Yummy! Baking Phenomenon Returns To Galway

Do you spend your free time baking brownies and scones? Or perhaps you just enjoy eating them? Either way, you'll definitely want to check out Bake Fest Galway 2014. The two day national baking festival is set to return to Leisureland Galway on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October and promises to be even bigger and better than last year’s festival. Next month will see celebrity chefs Lilly Higgins and Edward Hayden taking to the demo kitchen along with the wonderful Catherine Leyden from TV3 and Odlums; author, celebrity chef and TV personality Stuart O'Keeffe; RTÉ’s Ali Honour; author of Extreme Greens Sally McKenna; and columnist Nessa Robins who is the author behind Apron Strings. There will also be an extra special treat for visitors as there is due to be a 'Live Bake Off' involving the The Great Irish Bake Off contestants 2014. Bake Fest is a family-centred event with a strong focus on re-installing traditions and time spent together when baking.  These are values festival demonstrator Catherine Leyden also holds clear. She said: “Home baking has been my passion all my life – I first learned to bake from my grandmother and indeed my mother and this love of baking have stayed with me. “For almost 40 years I have been the face of Odlums – encouraging and helping everyone to bake.  Thankfully there is a big comeback recently to home baking and no doubt this will be clearly evident at Bake Fest Galway this October.” If you do decide to drop by, prepare to be amazed by the spectacular cakes that will be on display in our competition area. You can also shop till you drop or if that's not your thing, you can watch some of the country’s top celebrity chefs at work in the Goodall’s Kitchen Theatre and book a demonstration with one of Ireland’s leading Sugarcraft experts in the Sugarcraft Academy. One thing is for sure, it's going to be delightful... and delicious! Bake Fest 2014 is a not for profit organisation and all proceeds will go to Ireland's national meningitis support and awareness charity ACT for Meningitis.