2011 Best Year Ever!

This year's Bunfight was our most successful to date so well done to everyone who took the time to enter. With 85 spectacular entries, the bakers and cake-eaters of Peckham raised a fabulous £405 for the Art Clubs at Peckham Space.
Our thanks go to our wonderful judges, Lucy Williams from delicious magazine, our own prize-winning Charlie Fox and artisan chocolatier Isabelle from La Melange.
Thanks to our little crew of organisers for getting up very early on a Sunday morning and packing away when everyone else was in the pub!
Finally thanks to all those who kindly donated lovely prizes or gave their support: Review bookshop, Jake Tilson, Ganapati, Frog on the Green, Fenton Walsh, Old Villa, Anderson & Co, Roullier White, Franklins Farm Shop, La Melange, Toutes Directions, Starbucks, Gareth Sambidge and Quadrille Publishing.
Anyone who entered, send us your recipe and we'll put it up here.

Bun Fight 2011

Our 5th annual cookery competition will be taking place outside the Review Bookshop on

Sunday 9th October

This year's Classic Cake Competition will be The Best Carrot Cake and as always there will be a special prize for Best In Show. All winners and runners up will be awarded a prize.

Please drop off entries between 10am - 12pm.

Winners to be announced at 3.00pm followed by the cake sale (of any entries that have been donated to the event)

Entry forms and further info are available from Review.

£1 per entry is payable on the day. All proceeds raised will be donated to charity. Please contact us with nominations for this year's funds.

Well Done Everyone!

This year's Bun Fight was a great success! Despite the drizzle, the people of Peckham brought us their wonderful cakes and jams and we are delighted to have raised £225 for The Coplestone Centre.
Thank you to everyone who helped out, to Roz at Review for the venue and for donating lots of books, thanks to the judges, Angela Boggiano, last year's champion Tamsin Thorne and lovely Matt from Petitou, thanks also to delicious magazine for providing many prizes, to Ganapati for offering the Best in Show prize of dinner for 2 and to Starbucks for keeping us warm with gallons of hot coffee.
Here are some of our talented winners:A thrilled Sarah with her 1st place jam and prize hamper

Bea and her yummy Smiley Cakes
First-Place-Max and his amazing Anzac Biscuits
Top marks for Stephen who won 1st prize and the super special Best In Show award with his delicious Lemon Tart
Charlie Fox, winner of the most competitive category of Classic Cake - The Best Lemon Drizzle
Michael and his marvellous Runner Bean Chutney

Hayley won second prize for her irresistable Chocolate Biscuit Cakes
Sam and his brrrrilliant Too-delicious-to-try-scrumped-plum-jam!

Bun Fight 2010

Our 4th annual cookery competition is taking place outside the Review Bookshop on

Saturday 2nd October

This year's Classic Cake Competition will be The Best Lemon Drizzle Cake and as always there will be a special prize for Best In Show. All winners and runners up will be awarded a lovely prize.

Please drop off entries between 10am - 12pm.

Winners to be announced at 3.00pm followed by the cake sale (of any entries that have been donated to the event)

Entry forms and further info are available from Review.

£1 per entry is payable on the day. All proceeds raised will be donated to charity. Please contact us with nominations for this year's funds.

Bunfight 2009

Our 3rd annual cookery competition is taking place this year outside the Review Bookshop on

Saturday 10th October

Please drop off entries between 10am - 12pm.

Winners to be announced at 3.00pm followed by the cake sale (of any entries that have been donated to the event) at 4.00pm.

Brownie points will be given for any cracking stories behind your entry. All winners and runners up will be awarded a lovely prize.

Entry forms and further info are available from Review.

All proceeds raised will be donated to Gumboots Community Nursery. Please contact us with details of any charity you'd like to nominate for next year.

Hello and Welcome

This year's cookery competition is taking place outside the Review Bookshop on Sunday 5th October

Please drop off entries between 10am - 12pm.

Winners to be announced at 3.00pm followed by the cake sale (of any entries that have been donated to the event) at 4.00pm.

Brownie points will be given for any cracking stories behind your entry. All winners and runners up will be awarded a lovely prize.

Entry forms and further info will be available soon from the Review Bookshop. All proceeds raised will be donated to a local charity.

This year we will also be running a sister horticultural event on the same weekend. Categories include giant vegetables, floral arrangements and a vegetable hat parade.

For more details click here.

New Judge! Top Prize!

We are very happy to welcome East Dulwich Deli bossman Tony Zuccola into the judging panel this year. EDD is sponsoring the Best In Show award but Mr Z is keeping his special prize very much under wraps....

Hello and Welcome

Do you have doughy buns?
Are your tarts fruity?
Does your cookie crumble?
Do you fancy your chances against local food godesses Silvana ‘cold hands’ Franco (yes of televisual fame) and Angela ‘sharp knives’-Boggiano (food editor of Delicious magazine)?

Then ladies, man your stoves because you are cordially invited by the Bellenden Village Womans Institute in collaboration with The Review Book Shop- purveyor of fine verse, to

The Bellenden Bun Fight Cookery Competition

From your
Chairman and Chief Judge
James Fisher

A Few Details

The event is to be held on the Review Book Shop courtyard on Sat 16th June under the marquee

Please drop off entries between 10am and 12pm to either James or Roz

Judging results to take place at 3pm. Refreshments will be served under the marquee, of sour grapes, hard cheese and humble pie and Silvana’s infamous elderflower cordial

Remember this is a bit of tea and bun and home cooking rules. Brownie points will be given for any cracking stories behind your entry (madam).

You can pick up an entry form and further info from Review Book Shop.

News Flash: Prizes for all

Due to the extreme generosity of a local benefactor, we are pleased to announce that all entrants to the Bellenden Bun Fight will receive a top notch prize of a hand crafted ceramic pie black bird funnel, whether you like it or not. Our benefactor has made a wish to remain anonymous, but we would like to thank the well known Pie Book authoress who has now cleared out all her old cupboards of all her crap.

Categories

Best Buns
Breads and rolls

Baking Brilliance
Cakes and biscuits

Just Like Mum Used to Make
Jams, marmalades, chutneys and relishes

Little Spooners
Children only; any of the above categories