The Big Portland Bake Show

Ready, set, bake!

Get your showstopper cakes and signature bakes ready and join us in the tent at Pix Pâtisserie. This summer Pix is recreating the celebrated Great British Bake Off, where six aspiring amateur bakers will come together for a series of two-day friendly, fun, and delicious competitions each month. While the bakers are mixing away and checking their oven bakes, we invite the curious spectator to come cheer them on! The watch party will be happening throughout the competition and audience participation will be encouraged with trivia, spectator “challenges”, raffle prizes and, of course, a little taste testing.

Don’t miss the Shake and Bake Happy Hour each afternoon after the competition for shaken cocktails by resident Can Bar, and an opportunity to meet the baking contestants in a Q&A, all accompanied by rhythm and grooves from DJ Action Slacks (Saturdays) and bossa nova tunes from Steve Cheseborough and Trio Açaí (Sundays). Hungry? Grab a housemade dessert from the Pix-O-Matics, or snacks from one of our collaborators, including Sichuan chef Rita You of Portland’s incredibly missed Lucky Strike restaurant, and a few other surprises along the way.

Free admission and all ages.

Competition Dates - There are three separate competitions, each lasting two days.

June 27 & 28 (plus a meeting on the 20th)

July 18 & 19 (plus a meeting on the 11th)

August 29 & 30 (plus a meeting on the 22nd)

Want to compete in the tent?

Register for a casting interview! Registration opens Monday, May 4 at 8AM. Check back here at that time to sign up for one of 40 available interview slots. There is a $1 administrative fee to apply. The 15 minute in-person casting interviews will take place Saturday, May 30 & Sunday, May 31 from 9AM – 4PM at Pix Pâtisserie. All potential contestants will be required to present something that they have baked at the interview.

(Note: If the registration link is not working after 8AM on May 4th, refresh your browser.)

Eligibility

This is a contest for amateur bakers. Contestants are not eligible if they attended an accredited culinary school for three months or more or worked in a professional kitchen and/or baking setting (paid or unpaid) at any time for a period of 3 months or more.

Contestants must also:

·      be 18 years or older at the time they apply.

·      live in the Greater Portland Metro Area

·      be available both days of the competition they are chosen for, from 8AM to 6PM, AS WELL AS the Saturday afternoon the week before the competition from 3PM to 5PM. (June 20, July 11, August 22)

·      agree to all contest rules. (Rules will be made available to those selected as contestants.)

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