A Great British Bake Off star visited a Dorset care home to judge the residents' best bakes.

Carole Edwards appeared on Season 13 of Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off and recently visited residents and their families at Fern Brook Lodge care home in Gillingham to taste the 19 different bakes.

The colourful creations were split into categories for residents, relatives, and the care home team with Carole enjoying a host of flavours including Dorset apple cake, shortbread, Victoria sponge and Welsh rarebit muffins.

Carole said: “They all did very well. It was great to see what the residents had made.

"Some of the bakes looked very professional. I’ve had a lovely time at Fern Brook Lodge. It’s a beautiful home and everyone I have met is so warm and friendly.”

Carole is actually from Dorset and on the show used her garden as inspiration for her baking, creating colourful and eclectic bakes that were inspired by her passion for horticulture.

Fern Brook Lodge resident Joy said: “I enjoyed it very much. It was very good. I like baking and always used to make a Victoria sponge cake for my family to have after a roast dinner.”

Fern Brook Lodge on Shaftesbury Road provides specialist residential, respite, and dementia care.

Deb Wiltshire, Home Manager, said: “The residents in our care were thrilled to welcome Carole into our care home and already looking forward to seeing her again after she promised to come and see us again in the summer.”