FIVE GOTAFE students have showcased their skills in the Victorian EOI Excellence in Baking Competition last week.
The annual state-wide competition was hosted at GOTAFE’s Fryers Street Campus in Shepparton, where students were required to supply all their own ingredients plus any specialised equipment and utensils. All baking started from scratch and only raw materials were used.
Independent guest judges included event sponsor, Brendan Bullen from EOI Peerless Foods, Stephen Pinnuck from GOTAFE, Jarryd Coghlan from Red House Bakery, Connor McNaught and Rob Beanham from Euroa Hot Bread Bakery.
GOTAFE students, Ethan Cootes (Beechworth Bakery, Echuca) and Aiden Muntz (Higgins Bakery, Shepparton) competed in the Baking Apprentice of the Year Bake Off Competition making a variety of breads over the categories white dough mix, fruit bun dough mix, multigrain bread dough mix and Artisan bread.
Kyla Wagner (Beechworth Bakery, Echuca), Sam Bertalli (Alpine Breads, Benalla) and Sharna Meek (Bridgewater Bakery, Bridgewater) competed in the Pastry Apprentice of the Year Bake Off Competition, where they were required to make a Black Forest Cake and a variety of pastries over three categories; speciality pastry, savoury pastry and sweet short crust pastry.
Ethan took out first place in the Bread Bake Off Competition and Lina Hut placed first in the Pastry Apprentice of the Year Bake Off Competition.
