Bakers get in gear for top competition

The National Brown Bread Baking competition in conjunction with Aldi and the ICA has once again sparked great interest throughout the country as hundreds of bakers from every county have entered breads of a seriously high quality, all wanting to be named as Ireland’s ‘Best Brown Bread Baker’ at this year’s Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

The 27 individual county winners have now qualified for the regional final at An Grianán on August 24, where the top eight winners will be selected to go to the Ploughing Championships for the semi-finals and final in the Aldi Marquee.