Festive: Halifax baker wins Channel 4's Kirstie's Handmade Christmas TV show contest with amazing creation
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Chloe Maguire, from Ovenden, was picked to feature and – went onto win first prize – in Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas shown on Channel 4 on Monday night.
She was among a group of professional bakers set the challenge of making a show-stopping festive cake.
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Hide AdChloe, of Chole Maguire’s Cakes, won for her incredible bust of Father Christmas.


She said: “I cannot even put into words how incredible the day was and the boost it’s given me since filming back in October.
"It’s given what I needed all along and that’s reassurance that I really do belong in the cake world.”
She said it was lovely to meet the other cake-makers, as well as the TV crew, contest judge and Kirstie Allsopp, who presents the show.
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Hide AdShe also added her thanks to everyone who has supported her.


Earlier this year, Chole was asked to make a cake for winner of The Apprentice TV show Harpreet Kaur.
Her amazing bust of Lord Alan Sugar was the centrepiece at a viewing party in Brighouse for Harpreet and her friends and family where they watched the final episode of the popular BBC1 show where Harpreet was revealed as the winner.
Chloe, a mum-of-three, used to be a hairdresser and started making cakes during lockdown.
She started the art of sculpting cakes last year and is self-taught, making all her cakes using her own recipes.
For more information, visit https://chloemaguirescakes.co.uk .