Baker’s Dozen Festival Stage

Saturday 28 March 

10.15 – 10.45am
Pat Nourse, MFWF Creative Director, introduces Baker’s Dozen 2026
Q&A with Baker’s Dozen main stage host Renee Buckingham
Giveaway: Waitress the Musical double pass x2 

11.15 – 11.45am
Helen Goh takes to the stage to chat about her new book Baking & the Meaning of Life 
Live demonstration: Helen Goh assembles her pandan and red bean vertical stripe cake
Giveaway: two copies of Baking & the Meaning of Life by Helen Goh 

12.15 – 12.45pm 
Live demonstration: Emelia Jackson assembles and decorates the mochas tres leches from her new cookbook You Had Me at Cake 
Giveaway: two copies of You Had Me at Cake by Emelia Jackson and a McKenzie’s pack 

Sunday 29 March 

10.15 – 10.45am
Entrée.Pinays, Sweet Cora and Abi Marquez take to the stage, as Entrée.Pinay co-founder Grace Guinto joins her nine-year-old daughter Stella alongside Lumpia Queen Abi Marquez to showcase a no-bake shortbread (polvoron).
Entrée.Pinays collaborator Raine Cabral Laysico and Renee Buckingham lead a conversation and Q&A as the demonstration unfolds.
Giveaway: Waitress the Musical double passes and a Drom tote with cookbook 

11.15 – 11.45am
John Demetrios of Butter Days Bakery takes to the stage for a live demonstration of his fig leaf and hazelnut profiterole.
John Demetrios joins by a Q&A with Renee Buckingham for a Q&A.
Giveaway: two double passes to Waitress the Musical 

12.15 – 12.45pm
McKenzie’s, A.P Bakery and Oji House take to the stage for a live demonstration of the final touches on their Very Bougie Lamington.