Jubilee pudding competition attracts 5,000 entries from cooks as young as 10

DAME MARY Berry has said she “couldn’t believe” the variety of different ages of people who entered a competition to create a pudding fit to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Recipes by five amateur bakers have been selected from nearly 5,000 entries from across the country as part of the competition of Cornwall announce the winner. between royal grocer Fortnum & Mason and the Big Jubilee Speaking ahead of the broadcast, Lunch in honour of the Queen’s Dame Mary said: “I couldn’t 70 years on the throne. believe it actually. It’s rather

The Queen’s Jubilee Pudding: 70 wonderful too about the different Years In The Baking, which airs ages, there were some from on BBC One on Thursday, will feature children as young as 10, and they Dame Mary and the Duchess sent in pictures of what they were doing.” On the quality of the entries, she added: “I was very impressed. The final five puddings couldn’t have been more different, and the bakers were all very organised, putting forward their idea and explaining so passionately why they chose it. It was lovely.”

Meanwhile the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Wales during the extended Bank Holiday Jubilee weekend, Buckingham Palace has announced.

William and Kate are among senior royals who will tour the UK as the nation marks the Queen’s 70-year reign with a series of events. The Earl and Countess of Wessex will visit Northern Ireland and the Princess Royal will visit Scotland with all the members of the monarchy attending public events marking the Platinum Jubilee.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are likely to be in the capital over the four-day weekend in June and it is not known which engagements the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will participate in. The Queen is expected to watch the Trooping the Colour on June 2 and the service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral on June 3.