Sophie takes part in TV’s Junior Bake Off

Earlier this week Sophie Ennis appeared on our TV screens in Junior Bake Off,  the Great British Bake Off ’s spin-off show for children.

She overcame hundreds of contestants, through months of auditions, to win a place in the TV heats where one of the judges is the 2015 Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain.  Sophie’s specialty is carrot cake.  Her proud mum Gail said, “my husband quite likes cooking so from a very early age he’s always been in the kitchen with Sophie.  We started making crispy cakes when she was a toddler and it’s just gone on from there.”

Sophie wasn’t at all phased by the prospect of appearing on national TV, Gail said “Going through the process was not an issue for Sophie.  It was something she really wanted to do, she was never nervous and always excited. I was the nervous one and I didn’t have to do anything other than chaperone her. I am so proud.”