HEREFORDSHIRE and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce is encouraging businesspeople to dust off their cook books and bake some tasty cakes for its Business Expo at The Three Counties Showground, Malvern on Thursday, September 18.

The Great Chamber Bake Off is part of a series of events celebrating the Chamber winning the British Chambers of Commerce Chamber of the Year 2013 Award.

Taking place at the Business Expo, attendees will be asked to bring their homemade cakes to be judged and sold to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The judges include Chamber chief executive Mike Ashton, Peter Rowland of Macmillan Cancer Support and Sam Barriscale, managing director of Ma Bakers.

The Chamber Business Expo will also include a coffee morning at 11am, where 250 to 300 attendees can enjoy free tea and coffee and a slice of the Chamber of the Year Cake, which will be supplied by Worcester-based business Ma Bakers. The coffee morning will raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and offer businesspeople networking opportunities.

Mr Ashton said: "Our Business Expo is one of the highlights of the year and always attracts hundreds of businesspeople. The Great Chamber Bake Off is a fantastic way to raise money for a worthy cause and I am particularly looking forward to sampling some delicious cakes."

To register a cake, email emilym@hwchamber.co.uk or turn up on the day before 10.30am- no cake will be turned away.