A chef at North Devon District Hospital has won her second national gold award within a year for a novelty cake – a stunning recreation of a sewing basket that is edible down to the last needle, button and strand of cotton.
Meg Davis’s latest success came at the Salon
Culinaire event, which brings together hundreds of entrants each year from
Sodexo, the firm which runs catering, cleaning, portering and other support
services for Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
The cake is made of Madeira sponge and covered with
sugar paste. All the contents of the box are individually made of sugar paste.
The completed cake and decorations took some 30 hours to complete.
Earlier in the year, Meg won the same category at
the Hotelympia catering event, which brings together catering staff from across
the hospitality sector.
The latest success comes as the Northern Devon team
also notched up two wins in the annual Sodexo Star awards at the end of 2010:
- The national award for service excellence in
facilities management
- The southern regional award for additional
services (shop and Yoo Cafe on Level 2 at NDDH, and security)
Meg said: “Although it took a lot of time and
demanded a great deal of concentration to make the contents as realistic as
possible, winning the gold medal along with the Best in Class against very
strong competition made it all worthwhile.”
I bet it did Meg and congratulations what a fabulous piece of art. Now can I have a slice?
I bet it did Meg and congratulations what a fabulous piece of art. Now can I have a slice?
2 comments:
That is a downright incredible work of cake art! I honestly thought it was a real sewing basket o.O
Congratulations are definitely well deserved!
You can see why she won a gold medal
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