After meeting residents this morning and feeding the ducks at Waddon Ponds, I headed to Croydon Bake Off,
a seasonal competition organised locally by Christo Matthews through the Croydon
Eats Out (CEO) group, which aims to bring residents together for food-based
events throughout the year. The event takes place in the vibrant town centre in
the courtyard by Matthews Yard and is staffed and supported by a series of local
volunteers from across the Borough. Entrants into the competition are judged by
professional chefs and can serve up sweet or savoury dishes for the members of
the public to taste and enjoy throughout the day.
Tasty treats on offer included lavender
flavoured cupcakes, homemade sausage rolls and freshly made quiche. The event
attracted several hundred people throughout the day and everyone I spoke with
thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were very supportive of the competition.
Many entrants for the competition had heard
about it on Twitter and Facebook through Croydon’s thriving social media scene.
Today’s Bakeoff was another perfect example of key members of our community
coming together to organise great events that promote and publicise our town by
showcasing our community spirit. It is this community spirit that I saw during
the opening of Waddon’s leisure centre earlier in the
year, and it is this community spirit that we must all continue to support to
give our town the national recognition it deserves.
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