Caxton Reynolds Race: Let them eat cake (round five)
"Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", supposedly spoken by "a great princess", Marie Antoinette, many years ago upon learning that the labourers had no bread.
On Saturday, July 5, although bread was readily available, all the contestants in the Caxton Reynolds Race 2014 had their cake and ate it, too.
The contestants had to ice and decorate two cakes, a round chocolate and a vanilla cake, to earn their points in the race to win a trip to Zanzibar.
Upon completing the decorating task, the constantans had to quickly eat one of the cakes, in a race to win a R500 shopping voucher from Kenilworth Spar, in Joburg South.
This was a surprise and let’s just say that, at the end of the cake eating competition, most of the contestants left on a sugar
high.
The event took place at Kenilworth Spar, in the morning.
Team Bedfordview/EdenvaleNews and Joburg East Express won both challenges, which earned them a shopping voucher from Spar and the highest points for this leg of the race.
Kenilworth Spar shared the remaining cakes with their loyal customers on the day after the race was completed.
The winners of this year’s race will earn an all-expenses paid trip to Zanzibar, sponsored by SA Reynolds Travel Centre, in Springs.
The next challenge will take place in Benoni, at Benoni Market Spar, on Saturday, July 12.
