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Great British Bake Blog: Episode 10

2017-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the winner is… Liam. Ok, that’s just wishful thinking on my part (and that of hundreds of Twitter users). But I am willing to concede the actual champion ultimately deserved to win.
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode Nine

2017-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was a surprising lack of innuendos in this week’s episode of The Great British Bake Off. Perhaps patisserie isn’t very sexy. Or, far more likely, Noel was asked not to mention what Prue’s necklace really looked like. I was given the same instructions.
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode Eight

2017-10-18T00:00:00Z

This episode should have contained a trigger warning. Seriously, it was harrowing to watch and I have been left emotionally scarred 75 minutes of television… as has pretty much everyone on Twitter.
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode Seven

2017-10-11T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to imagine the sweltering temperature inside the Bake Off tent on Italian week, particularly when you’re watching it from the sofa in your polar bear PJs under a blanket.
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode Six

2017-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s pastry week in The Great British Bake Off tent, leading Brits everywhere to question why anyone would bother to make puff pastry. I certainly don’t know anyone that does. Although I take this opinion of many of the technical challenges… quit faffing and just pop to the shops!
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode Five

2017-09-27T00:00:00Z

Emotions were running high in this week’s Bake Off. Towards the end of the episode, the jovial frolicking from earlier episodes was but a distant memory as more despondent emotions set in.
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode Four

2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

After last night’s episode of The Great British Bake Off, I’m convinced that caramel is, in fact, the nectar of the gods. This tempting, silky, golden brown delight was poured, drizzled and smothered on everything in sight, as was to be expected in the first-ever caramel week.
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode Two

2017-09-06T00:00:00Z

Following a strong start from most contestants last week it seemed inevitable that, in week two, some would crumble… Yes, it was biscuit week.
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode One

2017-08-30T00:00:00Z

Bake Off is back! And, just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, it’s now on Channel 4 with a fresh line-up of presenters alongside the blue-eyed male judge, Paul Hollywood.
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‘Being chief executive of Scottish Bakers has been a great honour’

2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

Alan Clarke looks back at seven years as chief executive of industry organisation Scottish Bakers
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‘It would be great to see more opportunities for young bakers’

2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

Laura Gibbons, a final year bakery and patisserie undergraduate at University College Birmingham and Dawn Foods’ first student ambassador, on the challenges faced by young bakers in a competitive market
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Blog: British Baker visits Signature International Foods in Nashik

2017-02-13T00:00:00Z

Multimedia reporter Ashley Williams travels into rural India to visit Signature International Foods’ bakery in Nashik. There he met managing director Yatin Patel and sales and marketing director for the Indian market Shilpa Agarwal.
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Blog: British Baker reports from India

2017-02-09T00:00:00Z

Multimedia reporter Ashley Williams is in Mumbai to examine the differences between the British and Indian bakery markets. Here he talks with the boss of one of India’s leading food distributors.
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How Queen Victoria really was partial to a Victoria sponge

2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hot on the heels of the Bake Off finale, University of Warwick food historian Professor Rebecca Earle investigates the history of the Victoria sponge.
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The Great British Bake Off. Episode ten: The Final

2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

Cathryn Dresser, GBBO series three contestant takes us through series 7 with an expert eye... Who was crowned champion? Who made a right pavlova of it? Oh... AND SHE’S WRITTEN A SONG ABOUT IT!
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The Great British Bake Off 2016. Episode nine: Patisserie

2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

Cathryn Dresser, GBBO series three contestant and baker extraordinaire, takes us through series 7 with an expert eye. It’s semi-finals week, which brings the loss of a favourite...
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The Great British Bake Off. Episode eight: Tudors

2016-10-17T00:00:00Z

Cathryn Dresser, GBBO series three contestant and baker extraordinaire, takes us through series 7 with an expert eye. Prepare thine lute and ruffle, and see which bakers escaped with their heads.
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The Great British Bake Off 2016. Episode seven: dessert

2016-10-06T00:00:00Z

Cathryn Dresser, GBBO series three contestant and baker extraordinaire, takes us through series 7 with an expert eye. It’s getting tense in the tent, but who will get their just desserts?
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The Great British Bake Off. Episode six: botanical

2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

Cathryn Dresser, GBBO series three contestant and baker extraordinaire, takes us through series 7 with an expert eye. She sure knows how to cultivate an interest in bakery...
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The Great British Bake Off 2016. Episode five: pastry

2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

Cathryn Dresser, GBBO series three contestant and baker extraordinaire, takes us through series 7 with an expert eye. She knows how to bake…well.