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Article  •  15 June 2026

 

Big Bang Bread Bake Off

Can you bake a beautiful loaf of bread? We’re on a search to find the best young bread baker!

Put your baking skills to the test these school holidays and join the Big Bang Bread Bake Off for the chance to win an amazing prize pack!

How to enter:

  • Purchase/order a copy of Big Bang Bread from your local bookstore
  • Follow the recipe in the book to make your own bread with your tamariki
  • Post a photo of your child’s creation to Instagram or Facebook and tag us @PenguinKidsNZ
  • The Big Bang Bread Bake Off will run from June 30th until July 20th 

 

The winning baker will receive:

A prize pack containing:

  • A Big Bang Bread tea towel
  • A gorgeous Mason Cash Mixing Bowl
  • A children's apron
  • And a $50 supermarket voucher

 

The winner will be drawn on Tuesday 21st July. T’s & C’s apply, read the T's & C's here. You must have an NZ mailing address.

Happy baking!

The Penguin Kids team

Big Bang Bread Lily Uivel

In this time-travel storybook and cookbook with a cosmic twist, take a journey through time and space to discover the secrets of baking!

Big Bang Bread is a kids’ time-travel adventure cookbook with a cosmic twist. Take off with the Big Bang, and drop in dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt and other times and places to collect the ingredients for a delicious loaf of oven-baked bread.

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