery, Haddington
Reserve Champion: Tortano (Potato Crown) from Wild Hearth Bakery, Comrie
GOLDS
| Bruntlands Bread | Country Sourdough |
| Bruntlands Bread | Spelt Sourdough |
| Cadzow Bakehouse | Tinned Dark Rye Bread |
| Company Bakery | Rustic Ciabatta |
| Company Bakery | Rye Multiseed |
| Company Bakery | Signature Sourdough |
| Comrie Primary School | Shaky Toon Loaf |
| Cukie Patisserie | Scotland |
| Garvald Bakers | Organic Chilli and Chia Seed Oatcakes |
| Heritage Bakehouse | Seaweed and tahini sourdough |
| Knapdale artisan bread | Tomato, Green Olive and fresh Rosemary Sourdough Focaccia |
| Mahala Le May | Selkirk Bannock |
| Mhor Bread | Croissant |
| Mhor Bread | Pain Aux Raisin |
| Mhor Bread | Pumpkin |
| Mhor Bread | Raspberry Cream Croissant Roll |
| Mhor Bread | Chocolate Chip Brioche |
| Mhor Bread | Chia Seed Sourdough |
| Mhor Bread | Raspberry Cream Croissant |
| Robert Alcock | Scottish Acorn Bread / Arán dearcáin na hAlban |
| Station House Bakery | Seeded Sourdough |
| Station House Bakery | Station House Sourdough |
| Sunrise Bakehouse | Seeded sourdough |
| Sunrise Bakehouse | Cardamom bun |
| Sunrise Bakehouse | Stoneground wholemeal sourdough |
| Sunrise Bakehouse | Brioche loaf |
| The Culinary Kiwi Bird | BERE MEAL SOURDOUGH BAGUETTE |
| Wild Hearth Bakery | Ka’ak (Palestinian sesame rings) |
| Wild Hearth Bakery | Potato and rosemary Roman-style pizza |
| Wild Hearth Bakery | Orange poppyseed babka |
| Wild Hearth Bakery | Caramelised apple, walnut, and cinnamon scroll |
| Your Loaf is a Work of Art | Norskinspirert Dansk Rugbrød fra Skottland (Norwegian inspired Danish Rye Bread from Scotland) |
FULL RESULTS HERE
Wendy Barrie with a fraction of the entries! Photo credit Wendy Barrie, Scottish Food Guide
The Scottish Bread Championship was co-founded in 2017 and run by Wendy Barrie and Andrew Whitley, Scottish Food Guide and Scotland The Bread respectively, and also sponsored by The Edinburgh Bakers Trust since 2022.
