02/10/2026
When Languages Week 🇪🇺 meets Bake-Off 🧁 this is the impressive result. We had some fantastic entries for our baking competition, with each contestant creating something inspired by languages they speak or countries they’ve visited.
Our teachers had a a tough job tasting and rating the entries, but eventually came up with a Top Three (separated, by the way, by just 0.01 points)…
🥇 1st PLACE: Rowan’s European croissants
The croissants were home-made and filled with creams inspired by the flavours of countries such as Black Forest gateau for Germany, Sachertorte for Austria and Bakewell Tart for Britain. Judges’ comments included “Amazing variety” and “Such incredible skills and such a lot of work” and “Wow!”
🥈 2nd PLACE: Basque ‘burnt’ cheesecake by Lewis
It may look humble but it tasted Oh So GOOD! Judges’ comments included: “Restaurant standard” and “Jaw-droppingly melt in the mouth”.
🥉 3rd PLACE: Finn’s French cupcakes and Eiffel Tower fudge
This plate included cupcakes topped with creamy icing and cute motifs such as a baguette, fleur de Lys and poodle, as well as Eiffel Tower-shaped chocolate delices! Judges’ comments included: “Sweet representations of a boulangerie” and “Such airy sponge and tasty icing” and “Gorgeous Hershey-esque chocolate”.
It was tough to place the other entries, so here are just some of our judges’ comments:
Rory’s flag cookies: “Yummy and soft… Lovely texture…. So impressed that he speaks all these languages!”
Reuben’s Irish Victoria sponge: “Incredibly proudly themed cake… Took me straight back to being in an Irish tearoom… Delightfully soft sponge and clean-cut decoration.”
Jan’s flag cupcakes: “An impressive range of languages that he speaks… Chocolate chips in the sponge were a nice surprise!”
Luke’s EU blue bread: “An amazing idea and such rich colour… Very positive European message… Hats off for originality!”
Thanks to all the students who entered and thank you also to the teachers who tasted, enjoyed, rated and judged. An extra ‘gracias’ to Sr Hernandez for counting up all the marks and summarising the comments. Now, when can we do this again!!
