Sophia Wallace Stars in Cake Making Contest at Fruit Festival

The tenth annual Fruit festival hosted by the Department of Agriculture was held on Main Street in Charlestown on Friday 31st July.
The tents housing the various vendors were centralized in the vicinity of the DR Walwyn Plaza and that entire portion of the main road was blocked off from vehicular traffic.

Vendors showed up with a wide variety of items which mainly featured local fruits as the main ingredients.
Hundreds of individuals attended and all seemed keen to sample the wide range of products.
One of the main features for the day’s activity, was the cake making competition.
Quite a number of persons participated and there were various sizes and shapes of cakes on display for the competition.
When the grand announcement of the winners was made by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Eric Evelyn,

Mrs. Sophia Wallace was the ultimate star as she won in two categories and placed third in the third category.
The final placements were as follows:

Cheese cake category
1ST —Sophia Wallace
2nd – Judy Morton
3rd-Joycelyn Simmonds
Plain Cake category

1st—Chrystal Henville
2nd– Erdre Polius
3rd—Sophia Wallace

Fruit cake category
1st—Sophia Wallace
2nd—Jessups pastry making group
3rd –Lornette Webbe

Best Presentation
Sophia Wallace-pumpkin cake
Best utilization of local fruits
Lornette Webbe

There was also an ice cream competition which was adjudged as follows:
Winner-Golden Rock Hotel
2nd –Shante Moore
3rd –Erdre Polius
Best Homemade ice cream
Shante Moore

Judy Morton collects prize for second in Cheese cake category
Judy Morton collects prize for second in Cheese cake category

The winners received trophies and packs of flour complements of the Agriculture Department and the East Caribbean group of companies.
Mr. Evelyn took time out to heartily thank all of the sponsors of the event. These included:
The Government’s Supply office; TDC; Horsfords and the East Caribbean group of companies.

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