A NEW Cumnock bakers has walked away with two of the top prizes from the 2017 Scottish Baker of the Year Awards.

Pathhead Bakery were presented with regional gold for the best strawberry tarts as well as national silver for their potato scones by Britain’s Best Bakery judge Mitch Turner.

Baker Jim McLatchie said: “We are delighted to get the silver and gold awards, we’ve got shelves of them now. It’s a good bit of publicity for us.

“We are extremely pleased to be recognised as one of Scotland’s best bakers.

“We take our business very seriously and use traditional methods and craftsmen’s skills to deliver quality every time.

“But we could not have come this far in the competition without the votes of all of our customers, thank you.”

Turner added: “There have been some fantastic entries and all the prizes I have handed out to bakers have been worthy in every way. I wish all our winners well in the coming year.”

Earlier this year, Pathhead picked up a bronze football or savoury pie award at the World Championships Scotch Pie Awards 2017 for their Scotch Pies sold at Kello Rovers matches.