Tray full of awards baked up at 10CC

SUCCESS: The Ten O'Clock Cookie Bakery Cafe won second place at the Bakery of the Year Awards in Auckland on Sunday. Team members (from left) Monique Kloeg, Marrisa Laken, Jenna Mangin, Krissy Waddington, Nathanael Cressy and John Kloeg. PHOTOS/LYNDA FERINGA

A gingerbread house and an icing dress were the stars of the show for Masterton bakery 10CC as they took out second place overall at the Bakery of the Year Competition in Auckland on Sunday.

The bakery picked up gold distinction awards for their sandwiches, silver for the two storey gingerbread and icing house made by Krissy Waddington and Jenna Mangin and gold for the "icing dress" made by the same pair.

They also got silver for their seven-grain artisan bread made by Nathanael Cress, bronze for their bagels and danishes and silver for their gateau pithivier.

Baker's apprentice Marissa Laken picked up third place for her live baking show in which she had to whip up four items in three hours.

"It was nerve-racking but I'm very happy with the result," she said.

10CC owner John Kloeg said the competition was tight between first and second place.

"It was a very intense competition - there was only 20 points in it, but it was a tribute to the team who put in 20-30 extra hours to get it all done."

"It was great for team building and we are very pleased with the result."

First place was for Heaven's Bakery in Hawke's Bay.

10CC has consistently ranked in the top at the Bakery of the Year Awards, winning it in 2009.

They have won a competition for the best hot cross buns in New Zealand and took out first place for the lower North Island Cafe of the Year in 2013.