This year, the Ideal Home Show is celebrating the return of cake decorating and putting the fun back into cake artistry by launching a nationwide search for the UK’s ‘Ideal Home Cake Decorator of the Year’ this March.
Organisers of this year’s show, are on the hunt for the best of the UK’s aspiring cake decorators, with an appetite for the amazing art of sugarcraft ahead of this year’s highly anticipated event in Earls Court running 11 – 27th March.
This year’s brand new competition will also be in celebration of the most anticipated day of the year, the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William to Catherine Middleton. Entrants will be tasked with creating a royal themed wedding cake, decorated for the royal couple’s happy day, to mark this special occasion.
Entrants to the competition are asked to bring down their Royal themed cake art, to the show on Wednesday 16th March to be displayed in the Ideal Food section of the show, to be in with the chance to win a wide range of prizes which include Champagne afternoon tea for two at the luxurious regency-style hotel, The Kensington, London. Other fantastic prizes include 12 month’s free subscription to Cake Craft & Decoration Magazine along with the winning cake featured in the magazine, an Ice Cream Maker from Andrew James, and hands on cooking course for the winner and a friend courtesy of thanksdarling.com.
Organisers commented: “We want cake decorating enthusiasts from across the UK to create the most fabulous and spectacular cake that is worthy of a Royal wedding and embodies all that is great and British.”
So if you’ve ever fancied yourself as a bit of an artist in the kitchen, spent years slaving away behind sugary treats and delicate cakes just to perfect your icing techniques, or get compliments on how creative your sugary creations are, then this competition is for you!
Anyone that brings a home-decorated cake in theme with the Royal Wedding on Wednesday 16th March will receive half price tickets on the door* and gain automatic entry to the competition by taking their cakes to the judging area in the Ideal Food Section.
The cakes will remain on display throughout the day and prizes will be awarded at a prize-giving ceremony hosted in the Celebrity Chef Theatre of the Ideal Food section with special guests from the culinary and cake world.
The competition is open to all comers – novice and experienced sugarcrafters alike – ladies, gents and children are all welcome. There are some fantastic prizes to be won!

So get your aprons on, your edible flowers blooming and practice your tiers as this is sure to be a well sought after title!

Entry date is Wednesday 16th March 2011
All entries must be brought to the Ideal Food section of this year’s show by 12pm on Wednesday 16th march 2011. Successful Entries that adhere to the competition criteria will be displayed at the Celebrity Chef Theatre at this year’s Ideal Home Show on the 16th Match 2011 and later judged by our esteemed panel of judges. The prize giving ceremony will take place on Wednesday 16th March 2011.

The Ideal Home Show, London will open its doors for 17 days from 11th – 27th March 2011, at London’s Earls Court. Tickets can be either booked online or by calling the Ticket Hotline on 0844 415 4144, or for further information about the show visit the website http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk. 50p per ticket sold goes to the Ideal Homes For Heroes appeal supporting ABF The Soldiers’ Charity – see http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/ideal-homes-for-heroes/ for details.

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Notes to Editor

Ticket Information:
On Door In Advance
Weekday Adult £16 £11
Weekend Adult £18 £13
Weekday Concession (Over 60s) £11 £9
Weekend Concession (Over 60s) £13 £11
Children under 16 Free (ticket is required) *
Late Night Thursday Open until 9pm £5 after 5pm £5 after 5pm
Transaction fee n/a £1.50

*Children under 16 do require a ticket which should be requested at the time of booking. Each child must be accompanied by a paying adult.
Opening times:
10am – 6pm every day
10am – 9pm Thursdays

Ideal Home Show: The Ideal Home Show, the UK’s biggest and longest running consumer event, was acquired by award-winning events and publishing company Media 10 in 2009 from DMG World Media, the first time the show has changed hands in just over 100 years.

The 2010 Ideal Home Show was a landmark event, attracting over 250,00 visitors across the 17-day event, an increase of 100,000 on last year’s numbers, making it the most successful Ideal Home Show for the past decade, thanks to new owners; Media 10.

Follow the Ideal Home Show on Twitter http://twitter.com/ideal_home_show

For more details or enquiries about the event, please contact Alex Davison at Stuart Higgins Communications on 0207 096 5816 or email
alex@stuart-higgins.com<mailto:alex@stuart-higgins.com

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