Live Competitions

As some of you may be aware, our competition secretary recently posted on our group page regarding Live competitions. For those of you that have not entered a Live competition before, here is a bit of an overview of what they are all about, and we also wanted to get rid of some of the myths surrounding any thing you may have heard before.

As well as the competitions that are in the main judging room, where you would produce products at college or university and then bring them along, we also have Live competitions which takes place during the Saturday morning. Below is a bit more information about them:

Live Competitions available

• The Victory Challenge Trophy - 6 Decorated biscuits / Gingerbread men
• IBB Live Piping Class - 4 themed miniature cup cakes
• Live Marzipan Modelling - 3 marzipan models suitable for a birthday cake
• Dead Dough Modelling Plaque - Display bread suitable for display in a bakery shop window

The time allowed for each competition is different, so you would need to check the competition for further details regarding this. The prize money for all of these competitions is as follows:

• 1st Place - £100
• 2nd Place - £50
• 3rd Place - £25

Now we have heard some rumours going around about Live competitions, which we wanted to clarify here:

If I enter a live competition I wont be able to take part or watch Lob the Cob...
This is not true. Live competitions start at 09:30am in the morning. The longest Live competition lasts 2 hours 30 minutes so would be finished at 12pm. Lob the Cob does not start until 12:30pm so that is plenty of time for you to get changed and prepare yourselves for any cob lobbing or spectating!

I can enter more than one Live competition...
Unfortunately, this is not possible, as all of the Live competitions take place at the same time. Based on this, you can only enter one Live competition

Live video will put me off doing this...
From speaking with students previously, we have found that actually the Live video broadcasting via Facebook doesn’t actually put students off. We only have one person walking around the room recording Live, and they go around every student. We aren’t actually recording you, and focusing more on your work and the products you are producing. Also, you have the benefit of being able to watch yourself back on the live stream after. Your friends and family can watch you live on the day, and even give you some support through the facebook app.


Unlike the normal competitions, Live Competitions are testing your skills at conference, in a set time limit. One of competitions currently does not have any entries, which is the Victory Challenge Trophy - 6 Decorated biscuits / Gingerbread men. We think that their are lots of you coming to conference who could do this competition and be in with a very good chance of being in the top three. You have to be under 18 years old (16 or 17) on the day of judging in order to enter. If you are interested in entering this competition, you need to be quick. Speak to your lecturer and ask them to email our competition secretary Graham Duckworth to get your late entry in.