Ara Library are proud to present the 2019 Edible Book Competion in the Atrium at City Campus from 10 am this morning.
We have had a wide and eclectic mix of entries this year, with over 35 entries from various Ara staff and students who are taking part.
Come down and have look at the entries and while there vote for the peoples choice winner. Once the judging has been completed around 12.30 we will be eating the entries so come along for your daily slice of cake.
We hope to see you there.
Ara Library will be hosting an Edible Book Festival event on Monday 12th August- and we would love for you to play your part!
We need you to put your thinking cap on and decide how you could represent your favourite book in the medium of food, or how you can make your favourite food into an edible book…
You can also have a look online for other edible book competitions for inspiration.
There are prizes for the most imaginative, humorous, best tasting and most representative entries.
Here are a couple of entries from previous years to get you thinking:
If you like to bake, carve, decorate, shape or otherwise play with your food then this is the competition for you.
To participate: at the City Campus submit entries to the Library between 8-9 am on Monday 12th August. At Timaru Campus please give your entries to Helen at the Library. Other campuses, if you wish to participate please photograph your entry and email to juliehumby@ara.ac.nz. The photographed entries will be printed and displayed in the Atrium at the Rakaia Centre, City Campus.
All entries are eligible to win a prize.
If baking and making is not your thing then come along on Monday 12th August from 10am to view the entries. Vote for your People’s Choice entry. The winners will be announced at 12.15 and then the real fun begins; eating the winning entries…..
Alright everyone….time to get your bake on!!!
Best in show: Madeleine Thompson
Call of CTHULHU by H.P Lovecraft – a short story
Most imaginative and People’s Choice Awards: Karina Frangini
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll “Queen of Hearts”
Most delectable: Julie Humby
Wedding bees by Sarah-Kate Lynch
Best interpretation: Madeleine Thompson
Call of CTHULHU by H.P Lovecraft – a short story
Here’s Madeleine receiving her award from guest judge, poet Erik Kennedy.
Funniest: Georgie Archibald
Dune by Frank Herbert
And here’s our very own Georgie Archibald, Learning Advisor – Pasifika, receiving her award from our guest judge, Donna Robertson from Christchurch City Libraries.
We would like to thank all those who participated in this year’s event. Be sure to like us on Facebook to keep up with other activities in the Library. To see the rest of the entries go to our Facebook album.
A special thanks to our guest judges:
And a special thanks to John West, Student Services Division Manager, our MC for the occasion.
Ara Library will be hosting an Edible Book Festival event on Wednesday 29th August- and we would love for you to take part!
Ara Library will be hosting an Edible Book Festival event on Wednesday 29th August- and we would love for you to take part!
Put your thinking cap on and work out how you can represent your favourite book in food, or how you could make your favourite food into an edible book…
You can have a look online for edible book competitions for inspiration.
There are prizes for the most imaginative, funniest, tastiest and most representative entries.
Here are a couple of entries from previous years to get you thinking:
If you bake, carve, decorate, shape or otherwise play with your food then this is the competition for you.
To participate: at the City Campus submit entries to the Library between 8-9 am on Wednesday 29th August. At Manawa or Timaru Campus please give your entries to Library Staff Claire (Manawa) or Helen (Timaru). Other campuses please photograph your entry and email to juliehumby@ara.ac.nz. The photographed entries will be printed and displayed in the Rakaia Centre Atrium. All entries are eligible to win a prize.
If baking and making is not your thing then come along next Wednesday from 10am to view the entries. The winners will be announced at 12.15 and then the real fun begins; eating the entries.
Go on…get baking!
Best in show : Sconehenge by Hugh Wall
Most imaginative by Kiri Te Wake
Title: Frankenstein
Most delectable by Julie Humby
Title: The hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse
Best interpretation of a book by Sarah Chin
Title: 50 shades of gray
Funniest by Kiri Te Wake
Title: Ta(il) of Peter Rabbit
People’s Choice (Yes the one you all voted for!) by our very own librarian, Julie Humby.
Title: The hollow chocolate bunnies of the the apocalypse
Many thanks to all our entrants whose entries you can view in full on our Facebook page.
Many thanks to our judges
A big thanks also to our sponsors, Academy Books and Southern Hospitality
CPIT Library’s third Annual Edible Book Festival will be held on Wednesday April 1st – just one week from today!
So put your thinking caps on and work out how you could represent your favourite book in food – or how you could make your favourite food into a book… Try the International Edible Book Festival website for inspiration.
There’s great prizes up for grabs for the most imaginative, funniest, tastiest, and most representative entries.
Some previous winners:
If you bake, carve, decorate, shape, or otherwise play with your food, this is the competition for you. You can enter here, or in the Library, or in the Atrium on the day.
If entering is not your thing, come along next Wednesday from 9am to view the entries. Winners will be announced at 12.15, and then the real fun starts – the eating!
See you there.
Cake and books combine – a wonderful day for librarians!
Enter our fabulous Edible Book Competition which will be held on Tuesday 1st April 2014. We had great fun last year putting this event together with Food & Hospitality and hope to see even more entries from everyone this year.
Don’t worry if you’re not a dab hand in the kitchen, it can be just as much about smart thinking! Take a look at some previous entries (to see what I mean) and you’ll notice that you don’t necessarily have to make a ‘cake’ to enter the competition. Entries should be creative interpretations of book titles.
Prizes will be awarded for the best entries in the following categories:
People’s Choice
Best Interpretation of a Book
Funniest Entry
Most Delectable Entry
Take a look at some of last year’s entries CPIT Library International Edible Book Competition
Here are some more ideas to inspire from Books to eat
Want to know some background to this competition? Read on ….
Entries can be viewed from 9am on Tuesday morning in the Atrium in the Rakaia Centre. Winners will be announced at 12.15pm, and then the cakes can be devoured!
This year there will be a new addition of a graffiti cake where you can grab an icing pen and decorate the cake with the name of your favourite book or author. Also don’t forget to cast your vote for your favourite cake in the ‘People’s Choice Award’.
It will be a fun day for all so get thinking, get baking and making and join us on April 1st for CPIT’s second International Edible Book Competition.
Enter our Edible Book Competition which will be held on Friday 5th April.
Prizes will be awarded for the best entries in the following categories:
People’s Choice
Best Interpretation of a Book
Funniest Entry
Most Delectable Entry
Most Imaginative Entry
The first twenty people to like our CPIT library Facebook page and register for the Edible Book Festival competition online will receive a free coffee voucher for our own Visions Pantry here at CPIT.
Here are some more ideas to inspire from Duke University Libraries :
and more albums of inspiration at Books to eat
Want to know some background to this competition? Read on ….
Entries can be viewed from 9am on Friday morning in the Atrium in the Rakaia Centre.
Feeling creative?
How about entering our Edible Book Competition which will be run on Friday 5th April.
Prizes will be awarded for the best entries in the following categories:
People’s Choice
Best Interpretation of a Book
Funniest Entry
Most Delectable Entry
Most Imaginative Entry
The first twenty people to like our CPIT library Facebook page and register for the Edible Book Festival competition online will receive a free coffee voucher for our own Visions Pantry here at CPIT.
Here are a couple more ideas we just threw together today in the Library thanks to our inventive art curator, Julie who also excels in the field of culinary arts, much to our good fortune – cake for afternoon tea! yum!
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