14/09/2025

Lily has been deputed to look after celebrity guest judge, Charlotte Smith, at the Flower & Produce Show at Grey Gables, while Paul is there for a wedding. Azra turns up with the cheesecake she’s entering, before Charlotte arrives with fellow judge, Fallon. Charlotte thinks she’d better avoid fraternising with contestant Azra, though. Azra and Ben assess various entries in the cake section, also admiring the giant vegetables on display, before people start entering the marquee. Later, Lily finds Paul taking a break from the wedding reception, where he barely knows anyone. Lily’s suspicions are aroused when Paul offers to get her some food from the wedding – she knows they haven’t started serving yet. Ben then announces some of the wedding guests have helped themselves to entries for the Flower & Produce Show, assuming they were part of the wedding buffet. Disaster! Lily rushes off to shoo wedding guests away, then explains the mix-up to bemused Fallon, offering fulsome apologies to Charlotte. They decide to judge those entries that haven’t been eaten or purloined, but it’s too late for Azra’s cheesecake. Charlotte consoles Azra that her cheesecake should be considered the unofficial winner as it’s the only entry that’s been consumed entirely. Plans are made to rearrange the Show for next week, but Charlotte can’t make it and Azra doesn’t think she’ll bother entering again. Stressed out Lily tells Ben and Paul about the rescheduling compromise. After owning up to the cricketing subterfuge Lily fears this fiasco might be the final nail in her coffin as far as locals are concerned.