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LACA Harvest Festival Wheatsheaf Loaf Challenge

12 Sep 2025
A LACA Finishing Touches sponsored by McDougalls competition

LACA and McDougalls are looking for school pupils to enter a competition to produce an amazing Harvest Festival Wheatsheaf Loaf.

Wheatsheaf LoafThe pupils can be supported by school caterers and food tech teachers but the entry must have been ‘largely’ created by a school pupil in either primary or secondary education. 

A recipe for creating a Wheatsheaf Loaf can be downloaded below but entrants are encouraged to use their creativity to make the loaf ‘their own’.

Prizes:
3 prizes of £500 will be won to be spent either on equipment for the school kitchen for the food tech class.

How to enter:
Enter online by uploading a photo of your loaf and explaining in no more than 100 words how the loaf was used to celebrate the Harvest Festival.

Entry deadline: Friday 31 October 2025

A panel of judges from LACA and Premier Foods (manufacturer of McDougalls) will decide who the lucky winners are.

ENTER ONLINE


Competition rules:

  • Eligibility: Open to primary and secondary school pupils who are resident in the UK.  The competition can be entered by an individual pupil or a team of pupils.

  • Entry: Each entrant must upload:

    • A short written description (maximum 100 words) about their baked item.

    • Up to 5 original images of the baked item.

  • Original Work: Entries must be the pupil’s own work. Assistance from teachers, parents or guardians is permitted for safety and supervision only.

  • Submission Deadline: All entries must be received by 31 October 2025. Late entries will not be accepted.

  • Judging: Entries will be judged on creativity, presentation, and originality. Taste not be judged.

  • Prizes: 3 prizes of £500 will be won to be spent either on equipment for the school kitchen for the food tech class.udges’ decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

  • Permissions: By entering, pupils and their parents/guardians grant the organisers permission to use submitted images and text for publicity and promotion of the competition. 

  • Data: Personal details will be used solely for administering the competition and will not be shared beyond the organisers.

  • Acceptance: Submission of an entry indicates acceptance of these rules.