MELBOURNE Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) again joined forces with the Good Friday Appeal, serving up a 40-metre spread hot-cross bun table at the Easter weekend Kids Day Out.
The signature hot -cross bun display, baked by MCEC’s pastry team, delighted thousands of visitors at this year’s event with families enjoying Easter festivities while contributing to vital fundraising efforts for The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
We baked 6,000 hot cross buns to create the 40-metre display – doubling last year’s 20-metre table – and it sold out in just a matter of hours.”
– Alessandro Bartesaghi, MCEC’s Executive Pastry Chef
To bring the impressive installation to life, 12 pastry chefs spent 48 hours preparing 500kg of spiced chocolate dough, incorporating 90kg of chocolate chips, 220kg of flour and 500 eggs.
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“There’s so much joy in creating something special that brings families together, and doubling the length of our hot cross bun table this year was an exciting challenge. We wanted every bun to feel like a little moment of delight,” Alessandro added.
MCEC said the state-wide campaign raised a record-breaking A$25,268,485 to fund life-saving care for children across Victoria. All funds raised through the Good Friday Appeal support ground-breaking research, family care and hi-tech equipment at The Royal Children’s Hospital.
“MCEC is proud to play a role in this much-loved event,” MCEC chief executive Natalie O’Brien said. “The Good Friday Appeal is a special day when we open our doors to thousands of families who come together to enjoy the Kids Day Out and support vital fundraising efforts for sick children across Victoria.”
