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Mairead Ronan

Ireland Has A New Brown Bread Baking Champion

During lockdown, a lot of us dived into baking at home with bread in particular proving to be very p...
Orla Ormond
Orla Ormond

4:56 PM - 16 Sep 2020



Mairead Ronan

Ireland Has A New Brown Bread Baking Champion

Orla Ormond
Orla Ormond

4:56 PM - 16 Sep 2020

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During lockdown, a lot of us dived into baking at home with bread in particular proving to be very popular. Marie McCarthy in Cork has been perfecting her brown bread recipe and this week was crowned Ireland’s brown bread baking champion!

This isn't Marie's first time entering the competition using her Nana's recipe, she placed 2nd last year but managed to claim the top spot for 2020 among more than 700 entries.

As the winner, Marie received a whopping €15,000 and her recipe will be produced by Stapleton’s Bakery and stocked by all 143 Aldi stores nationwide for a year, so keep an eye out when it hits the shelves in December.

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Aldi Baking Brown Bread Carrigaline Cork Irish Countrywomen’s Association National Brown Bread Baking Competition National Ploughing Association Stapleton’s Bakery

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