Platinum Jubilee Baking Competition

Photo of the judges

On Friday 1 July, Chair, Mrs Lesley Game alongside Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Rosemary Dymond DL, Leader, Roger Gough, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, Shellina Prendergast, and Founder of Kitchen Social Margate, Lucy Gray, undertook one if their toughest assignments in recent times. They were tasked with choosing the winners of the Platinum Jubilee cake competition.

We received 50 entries from students across Kent, with the hopes of a place in the final. Those entries were whittled down to 15 from 11 schools. They were asked to bake their creations and deliver them to County Hall in Maidstone for the tasting.

And the winners are....

KS2: Olivia from The Discovery School, Kings Hill with her patriotic cupcakes, some of which resembled party tents.

Cake design showing union jack on a cupcakeCupcakes display 2 with domes of tents, 3 with union jack flags and 2 with the platinum jubilee logo


KS3: Milly from Meopham School for her riot of sponge, strawberries, cream and chocolate shards.

Cake design with the colours of the union jack, chocolate shards and strawberriesCake with the colours of the union jack, chocolate shards and strawberries


KS4: Becky from Simon Langton Grammar School for Girls in Canterburywho brought a three-storey marbled red, white and blue spectacular fit to mark the 70-year reign.

Cake with union jack marbling and 70 Cake with union jack marbling and 70. A slice has been taken out to show red, white and blue layers

Chair, Mrs Lesley Game, said “I am delighted to have been able to run this baking competition for students across Kent in the Jubilee year. We had a great response, and it was difficult to pick the finalists from all the amazing entries. It has been fantastic to see the finished cakes here at County Hall and the standard of baking has been very high indeed. It has made our jobs as judges very difficult.

“I’d like to offer my heartiest congratulations to the winners and the runners up, and to all the finalists and everyone who submitted an entry to the competition. You should all be very proud of your cakes and designs.”

On Friday 1 July, Chair, Mrs Lesley Game alongside Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Rosemary Dymond DL, Leader, Roger Gough, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, Shellina Prendergast, and Founder of Kitchen Social Margate, Lucy Gray, undertook one if their toughest assignments in recent times. They were tasked with choosing the winners of the Platinum Jubilee cake competition.

We received 50 entries from students across Kent, with the hopes of a place in the final. Those entries were whittled down to 15 from 11 schools. They were asked to bake their creations and deliver them to County Hall in Maidstone for the tasting.

And the winners are....

KS2: Olivia from The Discovery School, Kings Hill with her patriotic cupcakes, some of which resembled party tents.

Cake design showing union jack on a cupcakeCupcakes display 2 with domes of tents, 3 with union jack flags and 2 with the platinum jubilee logo


KS3: Milly from Meopham School for her riot of sponge, strawberries, cream and chocolate shards.

Cake design with the colours of the union jack, chocolate shards and strawberriesCake with the colours of the union jack, chocolate shards and strawberries


KS4: Becky from Simon Langton Grammar School for Girls in Canterburywho brought a three-storey marbled red, white and blue spectacular fit to mark the 70-year reign.

Cake with union jack marbling and 70 Cake with union jack marbling and 70. A slice has been taken out to show red, white and blue layers

Chair, Mrs Lesley Game, said “I am delighted to have been able to run this baking competition for students across Kent in the Jubilee year. We had a great response, and it was difficult to pick the finalists from all the amazing entries. It has been fantastic to see the finished cakes here at County Hall and the standard of baking has been very high indeed. It has made our jobs as judges very difficult.

“I’d like to offer my heartiest congratulations to the winners and the runners up, and to all the finalists and everyone who submitted an entry to the competition. You should all be very proud of your cakes and designs.”

  • Competition details

    Calling students! To celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee the Chairman of Kent County Council, Mrs Lesley Game, is inviting students in three age groups to take part in a baking competition.

    The competition will be divided into three categories:

    All the cakes should be decorated with a Platinum Jubilee theme.

    What do you need to do?

    Plan and design your cake on paper first and send either a drawing or a photograph of your cake, with a description of the flavours to be used to civic.office@kent.gov.uk. Make sure your entry reaches us by Friday 10 June 2022.

    A panel of judges, including the Chairman, will select five finalists in each category and invite them to bake their cakes and bring them to County Hall in Maidstone on Friday 1 July 2022 for the final judging. The panel of judges will select a winner and two runners up in each category.

    Each finalist will receive a Platinum Jubilee commemorative coin. The third-place finalist will receive a £10 Amazon Voucher, the second-place finalist will receive a £20 Amazon voucher and the winner in each category will receive a £30 Amazon voucher plus a £100 book voucher for their school. The winners and photos of their creations will be shared on this page.

    Full details of the competition for each category can be found be found in the Documents section on this page.