Bringing baked goods into work

You could stop taking cakes in for a while and when your colleagues ask why, tell them the truth!!!!

These two miseries will be very unpopular!

I cannot believe people get on like this! Your baking and bringing into work is a lovely gesture- and very normal! Keep doing it- everyone apart from this woman loves it- they are not obliged to eat or even look at your cakes!
You won't get in any trouble!

Threatening HR because it stops them being good..so how do they manage to be good outside work.
Oi Janet its not my fault you're a gannet.😃😋

Maybe there's a simple solution to this:

Starting now, they are no longer included in the open offer. Free homemade cake is for everybody except them. In fact, if they take some of the cake, you may consider reporting them to HR for theft. Mind, this is purely out of consideration towards them, not malice — you just want to help by making it very clear the cake is Not For Them, and then they can't possibly be tempted by it. There's no way they can object to that, right?

Aah 😄. Happens!

Good god. I bake cake for work and a tray bake lasts about an hour at the most. Those women in my office would get laughed out the door. If they don't want to eat it - for whatever reason - that's their choice.

I'd pre-empt them and go to HR myself and ask if there's an issue with it.

@Jo58 this had me chuckling!!

OP keep spreading joy with baking, I miss my old job at school, we had cake Friday where one yeargroup was responsible for bringing cake/biscuits in each Friday so we always had something to look forward to at the end of the week. The table would be baren by lunchtime every Friday 😂
I implemented cake Friday when I left for an office job but we’ve been wfh for a year due to office closure. We’ve got a new office secured for the end of the year and we are all excited about the restart of cake Friday, those who don’t want it can easily avoid it.
As long as you aren’t forcing it on people I think you’re fine- we just put contributions in one area of the staffroom and anyone who fancies something can help themselves.

Not everyone's response here but I'd make a healthy version (ie slimming world recipe), repeatedly pointing out its the healthy version of whichever cake it is) ask everyone to say how dry it is and that they prefer your usual cakes. Now your cakes have been requested they can quietly sulk in the corner 😂

We once did a Showstopper day as a fundraiser for cancer research and everyone brought in, well, a show stopping cake. I had small (some big) slices of a wide range of my favourite cakes. Possibly one of the best days of my life…

Take a carrot cake in on Monday and one carrot each for the two dieters.

Banana bread/two bananas next week. Black Forest/cherries the next. You get the picture…

Once in six weeks and they’re having a moan? I smell an eating disorder.

I’d be tempted to send an email around inviting everyone in the office who likes cake to meet at the pub after work this week, and saying that you’ll be handing over a wrapped slice of cake at the pub to each person to take home. Just to make sure that the handover is off work premises and breaks NO H&S rules whatsoever, you see…

Is this you?

At my last school, we had a morning tea roster - every Friday for our department of 6 people. Home baking was de rigueur. There were Spanish, French, Chinese and Japanese teachers producing their favourite national cakes/treats. It became something of a competition for the most deliciousness. It was the highlight of our week, and we counted on the yummy cakes to get us through to the weekend.

She’s hangry!

I love baking and take something into work most Mondays as it is my Sunday hobby. Nobody has ever expressed a concern about being forced to eat cake and nobody has complained about being my new-recipe test subjects! They get free cake and I get to find new ideas that work.
Keep doing what you love and there will always be people who appreciate your lovely contributions!

"She said she’s worried if someone got sick from my homemade food I could get in trouble."

How civic of her! But if she's always on a diet, maybe you could mention that you're terribly worried that, if she fell and lost her balance (especially if she had not been eating and felt faint), she might land on someone at work and crush them to death?

personally i always prefer home made cakes etc

In the United Kingdom , if you're baking at home and bringing treats into the workplace for colleagues, the rules are a bit different.

When it comes to sharing homemade baked goods in a non-commercial setting like an office, there isn't a strict requirement for individuals to hold a hygiene certificate. This is because such activities are generally considered low-risk in terms of food safety, especially if basic hygiene practices are followed.

I love when people bring baked goods into work and as has already been said as you are not selling them to anyone a hygiene certificates etc is not required!

I would just say I have asked everyone and they would like me to keep making cakes so please feel free not to eat them.

@LaurieFairyCake :

"Have you tried saying 'Fuck off you fat greedy spoilsport cunty chops' ?"

I know how they feel, because I find it very hard to resist when there's cake etc right in front of me, but ultimately it's THEIR decision what they put in their mouth.

If I was you, I'd take a bunch of bananas too and put them next to the cake - just in the interests of having something for everyone!

Honest to god what kind of world are we living in that a colleague can’t bring in home baking every once in a while without someone taking offence. Words fail me

As well as cakes, we sometimes have a chilli or a casserole brought in. Home made samosas, pakoras and bhajis are popular too 😊
Rum cake is compulsory if someone has been to the Caribbean

Talk about no self restraint childish attitude "I'm on a diet and can't resist stuffing your delicious goods in my cake hole so it's not fair that I, as a grown woman, have no willpower to be good, so NO ONE shall have your wares!"

Tell them to get fucked with a mouthful of lemon drizzle!

What a bunch of bullies! This is about them not you.

Agree with others and email HR, the person who complained and your manager.

Good Morning

X approached e and told me that I am adding to a hostile work environment by bringing in home baking every 4-6 weeks.

They also reported that I needed a food safety certificate and threatened to “tell HR” if I didn’t stop.

I have checked and a food safety certificate is not needed.

Can you clarify if me bringing in home baking on a regular occurrence is co tributing to a hostile work environment and whether we have a policy on the matter.