The Queen's Platinum Pudding maker said she was "honoured" to have been able to be actively involved with Her Majesty's celebrations just months before her death.
Jemma Melvin, a copywriter and baker from Southport, entered the Platinum Pudding competition after she was sent the link by a friend, with her beating 5,000 other bakers to the top spot with a dessert made from lemon swiss roll and amaretti. The dessert, which wowed Dame Mary Berry, was made by thousands up and down the country as people celebrated 70 years of the monarch.
Following the death of the Queen at the age of 96, the 31-year-old has told the ECHO how it was an honour to be so involved in the celebrations in May. She said: "It was an absolute honour to be the winner of that competition. It was such a huge competition.
