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The Scottish Bread Championship 2026 will be held at Bowhouse in Fife on Friday 27th February during Real Bread Week, sponsored by The Edinburgh Bakers Trust
Scotland The Bread & Scottish Food Guide
The Scottish Festival of Real Bread
takes place the following day,
on Saturday 28th February, with many activities, stalls & workshops, and,
the Award Ceremony for the Championship.
Application form now online here.
APPLICATIONS DEADLINE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20th
Details for Drop-Off Points for on the day of judging sent directly to entrants
We are delighted the Championship currently receives sponsorship from The Edinburgh Bakers Trust. a registered charity (SC047164) whose purpose is the advancement of baking education, arts, heritage, culture and science. Their core activity is to award small grants to bakers and other related organisations.
Scotland The Bread & Scottish Food Guide are also main sponsors. The Scottish Bread Championship was co-founded by Andrew Whitley (Scotland The Bread) & Wendy Barrie (Scottish Food Guide) in 2017. Our grateful thanks to our friends, families and colleagues who give their time and enthusiasm to help us on the days. They do this on a purely voluntary basis and we really appreciate it.
The Scottish Festival of Real Bread is back, and it’s a celebration of the best in bread-making offers the chance to immerse yourself in the world of Real Bread, from simply eating it to debating the future of grain systems. Once again, a highlight of the Festival will be the awards ceremony of the annual Scottish Bread Championship, as well as a communal bread stall selling some of the finest loaves Scotland has to offer.
The programme includes:
- Live demonstrations
- Children’s workshops
- Heritage grain tasting
- Film screenings
- The Big Thrash: hands-on threshing for children!
- Participatory discussions on shaping the future of vital grain networks
- Spontaneous choir, The Bread Sangsters, create a singalong
The Championship might be a competition but it’s also a celebration: we’d like to encourage you to work towards submitting your best loaf, not necessarily trying to beat everyone else’s, and are here to support everyone towards the ultimate result – baking the loaf you want.
