Plonking plastic in pastry has found me invited to some unique organisations and restaurants and last week I had the pleasure of being invited to see Pastry Chef Damien Wager demonstrate his skills at Bath College. An Apple for Teacher...
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Confession time: in my head, I am a gifted pastry chef. My mum was an amazing baker, I can happily spend hours lost in books on fine patisserie, so it seems obvious to me that I should be able to...
I’ve got the top down on the car, the summer breeze in my hair and Neil Diamond blaring out from the stereo. Perfect… or at least it was until I’m left red-faced at a set of lights by my embarrassing...
Week 4 And Cue! ……the perfectly timed gasp and sharp intake of breath… someone just said the F word! We are all used the classic reaction to ‘I am making a chocolate fondant’ from Gregg and John on Masterchef- will...
Week 3: Tart Week It’s a lovely world that I have entered, knocking on the door of someone you think you know because you’ve seen them on TV, and then baking cakes with them whilst having a chat. I’ll be...
Week 2: Cake Week 4442, 8884, or 442? That is the question! And no, we’re not talking football tactics here- we’re talking BAKING TACTICS! How much of what, and how many of the other are really needed to produce that...
Week 1: Biscuit Week The challenge began and I was taken under the critically acclaimed wing of International Pastry Chef Claire Clark (@Claire_Clark). Simply stepping foot in the pro kitchen down at Pretty Sweet (@PrettySweetLon) was a huge first for me – I barely...
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