Kandy Bar News Today

The iconic local bakery took home three prizes on the night.

TWO well-loved North Ayrshire firms have been honoured at the Scottish Baker of the Year awards.

Scottish Bakers’ annual conference – held in Glasgow over the weekend (5-6 May) – saw Mimi’s Bakehouse fight off stiff competition to take the title; the launch of a government-backed fund to support the sector with reformulation; and a warning to ignore social media ‘at your peril’.

The ‘Forward Together’ programme tackles a number of key issues affecting the sector today, including resilience and creativity during what has been the toughest trading period in history; the importance of training and especially apprenticeships; and how to make the most of social media.

Two North Ayrshire bakeries have been shortlisted for this year’s Scottish Baker of the Year awards.

THE closing date for the Post Office counter on Kilwinnings Main Street has been confirmed.

KILWINNING’S Kandy Bar has once again taken away top awards, on this occasion for its meat bean and potato pie, sausage roll and their large apple…

THE Kandy Bar bakery has made the shortlist of the 22nd World Championship Scotch Pie Awards.

KILWINNING’S Kandy Bar bakery has made the shortlist of the 22nd World Championship Scotch Pie Awards.

James Pirie & Son has been crowned the first ever World Scotch Pie Champion of Champions. The competition, organised by trade body Scottish Bakers, took a different format for 2021 only with previous winners being invited to submit their winning pies to be crowned the ultimate champion. Newtyle-based butcher James Pirie & Son won the World Championship Scotch Pie Awards in 2020 and again in 2018 with its Scotch Pie. “I was delighted to have won the competition twice but to have been judged al...