An Edinburgh bakery has been celebrating over the weekend after being crowned Scottish Baker of the Year.
Much-loved family bakery Mimi's Bakehouse took the hotly-contested title at this year's Scottish Bakers Awards in Glasgow.
Posting on their official Facebook, the excited firm, which has venues in the Old Town, Corstorphine and Leith, wrote: "We won! Last night we were crowned Scottish Baker of the Year at the Scottish Bakers Awards.
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"With 630 products from 70 bakers in the running, we are beyond proud and overwhelmed by this achievement."
The proud team added that they also won awards for their fruit scone (named best in Edinburgh), their 2D celebration cake, and their MWG bread, as well as taking home the award for Best MWG cupcake in Scotland.
Owner Mimi added: "We’d like to thank our incredible staff, customers and partners who work hard daily as part of our extended family."
Speaking about the awards, Scottish Bakers president Ian McGhee said: “Each year our judges look for the best scones, loaves, savoury items, morning rolls, individual cakes and biscuits, as well as French and Danish style pastries and Free-from bread, biscuits and cakes, and the competition was once again close run. It was great to see the best iconic Scottish bakes entered alongside some fantastic new innovation on show, a real celebration of our fantastic sector.”
The exciting competition sees bakers from across the country come together to submit their star products for judging by an expert panel of industry specialists.
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