We are delighted to announce that the Jubilee desserts created by our Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home residents and staff teams have won first place in Nellsar’s ‘Design a Jubilee Dessert’ competition!
As part of our recent Platinum Jubilee celebrations, we entered a fun competition running across all Nellsar’s 13 Homes, to see who could create the most magnificent Jubilee dessert, fit for a Queen!
We challenged our Recreation and Well-Being Team and Chefs to collaborate with our residents and staff to reminisce about favourite puddings they’ve enjoyed in the past and come up with something special for the Jubilee long weekend.
Viv Stead, Nellsar’s Recreation and Well-Being Manager and Head of Catering Services Adrian Silaghi had great pleasure in judging the entries on Friday 10 June.
Their three judging criteria were:
- Creativity – How well the Jubilee theme had been executed.
- Collaboration – How well our staff teams had worked together and included their residents.
- Presentation – How eye-catching and well-presented the desserts looked.
Our six magnificent desserts caught the judges’ eye:
“No less than six entries from this fabulous team – Jubilee Jellies, a Victoria Sandwich, a Royal Carrot Cake, Biscoff Cheesecake, a Caramel and White Chocolate Trifle and a Union Jack Chocolate Cake! A magnificent Jubilee spread of some classic desserts – so many delicious choices and ideas! A real whole-Home effort for the Jubilee, beautifully presented. They included the whole team and many talented residents – their creations are colourful, imaginative and it looked like every one of them was made with love and a lot of fun! We could see how seriously they took the competition and took a real team approach, including everybody. Congratulations Sonya Lodge!”
We are thrilled to have won £200 for our Residents’ Fund – and of course enjoyed devouring all of our desserts over the long Jubilee weekend! Well done to everyone involved!
St Winifeds Care Home scooped second prize with a fantastic Tiered Cake and Jubilee Trifle, whilst Princess Christian Care Home came in third place with their Rocky Road treats, chocolate lava cake and Victoria sponge in glass. Yum!
Click here for more details of the competition winners and runners up.
