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Bake Off: The Professionals episode 9 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 9 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 9 2021: Liam Charles and Tom Allen present the semi-final, which sees the four remaining pairs of patisserie chefs baking four batches of petit fours and a magical table scene inspired by the teddy bear’s picnic. At the heart of their piece must be jelly-based desserts and accompanying edible elements, to help bring their story to life. Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden judge their efforts and decide which pair will be leaving one week before the final.     Liam Charles and Tom Allen host the toughest Bake Off on TV, as teams of pastry […]

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Bake Off: The Professionals episode 8 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 8 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 8 2021: The patisserie chefs face the quarter-final, and for their first challenge they serve up 24 Black Forest gateaux and 24 mini roulades. For the showpiece, the teams go back to the 1970s as they construct a disco-inspired showpiece, using a combination of sugar and chocolate, and incorporating desserts. Presented by Tom Allen and Liam Charles.     Liam Charles and Tom Allen host the toughest Bake Off on TV, as teams of pastry chefs from top hotels, restaurants and small businesses compete to be crowned best patisserie team in Britain.   Bake Off:

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Bake Off: The Professionals episode 7 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 7 2021

Bake Off: The Professionals episode 7 2021: Tom Allen and Liam Charles bring together the three best teams from both sets of heats, whose first challenge is to create 24 perfectly identical almond pithivier pies and individual savoury brioche, all in just three and a half hours.     Then, judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden ask them to produce a striking sugar showpiece, inspired by a futuristic jungle theme, along with two types of confectionery of their choice.   Bake Off: The Professionals episode 7 2021   Bake Off: The Professionals (previously Bake Off: Crème de la Crème from

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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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