Former Doncaster NHS worker turned baker makes 4,500 cakes for former colleagues

A former NHS ‘front liner’ turned cake-maker is baking on an industrial scale to ensure former colleagues and other key workers can enjoy a treat during their shift.
Cake maker Lynsey Chambers.Cake maker Lynsey Chambers.
Cake maker Lynsey Chambers.

Since the lockdown, Lynsey Chambers, 43, from Sprotbrough has produced over 4,500 portions of home-made cake and buns for on duty staff, keeping her kitchen production line running six days a week to meet demand.

Lynsey, who worked as an Operating Department Practitioner at Doncaster’s Women’s Hospital before leaving to start a family and catering business, Parti Animals, 13 years ago, said: “On a typical day I’ll make 48 cupcakes, a double batch of brownies and a couple of lemon drizzle cakes, which are then portioned up in single use packaging.

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“I started out using ingredients I had in stock but found some of them hard to replace, but since I posted what I’m doing on Facebook, I’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of local residents and other people who have donated flour, eggs, cocoa powder and other items to keep me going.”

The cakes are collected by Jerry Day, a data analyst at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals, where they are distributed to staff at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Montagu, Bassetlaw and Tickhill Road hospitals.

The pair have been dubbed ‘Jerry and the Cakemaker,’ a play on the name of 60s Merseybeat group Gerry and The Pacemakers.

Leana Gater, RDasH Health Visitor, said: “The cakes are going down so well! On behalf of my colleagues who have received a cake, ‘thank you’ Lynsey.”

If you would like to donate supplies, contact Lynsey Chambers on Facebook.

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