We're asking all aspiring young bakers to get creative and design a festive gingerbread home. Whether this is an ordinary house, fairy grotto or grand fortress, we'd love to see your most inventive ideas!

Advertisement

The only requirements are that the design be original and made entirely of gingerbread pieces. Your drawing should be a gingerbread home that could be stuck together with icing and topped with edible decorations.

The winning young designer will receive a brand-new Kenwood stand mixer, along with the accolade of having their gingerbread creation made by the BBC Good Food kitchen team and featured in our December magazine.

So, if you know some keen biscuiteers between the ages of five and 12, there's no time to waste! Encourage them to get drawing and either upload, email or post us their entry.

How to enter

Upload, email or post us an A4 drawing of your gingerbread home. Include your name, age, and a parent, guardian or teacher’s name, telephone number and email address.

Upload your entry online by using our bespoke entry form housed on a third party website: Enter the competition online. We use a trusted third-party provider, Creative Force, to manage and process our competition entries. For this reason you will be asked to create an account with Creative Force. They will process your data and your entries on our behalf and will use your data only for the duration of the competition. For more information, please see the Creative Force privacy policy.

Or

Post your entry to BBC Good Food Gingerbread Home Competition, Immediate Media Company, Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, London W6 7BT

Or

Email your entry to goodfoodwebsite@immediate.co.uk with the subject line ‘Gingerbread Home Competition’, and the image attached.

Your design must

  • Be a gingerbread home. This could be a house or any other accommodation, perhaps a block of flats or an igloo?
  • Be made of gingerbread pieces stuck together with icing, and all decorations must be edible
  • Be original (not from television, a film or book)

If you're a teacher or looking for a printable template, then simply download our gingerbread home competition worksheet.

Entries close at 5pm on Sunday, 17 October 2021 - unfortunately there was a misprint in the October issue of our magazine, so to clarify the closing date is Sunday, 17 October 2021. The winner will be notified on Tuesday 19th October 2021. If you have any additional questions on the entry process, please contact the organisers by emailing goodfoodwebsite@immediate.co.uk.

Enter the competition online

Advertisement

Terms and conditions. Immediate Media Company London Limited (Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London W6 7BT) is in charge of this competition. Children who live in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands can enter, unless someone who works for Immediate Media or one of the judges is a member of your family. You must be between the ages of five and 12 years old on 17 October 2021. We will ask for proof of your age, address and the agreement of your parent/guardian if you win. You can send only one picture to be judged in the competition. Click here for full terms and conditions.

Comments, questions and tips

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

Choose the type of message you'd like to post
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement