I wake up at 3am to bake 29,000 mince pies every Christmas Every morning at 3am, while most of us are still sleeping, Gill Abbs begins her day.
During the Christmas season, Gill, alongside the team members at Fitzbillies, produces thousands upon thousands of mince pies.
Gill recalls: ‘I saw them standing there and even Reg, who was really skilled, he just said “these are really lovely”.
By 4:30, she’s manning the ovens at Fitzbillies, the iconic Cambridge bakery, where she’s spent the last 50 years perfecting her craft.
Gill, now 72, joined Fitzbillies in 1971 when she was just 19 years old.
