The Bake Down is the go to podcast for those who can't get enough of the Great British Bake Off, form Bake With A Legend (the company that let's you bake alongside former contestants for brilliant online and physical events). Sarah Taylor is joined by former contestants Howard Middleton, Dan Beasley Harling and Jane Beedle for the duration of the latest series to digest the latest action in the tent. If you want the inside track and inspired insight, this is the podcast for you. Contact us a ...
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Twelve started, three remain. Andrew, Jane and Candice have fought their way to the Bake Off final where they must face three final challenges to be in with a hope of being crowned 2016's winner. In a final inspired by Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday, our finalists must complete a meringue crown signature, a Victoria sandwich technical and a Roy…
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It's the semi-final and that means Patisserie week! The four remaining bakers must face three French-inspired delicacies to secure themselves a place in the elusive Bake Off Final. This week they must take on flaky pastry palmiers in the signature, a booze-soaked savarin in the technical and a batch of delicate fondant fancies in the showstopper. W…
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It's the quarterfinals and this week in the tent sees the very first Tudor week. The merry band of bakers must face the royal judgement of Sir Paul and Lady Mary as they take on a savoury pie signature, a jumbled biscuit technical and a mad marzipan showstopper. Who will be crowned the next Star Baker and who will be banished from court? Join Sarah…
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It's desserts week in the tent and the remaining bakers are facing another hot day and another three challenges to help propel them into the quarter-finals. Paul and Mary have to judge a family-size roulade signature, a nutty meringue Marjolaine technical and a mini mousse cakes showstopper. Who's sponge will rise and who's mousse will fall flat? J…
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It's a first in the tent this week as the seven remaining bakers face three botanically themed challenges under the watchful eyes of the judges and the burning heat of the sun! The contestants must face a citrus meringue pie signature, a herby fougasse bread technical and a tiered floral cake showstopper in their bid to become the next Star Baker. …
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The remaining eight bakers tackle a troublesome challenge: pastry week. The heat is on and the butter must stay chilled as our intrepid contestants face a Danish pastry signature, a classic Derbyshire technical and a fiddly filo showstopper. Who hasn't laminated their layers? Who's dough has lost its rise? And who's got a soggy bottom? Join Sarah, …
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It's Bake Off's very first batter week and the remaining contestants are whisking up a storm in their attempts to be crowned the next star baker of the 2016 series. This week the bakers face a flavoursome Yorkshire Pudding signature, a delicate piped pancake technical and a devilishly hot churros showstopper. Join Jane, Howard and Host Sarah as the…
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Bread week is upon us and with Paul Hollywood's steely blue eyes judging all of our bakers' doughy creations, everyone kneads to up their game to impress. The remaining ten bakers take on a chocolate loaf signature, a German Dampfnudel technical and a plaited multi-flour centrepiece showstopper. Join Sarah, Howard, Jane and special guest podcaster …
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It's time for biscuit week where our 11 remaining hopefuls have to tackle a whole biscuit barrel of tea-time treats: an iced biscuit signature, a Viennese whirls technical and a 3D gingerbread scene showstopper. Join Sarah, Howard and Jane as they take a look back over biscuit week and question if you can ever be too ambitious with your biccies. Wh…
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It's cake week, and Howard Middleton, Jane Beedle and host Sarah Taylor are looking back to the first episode of Series 7. A new batch of bakers are ready and rearing to go with a citrus drizzle signature, a juicy Jaffa cake technical and a smooth mirror glaze showstopper. Who will win the first coveted Star Baker award and whose cake has fallen fl…
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The Bake Down returns for another series, going back over past Bake Off seasons, and this time, it's the turn of finalist Jane Beedle. Join Jane and Bake with a Legend host Sarah as they look back over Series 7, remembering the highs and lows, the burnt bakes and the flat cakes, the handshakes and the star bakers. This year we're also bringing back…
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As we prepare to welcome in the New Year, four returning bakers are back to whip up some delightful dishes to take us in to 2024. Mark, Maxy, Maggie & Jurgen are back in the tent and taking on three new challenges: a religieuse signature, a galette des rois technical and a smash-cake showstopper. Paul and Prue are ready with their tasting forks and…
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It's Christmas time, and this year we have 6 ghosts of bakers past 'haunting' the tent. Sophie, Carole, Amelia, George, Linda and our very own Dan all return to face three challenges set by Paul 'Scrooge' Hollywood and Prue 'Festive Cheer' Leith. A mince pie signature, snowflake puff pastry technical and a redemption cake showstopper are all that s…
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Thanks to our amazing listeners who have sent in so many fabulous questions that we had to do another episode just to answer them all! Join Sarah and she puts your questions to Dan, Jane and Howard in a bonus episode to round off season 14 of the Great British Bake Off. We have many virtual classes on sale now for you to enjoy and learn from the co…
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We've made it to the final and with only three bakes left, it's nearly time to crown one baker the final winner of Bake Off 2023. Dan, Josh & Matty have to present a classic éclair signature, an old school lardy cake technical and a jaw-dropping origin cake showstopper. Who will pull out all the stops to stand out from the rest and be declared the …
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With one more week to go before the final, the tent is hotting up and it's Patisserie that's on the cards this week for the final 4 bakers. Paul and Prue are looking for perfection in the financier signature, tarte aux pommes technical and Millefoglie showstopper. Who will fall at the final hurdle and who will be series 14's final star baker before…
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Dig out your platform heels, top up your body glitter and do the Locomotion...cos it's party week! The remaining 5 bakers face a Conga line-up of three challenges that stand between them and a place in the semi-finals. Josh, Dan, Matty, Christy and Tasha are tasked with whipping up the perfect sausage roll, a cheeky caterpillar cake and a beige-is-…
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With only six bakers still in the running, desserts are on the menu this week. With a wobbly creme caramel signature, a steamy treacle pudding technical and an explosive meringue bombe showstopper, all the bakers are in danger of being the seventh baker to leave the tent, but only one can grab the elusive star baker title. So join Sarah, Dan, Jane …
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Over halfway through and only seven bakers remain to take on the second ever Botanicals week. Drawing flavour inspiration from the natural world, the magnificent seven whip up spiced buns in the signature, lemon & thyme drizzle cakes in the technical and floral entremets desserts in the showstopper. Whose flowers will flourish and whose spices will…
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It's pastry week and the remaining nine hopeful bakers tackle a trio of tricky tasks involving three different kinds of pastry: hot water pastry picnic pies, rough puff dauphinoise pithiviers and sweet shortcrust decorative fruit pies. Who will create picture perfect pastry and which two bakers will be in hot water in a double elimination? Join Sar…
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The hottest day in the tent can only mean one thing: it's chocolate week. The remaining nine bakers faced three challenges choc-a-block with everyone's favourite treat, including a European torte signature, a white chocolate cheesecake technical, and not forgetting the chocolate box cake showstopper spectacular. Who kept their temper and who was me…
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The dreaded bread week is upon us, and as Paul prowls the tent, the bakers are faced with another three challenges to test their skills in week three: a cottage loaf signature, Devonshire Split technical and plaited centrepiece showstopper. Will there be any more handshakes awarded, or is everyone in deep dough? Join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane as …
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Biscuit week is upon us, and all the bakers are hoping not to snap under the pressure. The eleven remaining bakers are tasked with whipping up a marshmallow biscuit signature, a classic custard cream technical and a beautiful biscuit illusion showstopper. Who will be the next lucky contestant to win the second Star Baker title, and who's cookie has…
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And so it begins...cake week starts off another year in the Bake Off tent as 12 new hopefuls don their aprons and whip up three new challenges for Paul, Prue, Noel and new host Alison. We had split buttercream, lopsided cake and runny ganache, as all the bakers tried to hold their nerve in Bake Off's 14th series. Join Dan, Jane, Howard and Sarah as…
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Hurrah! It's back again! Bake Off returns in the UK on 26th September and in the USA on 29th September and we hope we'll be your perfect accompaniment to the new series. Host of Bake With A Legend Sarah Taylor, is joined by Bake Off legends Jane Beedle, Howard Middleton and Dan Beasley Harling to assess our new dozen as we try to work out who the p…
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Just three bakers have made it to the 2013 Bake Off final: Kimberly, Frances and Ruby now have three final challenges to face before one of them can be crowned the winner. The tremendous trio face picnic pie signatures, perfect pretzel technicals and wonderful wedding cake showstoppers, as Paul and Mary judge their bakes one last time and announce …
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It's the semi-finals and the tent's gone all continental for French week. The bakers are set the challenges of a triple canape signature, a Charlotte Royale technical and an opera cake showstopper in the last push to reach the glorious Bake Off final. With only three spaces available, who will fall at the final hurdle and miss out on a chance to be…
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This week's five remaining bakers tackle Alternative Ingredients week, baking wheat-free signature loaves, a gluten-free technical dacquoise and a dairy-free vegetable showstopper cake. Who will make it to the semi-finals and get one step closer to being crowned 2013's winner, and who's vegetable cake has missed a beet? Join Sarah, Jane, Dan and Ho…
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With the quarter-finals only one week away, it's all hands to the pastry bags for this week's challenges: an old-school suet pudding signature, a toppling choux nun technical and a trio of flaky golden puff pastries, for a last show-stopping chance to enter the quarter-finals. Join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane as they discuss preferred pastry techni…
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This week the magnificent seven face sweet dough week, whipping up delicious treats in the tea loaf signature, couronne technical and European bun showstopper. With the competition getting harder, the bakers will have to step up their game to try and impress the judges and win a place in the final. Join Sarah, Jane, Howard and Dan as they revisit B…
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We're halfway through the series and the remaining 8 bakers are being watched ever closer by Paul and Mary, as this week we see tray bakes in the signature, tuiles in the technical and biscuit towers in the showstopper. Only 7 can get through to next week and one step closer to the treasured Bake Off final. Join Sarah, Jane, Howard and Dan for Bake…
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With nine remaining bakers, the pressure is on to avoid the dreaded soggy bottom in Pies and Tarts week. The challenges being faced this week are: a double crusted fruit pie, egg custard tarts and a fiendish filo showstopper pie. Will their custards have the right amount of wobble? Will their fillings be flavourful? Does anyone besides Ali hate app…
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It’s dessert week in the tent and Paul and Mary have set some custard-tastic challenges for the bakers this week: a trifle signature, a floating island technical and a petit four showstopper. Join Dan, Howard, Jane and Sarah for another series 4 throwback episode as they discuss the infamous Custardgate ‘scandal’ and find out where Mary Berry likes…
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It's week two in the tent and the bakers are put to the test baking breadsticks, English muffins and decorative loaves. Under the watchful eyes of Paul and Mary, the bakers tackle bread week as they create their signature, technical and showstopper challenges and try not to crumb-le under the pressure. Join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane for another e…
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Let's start at the very beginning...cake week. 2013 saw a baker's dozen enter the tent for the first time and there was plenty of drama to go round with deflated angel food cakes, melting chocolate and lots of work for the tent paramedic! Join host Sarah and our trio of Bake Down panellists Jane Beedle, Dan Beasley-Harling and Howard Middleton to d…
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The Bake Down is back but we bring you a little something special this year: we will be heading back to 2013 and reviewing The Great British Bake Off season 4 (or season 2 in the US.) We'll be reviewing each episode, week by week, and looking back at the brilliant bakes brough to us by the class of 2013. For this introductory episode, Bake Down hos…
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Happy New Year listeners! The first Bake Off of 2023 brings us some famous faces from seasons past: Chigs Parmar, Manon Lagreve, Anthony Amourdoux and Lottie Bedlow. The bakers are given some fantastic festive challenges to ring in the New Year: a savoury Wellington signature, a vegan Baked Alaska technical and a Buche de Noel entremets showstopper…
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Merry Christmas everyone! The Bake Down Bunch are back with a special Christmas episode. It's time once again to induct 5 new celebrity bakers into the Bake Off tent, taking on a festive signature, technical and show-stopper to try and win the title of Christmas Star Baker 2022. This year, to mark the anniversary of Channel 4, we see entertainment …
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***As mentioned at the start of the podcast we'd love you to join our free webinar on Saturday 26th November (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET / 5pm UK.) The brilliant Dan Beasley Harling (GBBO series 9) will be teaching live from London, all the skills you need to master his delicious Pumkin Spice Whoopie Pies. Click here to sign up, it's completely fre…
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The four remaining bakers try their hand at posh patisserie, making mini desserts, teetering tarts and a nutty showstopper spectacular. There will be wobbles, crumbles and overbaked biscuits, as Paul and Prue decide which of the Fab Four will make next week's final, and who will fall at the final hurdle. Join Jane, Howard, Dan and Sarah as they dis…
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Our fantastic five face pastry in the tent this week with Paul and Prue keeping their beady eyes open for laminated layers and soggy bottoms! The bakers have to tackle a puff pastry signature, a fried pastry technical and a pie scene showstopper. Who will survive to the semi-finals and who will flake and crumble under the pressure? Join Howard, Jan…
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With the quarter finals only one week away, we enter the tent with our remaining six bakers to tackle the nail-biting world of custard: a frozen custard technical, a set custard showstopper and a sea of custard in the signature, surrounding an island of poached meringue…. or fried chicken! Join Jane, Dan, Howard and Sarah as they discuss this week'…
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Only seven bakers remain in the tent as we experience Bake's Off's very first Halloween week. There's frights and delights as the bakers tackle Autumnal favourites with an apple cake signature, a hanging lantern showstopper and a technical guaranteed to leave you wanting S'more. So, join the terrifying trio: Jane, Dan and Howard, and Sarah, your gh…
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Only 8 bakers remain in the tent as this week they tackle desserts: a steamy signature, a tart technical and moussey showstopper. It wasn't all sweetness and light though, as the bakers had to deal with stodgy puds, rubber jelly and the dreaded soggy bottom! Join Sarah, Dan, Howard and Jane as they discuss the ups and downs of dessert week and try …
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Chocolate and Chilli and Corn, Oh My!
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It's week 4 in the tent and we have the first of this season's international themes: Mexican week! The 10 remaining bakers brought their favourite Central American flavours to the gingham alter, as they were asked to bake Pan Dulces, Corn Tortilla Tacos and Tres Leches Cakes. With the potential of two eliminations looming and the promise of 'star b…
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Looks like a cake, tastes like a sandwich
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Bread week is here, and the bakers have been kneading, proving and rising under the watchful steely blue eyes of King of Bread, Paul Hollywood. Whether it’s crispy pizzas, fluffy pan au raisin or the show stopping Smörgåstårta, the remaining bakers were ready to roll up their sleeves and roll out their doughs. We hope you enjoy our bread week episo…
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Welcome back to The Bake Down! It’s biscuit week in the tent and this year gave us illusion Macaron signatures, Garibaldis for a technical challenge and spectacular biscuit masks in the showstopper. We had a new star baker and another sad exit as well as a double handshake. Join Sarah alongside former contestants Dan, Jane and Howard as they see wh…
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***As mentioned at the start of the podcast we'd love you to join our free webinar this Saturday (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET / 5pm UK) in memory of Her Majesty, the late Queen, Elizabeth II. The brilliant Howard Middleton (GBBO series 4) will be teaching live from Sheffield, UK all the skills you need to master his delicious Chocolate Tiffin, a tre…
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Dan's superficial judgements - Bake Off Is Back!
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Hurrah! It's back again! Bake Off returns in the UK on 13th September and we hope we'll be your perfect accompaniment to the new series. Founder of Bake With A Legend Josh Landy is joined by Bake Off legends Jane Beedle and Dan Beasley Harling to assess our new dozen as we try to work out who the potential winners could be from the limited biograph…
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Happy New Year to all of our listeners, we wish you all the best for 2022! As always the founder of Bake With A Legend Josh Landy was joined by Bake Off legends Howard Middleton, Jane Beedle and Dan Beasley Harling to reflect on a wonderful New Year Special, where four stars from former series returned, with Kim Joy, Rowan, Hermine and Jon all back…
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