Two students were selected from each year group, for each House, and the winning house from each year will go through to our Bake Off final next term. For the selection process, House Captains invited students to bring in a 'signature bake' and students were selected to then represent their House and compete against their year group.

For the Y11 and Sixth Form bake off heat (or 'technical challenge'), the students had to follow a 1960s 'chocolate truffle' student recipe within a set time frame.

The 1960's recipes and methods have been extracted from our 1960's student magazines and will be used by the constestants to revive the classic recipes and showcase the timeless appeal of traditional baking. 

The heat got off to a flying start, with each pair of bakers using their teamwork to organise equipment, measure ingredients and converting the imperial measurements into metric!

It was great to see the varying approaches to 'biscuit sieving', with some bashing through the biscuits with rolling pins, with other's going for the more modern technique of the food processor. The students needed to use teamwork to ensure their truffles had an even coating and were at the right consistency. Students soon realised that rolling identical spheres, in shape and size, was perhaps not as easy as it looked!

All entries had to be presented at the gingham table before the clock ran out, with Temple House perfecting their presentation and waiting for the last possible seconds to race to get their entry to the table.