All British Baker articles in August 2010 – Page 5
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Sunshine and smiles for Cupcake-off winner
British Baker is delighted to announce that the winner of our National Cupcake-off is David Bennett of Sunshine Bakery in Chapel Allerton, Leeds.Britain’s newly crowned Cupcake Grand Champion impressed judges with a refreshing Banana & Mango creation, which stood out as being less sweet than its competitors.He used the buerre ...
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Cupcake heaven
Thirty cupcakes in 90 minutes that was the constitution-challenging mission we set our judges. Insulin injections were on hand in case they fell into a diabetic coma. While the pros struggled to contain the dizzying sugar rush, they trooped on gamely through the avalanche of cake, and British Baker’s ...
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Choppy waters
Here we go again, you might think, as press hysteria mounts around wheat prices. How did this come about, given that we are not facing touch wood a repeat of the terrible harvests of 2007/2008? The past two years have seen record stock levels high enough to ...
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Risers to the challenge
Dalebrook Supplies recently launched a range of platters, lids and risers, which have been designed to display cakes and pastries, while maintaining the freshness of the product.Rectangular platters are available in black and white, and feature anti-slip silicone feet. The lids interlock with the platters, making them easy to stack. ...
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My Career
Emmanuel Hadjiandreou, bakery director, Judges Bakery, HastingsWhat do you do on a day-to-day basis?I run the bakery department at Judges Bakery in Hastings, heading up a team of two bakers and three pastry chefs. The bakers start at 1am and generally finish at 9am making sponge-and-dough white, wholemeal and ...
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Crossing borders
Post-war Italy was a difficult place to be. The Germans had destroyed as much as they could on their retreat in 1944. It was senseless pride. One of their prime targets had been food shops, so in many places bread had been hard to come by. A loaf often had ...
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Traditionals with a twist Biscotti by Fiona Burrell
These hard biscuits have become popular in the past few years and are often served in cafés with coffee. They originated in Tuscany, Italy, and the name ’biscotti’ actually means ’twice-cooked’.Traditional biscotti are made using both ground and whole almonds. Because they are hard, they make a perfect dunking biscuit. ...
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Back to health
Now that the short-lived revival of white bread has passed, we can go back to writing about more interesting breads again. And it’s the healthy bread category that’s showing a real uplift, shifting double-digit volume growth in the last year.The market for seeded breads grew by 8.5% in value (Kantar ...
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Appointments
Darren PickfordBaker PerkinsBaker Perkins has strengthened its sales team serving the biscuit industry with the appointment of Darren Pickford as European sales manager.Pickford has 20 years’ experience of selling capital equipment to the food industry across Europe.Baker Perkins supplies machinery and systems for producing soft and hard biscuits, cookies and ...
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Plenty of sacks appeal
Emergency services were recently called to a Tesco store in Ryde after reports of a suspicious white powder emanating from a bag, wrote the Isle of Wight County Press. The police, hazardous material firefighters and ambulance crews leapt into action, only for it to transpire that this anthrax-alike substance was ...
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Statistics and...more statistics
Now that the Food Standards Agency’s virility has been snipped and its knackers stitched on to two new hosts the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Department for Health it’s pleasing to see environment secretary Caroline Spelman already getting a firm grip of her new ...
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NewsNicholas & Harris goes to work on Vogel’s brand
Nicholas & Harris (N&H) has launched the first marketing campaign for Vogel’s bread in a bid to almost treble the brand’s turnover from £3.5m to £10m in two years. Following its purchase of the Vogel’s licence from Goswells Bakeries last year, N&H, a subsidiary of Finsbury Foods, is putting more ...
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NewsCupcake Champion reveals all
British Baker’s Andrew Williams speaks to the newly crowned Cupcake Champion of Great Britain 2010 - David Bennett of the six-month-old Sunshine Bakery in Chapel Allerton, Leeds - and discovers the secrets to his success.
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Planning ahead
National Cupcake Week13-19 SeptemberNationwidewww.bakeryinfo.co.ukNext month sees the second National Cupcake Week, organised by BB in partnership with Food Network UK and sponsored by Chevler and Renshaw.The Week will provide bakers with an unrivalled opportunity to generate extra sales. In preparation, British Baker launched its UK-wide search for the country’s Best ...
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Next issue: August 27
lChristmas linesDan Lepard comes up with new recipes to try out this Christmas, and we round up products planned for the festive periodlCoffee & equipmentYou’ll struggle to compete on the high street without a decent coffee, so we get advice from the experts on bringing your offer up to scratchlBakers’ ...
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Cupcake Champion of Britain 2010 announced
David Bennett of the Sunshine Bakery in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, is the newly crowned Cupcake Champion of Great Britain 2010.
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Lower-salt bread demand prompts wheat research
Pressure on plant bakers to meet the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) 2012 salt targets has prompted new research into the role different wheat varieties could play in producing lower-salt bakery products.
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Production to restart at Warburtons’ fire damaged bakery
Bread production at Warburtons Hereford Street bakery is due to restart in September, following a fire at the site on 29 July.
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NewsRaven Patisserie changes name to Tiptree
Within-based Raven Patisserie has changed its name to Tiptree Patisserie following the purchase of 100% of its shares by Wilkin & Sons, manufacturers of Tiptree fruit conserves, in April this year.
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Rank Hovis announces flour price hike
Rank Hovis is to increase the price of flour by £89.37 per tonne, effective 6 September, Lawrence Watson, head of sales and marketing, revealed exclusively to British Baker earlier this week.