Portland is getting its own amateur baking competition à la "The Great British Bake Off."
State of play: Hosted by Pix Patisserie owner Cheryl Wakerhauser, "The Big Portland Bake Show" will take place across three weekends this summer (June through August) and is open to all amateur bakers 18 and up.
Registration opens May 4, and participant interviews will take place later that month. Six bakers will be selected and will compete in three rounds each weekend: signature, technical and showstopper — a similar cadence to the popular TV show.
Guest judges will include local culinary icons like Papa Haydn owner Michael Gibbons, among others.
The winner will receive a 6-quart kitchen stand mixer.
Between the lines: You don't have to compete to join in on the action. The public is invited to watch it all go down in the tent at Pix's East Burnside location and to stick around for a happy hour after.
The bake off marks a new chapter for Pix, which shut down its traditional bakery operations in 2022 and pivoted to selling treats out of a vending machine.
Wakerhauser told the Portland Business Journal that she's been workshopping the idea for years. "This is the year we're going to do it because we need some fun."
