Competition Details

Bake-Off Competition ​Hosted by Partridges in Celebration of World Chelsea Bun Day

In September 2025 Royal Warrant Holder, Partridges, is hosting the seventh annual World Chelsea Bun Awards to celebrate World Chelsea Bun Day.  

The Judges

Lady Frederick Windsor, who is also known as the actress Sophie Winkleman, and actress and cake expert Jane Asher, who are both Patrons of The Children’s Surgery Foundation, will judge this year’s World Chelsea Bun Awards with John Shepherd, owner and Managing Director of Partridges Fine Foods, Munther Haddad, the Chairman of The Children’s Surgery Foundation and a Senior Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon and Toto Dell'Aringa, Chief Trainer at The Felix Project. We will be announcing some more judges soon too...

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The Judging

On Saturday 27th September the judges will taste and judge the Chelsea Buns at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, Chelsea. 

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The Results

The winners will be announced at the Hankyu Department Store historic 'British Fair' in Umeda, Osaka in mid- October. All the results will also be announced on Instagram and here, on the website in October 2025. 

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Charitable Donation

The competitions are free to enter but entrants are requested to make a donation to one of the Award's chosen charities:

 The Children's Surgery Foundation which is raising money to supply an intravenous vein finder to each of the 26 paediatric surgery wards in the UK;

The Felix Project which is London’s largest food redistribution charity and is rescuing food to fight hunger. 

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John Shepherd, Owner and Managing Directory of Partridges says... “The first Chelsea Bun was created around 1700 by Richard Hand close to Sloane Square, Chelsea. Richard, known as Captain Bun, ran The Old Chelsea Bun House which was famous for its Chelsea Buns and counted King George II, King George III and their families amongst its customers. We are delighted to hold the World Chelsea Bun Awards for the seventh year running and hope they will once again revive the baking of Chelsea Buns in the area, and around the world, as well as raise funds and awareness for The Children's Surgery Foundation (CSF) and The Felix Project. To date, the World Chelsea Bun Awards has raised £30,000 for the CSF's Beam Campaign.

As a judge of this year’s competition, I am very much looking forward to seeing the range and variety of 'Traditional Chelsea Buns with a Modern Twist' which are entered. We are hoping to receive entries from all over the country and all over the world and I expect that people will add popular local ingredients as well as ingredients which match their own dietary preferences and creative twists, resulting in a rich assortment of Chelsea Buns.”

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Jane Asher says... “I’m so pleased that our important charity is going to benefit once more from the exciting World Chelsea Bun Awards. I have the honour of being a judge for this very special competition, and I would urge anyone who enjoys baking to join in and have a go with their version of the famous, delicious treat. Not only will it be fun, but at the same time you will be helping to relieve the potential pain and distress experienced by children undergoing surgery. I do hope you will join us.”