Mum-of-three enters top tier with cake awards

A NORTH Wales baker is rocketing to the top after scooping two major awards. And next she will be making a Star Trek and Doctor Who-themed cake.

- By David Powell

Searle Jones Cake Design won Best Cake Company at the North Wales Wedding Awards

Helen Searle-Jones, who runs Searle Jones Cake Design in Hope, Flintshire, has been crowned Best Cake Company at the North Wales Wedding Awards - a title decided entirely by votes from couples baked for.

The mum-of-three also wowed judges at the world-famous Cake International Show at Birmingham's NEC, winning bronze in the wedding cake category.

Helen said her decision to have a bespoke studio built in her back garden this year by Rubicon Garden Rooms has been a key ingredient to the growth and success of her cake design business.

The building, created by the company based on the Cheshire-North Wales border in Penyffordd, has allowed Helen to take her cake-making career out of the family kitchen and into a tailor-made base, which she now uses as a creative kitchen, teaching space and cake design hub.