Congratulations to our Top 3 at this year’s Great NZ Hot Cross Bun Competition:
🥇 Michaels Bakery — Christchurch @michaelsathillmorton
🥈 Nada Bakery — Wellington
@nadabakerynz
🥉 Daily Bread — Auckland
@dailybreadnz
An incredible standard this year across the board 👏
Thank you to all who entered — and to our judges for their time and expertise.
Keep an eye out for the top 10!
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We’re incredibly grateful for the outstanding media support behind this year’s national competition.
A huge thank you to TVNZ for announcing our winner live on Breakfast, and to Hilary Barry for giving her time, energy, and expertise as one of our judges.
We also appreciate RNZ for their thoughtful coverage, and extend a sincere thank you to all the regional media who got/are getting behind their local place getters and helped celebrate the talent across the country!
The visibility you’ve helped create for our industry, our bakers, and the next generation coming through means a great deal.
RNZ article copy and paste this link
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/citrus-scented-hot-cross-buns-are-new-zealand-s-best
A huge congratulations to @michaelsathillmorton for taking out top place at this year’s Annual Hot Cross Bun Competition 👏🔥
The standard this year was incredible, and we’re proud to celebrate such outstanding craftsmanship and consistency at the very top.
👉 Please keep an eye on our socials for further place announcements as they are released.
Due to the volume of messages, we won’t be responding to direct messages regarding the Top 10 — all results will be shared in due course, so just keep checking our pages.
A big thank you again to TVNZ for their support and coverage of this year’s competition 📺✨ @breakfaston1 and to @hilary.barry for attending as a guest judge we absolutely loved having you part of it!
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We are thrilled to announce that we WON the National Hot Cross Bun Competition this year 🏆 They’ve always been number one in our eyes but we’re so happy with the acknowledgment that they are this years best! We are so thankful and know that there were some tough competitors to beat this year. A big congratulations to everyone who placed! Our buns are in store now and every day till Easter 🐰 To order you can email [email protected] or check out our website www.michaels.co.nz 🧡
Who’s excited to find out the winner? 👀🥐
A few moments from the Great NZ Hot Cross Bun Competition — the standard this year was seriously high.
We won’t have to wait long… TVNZ Breakfast will be visiting the winning bakery LIVE this Tuesday morning at 8.55am. 📺✨
The countdown is on. ⏳🔥
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Huge thanks to TVNZ Breakfast for supporting the Baking NZ Great NZ Hot Cross Bun Competition and helping us celebrate the craft of baking on a national stage.
The winning bakery will be announced live this Tuesday morning on Breakfast — with one of the Breakfast team revealing the result. A special thank you as well to Hilary Barry, who joined us as one of this year’s judges.
Good luck again to all our entrants. See you Tuesday. 🥐✨
