Brown bread baking competition

A BAKER from Newtownmountkennedy has made it through to the semi-finals of the National Brown Bread Baking competition.

The annual competition is run by the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) and the National Ploughing Association (NPA). It is sponsored by Aldi and has a €10,000 prize on offer.

Mary O’Neill progresses after her performance in the quarter-finals held at An Grianán in Co Louth.

She will now compete in the semi-finals, which will take place in the Aldi marquee at the National Ploughing Championships on September 18 and 19. Two people will be chosen from each semi-final to go on to compete in the grand final on Thursday, September 20.

The winner will see their winning brown bread go on sale in Aldi stores across the country for a minimum of six months, and will win a share of the profits, guaranteed to be at least €10,000.