Local Bakery Attempts World Record by Making the World’s Largest Cinnamon Roll

Mill Creek, Wash. –  Hopelink, the largest human-services agency on the Eastside, serving homeless and low-income families in east and north King County will be the recipient of all contributions raised by the House of Bread bakery when they bake the world’s largest cinnamon roll.   The attempt will be submitted to Guinness for a world record status on October 15, 2005, with portions of the giant cinnamon roll being cut and served to the crowd estimated to be hundreds of observers at The House of Bread bakery located in Mill Creek Town Center, 15224 Main Street, Suite 105 in downtown Mill Creek.

In preparation for this event, House of Bread has obtained a record claim number and a set of guidelines from Guinness, and has determined that all of the guidelines can be fulfilled.  Officials are required by Guinness to certify the ingredients, edibility, size and weight of the giant cinnamon roll.

House of Bread has obtained commitments from two volunteers from the Washington State Department of Agriculture to perform these certifications.  To bake this single-piece cinnamon roll, House of Bread solicited the services of Ottercraft, a Kingston boat builder, to fabricate a six-foot square baking sheet that slides into the rotating rack oven.  A practice cinnamon roll was baked on August 13 which was served to the public following an informal weigh-in.  The practice roll weighed more than 250 pounds, measured six feet across and was cooked completely through.

A requirement for the Guinness Book of World Records is that the event be done in public.  This announcement is also an invitation for the public to view the construction of the cinnamon roll beginning at 9:00 a.m. and going to 11:00 a.m., with the baking of the roll from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., removal from the oven, cooling, icing and formal weigh-in will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., and the public will be invited to eat over 1,000 pieces of the cinnamon roll at 2:00 p.m. 

House of Bread is suggesting a minimum charitable donation of $2 for each piece of the cinnamon roll be donated to Hopelink, and will be offering raffle tickets for prize gift certificates donated by Mill Creek Town Center vendors to be drawn by the mayor of  Mill Creek, Terry Ryan, every half hour during the event.  All proceeds raised will go to Hopelink to help homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities this holiday season. 

Free samples of bread and coffee will be given out throughout the event.  For children, there will be a ventriloquist and the “Cinnamon Roll Olympics,” played with cinnamon rolls instead of balls or pucks, with prizes for the winners.

About House of Bread in Mill Creek
House of Bread (www.houseofbreadwa.com) is a retail micro-bakery located in the new Mill Creek Town Center, which bakes breads and other baked goods from scratch six days a week.  All House of Bread recipes rely on fresh, high-quality ingredients, such as the high-protein wheat berries from Montana that are milled into flour in the bakery each week.  Owners Wayne & Anita Warren opened their House of Bread in September of 2004.  This bakery is part of a Franchise of bakeries headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California (http://www.houseofbread.com).

House of Bread  Media Contact
Wayne Warren, Owner
Store Phone: 425.385.8553
Email:  houseofbread@hotmail.com

About Hopelink
Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities in north and east King County by promoting self-sufficiency for all members of our community and helping people make lasting change. Hopelink assists people with meeting their needs for food, shelter, homelessness prevention, child development, family development and stabilization, transportation and adult literacy skills. For more information on Hopelink and its services, call 425.869.6000 or visit www.hope-link.org.

Media Contacts
Denise Stephens, Public Relations Specialist, office: 425.869.2440, denises@hope-link.org
Glen Miller, Communications Manager, office: 425.869.6025, cell: 206.790.5410, glenm@hope-link.org