The Orange Tree, Nottingham, raises cash for Maggie's cancer care charity

A tasty Bake Off challenge at The Orange Tree in Nottingham has raised more than £145 for charity.

The pub in Shakespeare Street is a regular supporter of Maggie’s, the cancer caring centre based at the City Hospital, Nottingham.

As well as the proceeds from the Bake Off, the pub has also collected £107 from a swap shop event earlier this year, and £169 from its clubcard scheme – netting more than £420 for the charity in the last few months.

Almost 20 bakers battled it out in the latest event, which attracted classic cakes, beautiful bakes and a selection of fancies.

Guest judges who sampled the tasty entries included Nottingham actress Ros Hanson, who featured in the Bafta award-winning This is England, Nottingham Post feature writer Lynette Pinchess, cake designer Danielle Gotheridge, who runs the Hockley-based Danielle Gotheridge outlet, and The Orange Tree’s head chef Jim Gordon and second chef Callum France.

The winner was Aimee Walker, with an elaborate design topped with fruit. She was followed by Karima Mulji, who came second, Betty Butcher third, and Sam Davies fourth. They each won a bottle of champagne.

Prizes of a cream tea for two at The Orange Tree went to Natalie Smith, who was fifth, Judy Willis, who was sixth, Claire Wood, who was seventh, and Sam Gray, who took eighth place.

Melanie Newbold, general manager at The Orange Tree said: “The standard of entries was superb – well above and beyond what I thought we would get. It’s fantastic that so many people have gone to so much trouble to take part in our Bake Off event for Maggie’s.

“I’d like to thank those who entered, and also our judges for giving up their time.”

After the judging, the cakes were sold off in aid of Maggie’s – raising more than £145.

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Charity Bake Off staged by The Orange Tree pub in Nottingham

Can your cakes cut it? The Orange Tree pub in Nottingham is staging a charity bake off and is urging people who love to bake to show off their skills.

The event is being staged on Saturday July 14th in aid of Maggie’s, the cancer caring centre, which is based at the City Hospital in Nottingham.

Guest judges lined up to sample the tasty entries include Nottingham actress Ros Hanson, who featured in the Bafta award-winning This is England, Nottingham Post feature writer Lynette Pinchess, cake designer Danielle Gotheridge, who runs the Hockley-based Danielle Gotheridge outlet, and The Orange Tree’s head chef Jim Gordon.

Now organisers are appealing for bakers to start flicking through their recipe books to come up with ideas for cakes and bakes which will tickle the judges’ taste buds.

After judging, the cakes will be sold off to raise money for Maggie’s, which The Orange Tree in Shakespeare Street has supported with a number of fund-raising efforts.

“Baking is really growing in popularity and we know from chatting to our regulars that there are many enthusiastic amateur bakers out there,” said Orange Tree general manager Melanie Newbold. “We decided it would be a fun idea to stage our own bake off and at the same time raise money for local charity Maggie’s. We’ve lined up some judges who are looking forward to sampling the entries, so now we want to hear from people who are keen to enter our bake off competition at The Orange Tree.”

Entries are being invited from anyone who loves to bake. The competition, which is free to enter, has a number of great prizes on offer for the winners.

Details for entering The Orange Tree’s bake off are available from the pub and also to download from the website www.orangetree.co.uk or by emailing nottingham@orangetree.co.uk

Forms need to be submitted by Sunday July 8th for those who wish to enter. Cakes need to be at the pub between 11am and noon on Saturday July 14th, with judging starting at 1pm followed by the cake sale later.

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Swap Shop raises money for cancer caring centre Maggie’s

Nottingham pub The Orange Tree has raised more than £100 after staging a swap shop in aid of cancer caring centre Maggie’s.

The event at the pub in Shakespeare Street was the ideal opportunity to swap unwanted Christmas presents, freshen up a wardrobe, bag a bargain or trade redundant items for something different.

Clothes swapping events have become particularly popular in the current economic climate, as fashion fans aim to revamp their look without shelling out a fortune. But this event went one step further by offering people the chance to swap not only clothes but anything that they no longer wanted – from unwanted gifts to duplicate items.

“It was a great success and we were delighted by the turn-out,” said Orange Tree general manager Mel Newbold. “It was a very environmentally friendly way of gaining some new outfits or new items. We estimate that around 200 items were swapped.”

The £107 proceeds from the event will be donated to the £3 million Maggie’s centre, which was officially opened in November at Nottingham City Hospital following a huge fund-raising appeal locally.

The centre, which offers free emotional, psychological and practical support to patients and their families, needs to raise £350,000 a year towards operating costs.

“We’ve supported Maggie’s for quite a while now, with our club card scheme, and we’re delighted that our customers got behind the event,” said Mel.

Any items left over from the swap shop event were passed to the Inspire charity shop, which supports people with learning disabilities, which is near The Orange Tree.

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Swap Shop at The Orange Tree in aid of cancer caring centre Maggie's

Nottingham pub The Orange Tree is staging a swap shop to raise money for cancer caring centre Maggie’s.

The event, which takes place on Thursday February 16th at the pub in Shakespeare Street from 8pm, is the ideal opportunity to swap unwanted Christmas presents, freshen up a wardrobe, bag a bargain or trade redundant items for something different.

Clothes swapping events have become particularly popular in the current economic climate, as fashion fans aim to revamp their look without shelling out a fortune. But this event goes one step further by offering people the chance to swap not only clothes but anything that they no longer want – from unwanted gifts to duplicate items.

“It’s a great idea to swap things that you don’t want any more for items that others have donated,” said Orange Tree general manager Mel Newbold. “It’s a very environmentally friendly way of gaining some new outfits or new items.

”It’s an opportunity to collect some cool stuff, while at the same time finding new homes for things you no longer wear or no longer need that are cluttering up your home. It’s going to be aimed at both men and women, so we hope to have a real range of items available.”

All proceeds from the event will be donated to the £3million Maggie’s centre, which was officially opened in November at Nottingham City Hospital following a huge fund-raising appeal locally.

The centre, which offers free emotional, psychological and practical support to patients and their families, needs to raise £350,000 a year towards operating costs.

To take part in the charity swap shop event at The Orange Tree take your items to The Orange Tree between Monday 13th and Wednesday 15th February and swap them for tokens which will be available to ‘spend’ on the night of the swap shop event.

Entry to the event on February 16th costs £2 and it will also be possible to buy tokens on the night if you haven’t got anything to swap.

“We’ve supported Maggie’s for quite a while now, with our club card scheme, and we’re hoping that customers will really get behind the event and help us to raise as much as possible,” said Mel.

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