TV chef Valentine Warner is urging everyone to use the extra hour when the clocks change this October to support Rainbow Trust’s The Big Hour Cake Sale.

Valentine, who was brought up in Dorset and found fame in 2008 with his BBC Two cookery programme What to Eat Now, hopes people will find time to rustle up some tasty treats for families in need.

“I wholeheartedly support Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity for the incredible work they do supporting families of sick children,” he said.

The Big Hour Cake Sale is Rainbow Trust’s biggest annual fundraising and awareness event and takes place between October 22-28.

Rainbow Trust’s family support workers enable the gift of time – whether it is looking after siblings so that parents can spend vital extra hours with a frightened and poorly child in hospital or taking care of the household chores so mum and dad can use their time spending precious moments together as a family.

For further details and recipe ideas including Valentine’s favourite Apricot Upside-Down Tart, visit thebighour.org.uk