Opinion – Page 9
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‘Artisan can be a strong proposition, helping to create experiences’
Karl McKeever, founder and managing director, Visual Thinking, on growing consumer demand for an ‘experience’ from retailers
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‘Developments have opened new possibilities to produce bespoke items’
Mike Wilson, business & development manager, UK and Ireland, ABB Robotics, on the role robots can play in smarter bakery production
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‘Stale bread was folded back through fresh dough to make a sourdough loaf’
Zoe Reed, creator of the Canteen No 4 supper club, on using bakery surplus as ingredients in a menu
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Bake Off: The Professionals – Episode 2
Things are tense in the Bake Off kitchen this week – there’s swearing, a slew of criticism and even some tears.
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Bake Off: The Professionals – Episode 1
Bake Off is back, although not how we remember it, for this is Bake Off: The Professionals.
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Charcoal health claims: not such a grey area
John Mitchell, partner at law firm Blake Morgan, looks at the question of health claims relating to charcoal
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’Surely individual responsibility for portion control has to be a target for PHE’
Stan Cauvain, co-founder and director, BakeTran, on the challenge of recent calls for a 20% calorie reduction in baked goods
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’Like all trade deals, this one will have terms and conditions’
Alex Waugh, director general of the National Association of British and Irish Flour Millers (Nabim), on the risk of EU Rules of Origin bringing an increase in the cost of exporting baked goods
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Great Celebrity Bake Blog: Episode Five
The final episode of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer came with a life lesson from Sandi Toksvig: “If things are moving very fast don’t put your thumb in them.”
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‘Between 2012 and 2016, there was a 185% increase in the number of vegan launches’
Francesca Bandelli, marketing director at Puratos, on how the opportunities for vegan options in baking look set to grow
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‘We’ve urged government… to clarify the immigration position’
Jim Winship, director of the British Sandwich & Food to Go Association; Pizza, Pasta & Italian Food Association; and Café Life Association on the fall in the number of EU migrants coming into the UK
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To fortify or not to fortify?
John Mitchell, partner at law firm Blake Morgan, looks at the issues of flour fortification
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Great Celebrity Bake Blog: Episode Four
It was hard to tell whether I was watching The Great Celebrity Bake Off last night or Carry On Baking. With all the antics, the innuendoes and the buffoonery, I was surprised not to see Barbara Windsor make an appearance.
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Great Celebrity Bake Blog: Episode Three
I was particularly excited about this week’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer. Why? I freakin’ love Tim Minchin. The wild ginger hair, the accent, the attitude… it works for me.
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Nailed It: Netflix’s baking fails show didn’t quite nail it
Ten minutes into episode one of the less-than impressive Nailed It and I’m wondering what I’m doing with my life. After all, I could be re-watching the brilliant Queer Eye or Brooklyn 99 instead.
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Great Celebrity Bake Blog: Episode Two
Less than a minute into the second episode of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, I was already disturbed. Seriously, I don’t need to think about Paul Hollywood in a leotard. Ever.
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‘There is a huge challenge to inspire more young women to join the industry’
Nina Sparks, general manager of Pladis’ bakery in Harlesden, asks how young women can be encouraged to take up engineering
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Great Celebrity Bake Blog: Episode One
Bake Off is back for five weeks, providing the perfect opportunity to sit back on the sofa and enjoy all the innuendos, panicking and Paul Hollywood handshakes during this cold miserable weather. And this has the added twist of being a celebrity version to raise awareness of charity Stand up to Cancer.
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Legal: Will tighter laws consign overbaking to history?
John Mitchell, partner at law firm Blake Morgan, looks at the impact new regulations on acrylamide management could have on Britain’s bakers
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‘Oat fibre is of particular interest to baked snacks manufacturers’
Nancy Gaul, global marketing director, Tate & Lyle, on the role fibre – particularly that from oats – can play in sugar reduction in snacks