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Bake Off: The Professionals episode 6 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 6 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 6 2021: It’s chocolate week and the four remaining teams in this heat tackle a secret challenge, before showing off their patisserie prowess in a house of horrors-themed showpiece     The patisserie chefs face chocolate week, beginning with a sharing dessert using both chocolate and a favourite ingredient of judge Cherish Finden. For the showpiece, the teams must construct chocolate showpieces on a house-of-horrors theme, including a moving part, along with 48 smaller treats – all in just five hours. Presented by Tom Allen and Liam Charles.   Bake Off: The Professionals episode 6 […]

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Bake Off: The Professionals episode 5 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 5 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 5 2021: The teams make 24 carrot-shaped desserts, which must taste of anything but, before creating a grand Religieuse a l’Ancienne showpiece with two different flavours of eclairs.     Tom Allen and Liam Charles present as the pastry chefs create miniature cone-shaped and carrot-shaped desserts – 24 of each. For the second challenge they must serve up a grand occasion showpiece – a Religieuse a l’Ancienne – to serve 24 people, with two different flavours of eclairs and inspired by the theme of time travel. Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden judge their efforts.  

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Bake Off: The Professionals episode 4 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 4 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 4 2021: Six new teams enter the kitchen and for their first challenge they must produce two different types of miniature classics, the lemon meringue pie and the tiramisu – 24 perfect examples of each in three and a half hours.     After that judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden ask them to take the humble fruit crumble and transform it into a fine-dining showpiece, complete with towering, edible sculptures. Presented by Tom Allen and Liam Charles.   Bake Off: The Professionals episode 4 2021   Bake Off: The Professionals (previously Bake Off: Crème

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Bake Off The Professionals episode 3 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 3 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 3 2021: It’s chocolate week and the teams must master perfection in a surprise challenge, before constructing mechanical showpieces, complete with chocolate bons bons and a moving part     Tom Allen and Liam Charles present as the pastry chefs take part in chocolate week. First they must combine chocolate and one of Benoit Blin’s favourite ingredients, without any recipes to hand. Then the chefs are challenged to create mechanical chocolate showpieces, along with 48 bon bons that include a moving part, inspired by robots.   Bake Off: The Professionals episode 3 2021   Bake

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Bake Off The Professionals episode 2 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 2 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 2 2021: The teams create magical, cube-shaped desserts that look exactly like mushrooms but taste of anything but, and a heroes and villains-themed occasion showpiece, adorned with 160 macarons.     Tom Allen and Liam Charles present as the pastry chefs are challenged to make a cube-shaped dessert, with sharp edges from every angle, and magical confections that look exactly like mushrooms but taste anything but – all in just three and a half hours. And that’s just their first task. For their second, judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden ask them to create a

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Bake Off: The Professionals episode 1 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 1 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 1 2021: The teams tackle two miniature classics, Tarte Piémontaise and the Jaffa Cake, and strawberries and cream complete with towering edible showpiece sculptures.     Pastry chefs from hotels, restaurants and small businesses in Cardiff, Bristol, Norfolk, Brighton and London compete to be crowned best patisserie team in Britain. The teams face testing challenges judged by two world-class patisserie experts, Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden. For their first challenge, the teams must produce two different types of miniature classics – Tarte Piémontaise and the Jaffa Cake. They must make 24 perfect and identical items

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Simply Raymond Blanc episode 10

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 10

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 10: Raymond shares his favourite romantic meals to treat the nation’s couples. Anniversaries, date nights and romantic get-togethers.     The chef shares his favourite dishes for anniversaries, date nights and romantic get-togethers. He starts with broad beans with parmesan and pan-fried sole, and ends with an exotic fruit pannacotta. Plus, chef and good friend Paul Ainsworth cooks a special dish for Raymond – lamb hotpot for two.   Simply Raymond Blanc episode 10   Tomato Salad with Mozzarella & Tomato Soup Slice all the tomatoes into bite sized wedges and mix together in a large

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Simply Raymond Blanc episode 9

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 9

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 9: Raymond Blanc shares his archive of recipes and introduces the nation to his favourite dishes which have featured on the menus across his restaurants.     The chef shares his favourite dishes that have featured on the menus in his restaurants, including gravadlax with cucumber, cauliflower and horseradish creme fraiche. Plus, Raymond’s Brasseries head chef Clive Fretwell joins him in the kitchen and cooks a double baked cheese souffle. The chef transforms classic dishes with herbs and spices from his garden, including moules three ways and a slow-roasted harissa lamb shoulder with chickpeas. It’s been

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Simply Raymond Blanc episode 8

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 8

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 8: Raymond shares his love of new produce from the gardens and explains why seasonality is important and why we should all embrace it.     From his Oxfordshire kitchen, he cooks pan-fried salmon with spinach and chive butter sauce, and rustles up a fricassee of wild mushrooms. Long-time friend Jean-Christophe Novelli pays a visit and bakes him an indulgent tarte tatin, and baked apple with caramel. The chef transforms classic dishes with herbs and spices from his garden, including moules three ways and a slow-roasted harissa lamb shoulder with chickpeas. It’s been a while since

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Simply Raymond Blanc episode 7

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 7

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 7: Raymond Blanc shares his love of travel and embracing the influence of other cultures into his cuisine. He cooks a sensationally fresh flash fired squid.     The chef transforms classic dishes with herbs and spices from his garden, including moules three ways and a slow-roasted harissa lamb shoulder with chickpeas. It’s been a while since the Michelin-starred chef patron of Le Manoir has been on TV but he returns this morning to share what he describes as delicious, unfussy recipes made from easily available ingredients and using basic equipment. So, no cheffy flourishes, sous

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Simply Raymond Blanc episode 6

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 6

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 6: Raymond Blanc indulges the nation’s senses by transforming classic dishes with herbs and spices fresh from his garden. From moules three ways, to a spicy slow-roasted harissa lamb.     The chef transforms classic dishes with herbs and spices from his garden, including moules three ways and a slow-roasted harissa lamb shoulder with chickpeas. It’s been a while since the Michelin-starred chef patron of Le Manoir has been on TV but he returns this morning to share what he describes as delicious, unfussy recipes made from easily available ingredients and using basic equipment. So, no

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Simply Raymond Blanc episode 5

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 5

Simply Raymond Blanc episode 5: Raymond Blanc pays culinary homage to his Maman Blanc by sharing nostalgic dishes from his childhood – Vegetable Soup Three Ways, and a special Assiette of Salads.     The chef pays culinary homage to his mother’s cooking by preparing some childhood favourites, including vegetable soup three ways and an assiette of salads made with produce fresh from his gardens. He is joined by Nathan Outlaw, who serves up a dish of fish and chips with mushy peas. It’s been a while since the Michelin-starred chef patron of Le Manoir has been on TV but

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