Pros bake up a storm

Published date25 May 2021
Date25 May 2021
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
bake off: the professionals Channel 4, 8pm

WHERE else would you see a group of extremely tense pastry chefs trying to Michelin-up a Jaffa Cake?

They must make 24 perfect and identical items of each pastry in just three and a half hours.

Hosts Liam Charles and Tom Allen are on hand to try to take the edge off the simmering tension.

In the second challenge, the teams must make a showpiece inspired by a simple summer favourite, strawberries and cream.

This is the serious, nerdy big brother to Bake Off, where the contestants are professional and there's not a soggy bottom in sight. Even the judges are more scary, with world-class patisserie experts Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden excellent at a villainous raised eyebrow and scathing put-down.

In this heat, teams of pastry chefs from top hotels, restaurants and small businesses in Cardiff, Bristol, Norfolk, Brighton and London compete to...

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