On your marks, get set, bake! It’s time to roll up your sleeves and don your apron as not only has the latest series of popular baking show The Great British Bake Off returned to our screens this autumn, but a fun baking experience has risen up in Manchester too. Known as The Big Manchester Bake, the 90-minute concept allows novice and enthusiasts alike to bake off against their friends, family or colleagues in pairs, to be crowned winning bakers.
The baking event The Big Bakes has launched a brand new venue, The Big Manchester Bake, located at New Bailey, just a short walk from the city centre, which is opening this October. The immersive baking experience is perfect for those looking for a way to celebrate birthdays or hen dos, as well as a team-building activity. Whether you know you know your sponges and soufflés, no baking experience is needed, all the ingredients and equipment provided, plus all the washing up sorted, it’s a real slice of baking heaven.
The Big Manchester Bake includes a beautiful baking marquee with 12 baking stations, featuring top appliances to bring participants baking creations to life, as well as a stunning cake-inspired cocktail bar. Open in the evenings and at weekends, visitors to the bar can enjoy a classic or cake-inspired cocktail (Bakewell- tini, anyone?) while seeing baking battles take place.
Since The Big Bakes started as a pop-up in South London in 2017, the team has welcomed over 200,000 guests to their London and Birmingham venues, with one delicious vision, to bring baking joy to all. The Big Bakes events are already a favourite for famous faces and content creators, having welcomed YouTube sensations KSI and Sidemen, Chunks and Betasquad, fitness star Joe Wicks, Diary of a CEO’s Steven Bartlett, pop sensations Fleur East and Paloma Faith and broadcaster Roman Kemp, just to name a few.
The Big Manchester Bake is a ticketed event that will run all year round, with a new fun theme announced every month, starting with a Halloween theme running until November 3. There will also plenty more seasonal baking themes to come.
To celebrate opening, The Big Manchester Bake is giving away 300 free cupcakes on Saturday 12th October between 11.30am and 2pm, simply drop in to bag yourself one. What’s more, those who come by for their free cupcake can enter into a competition to win two free tickets to The Big Manchester Bake!
Tickets for The Big Manchester Bake and gift vouchers are available online to purchase for two to four people. You can book your tickets here.
📍Find The Big Manchester Bake at Unit 1, 4 New Bailey, Stanley Street, Salford, M3 5JL.
🚆Nearest station: Salford Central