Bakers of the Week Gallery

Sweet indulgence Show Stoppers – Star Bakers; Viren, DJ, Vanessa and Anya

In the last opportunity to become star baker in this rotation of Sweet Indulgence, the student worked in their groups to make a Show stopper Tiered cake. The standard was amazing, with amazing mirror glaze, homemade lemon curd, Italian meringue, and cookie cakes, though the award went to Viren, DJ, Vanessa and Anya, for the macaroon covered cake. which Ms Leung decide was the the most professional and showed a great amount of skill.  Now it is all down to which group produces the best magazine , to see who wins the overall award for the course.   s

Sweet Indulgence visit the Art of Chocolate Museum – Star Bakers; Anya, Charlotte and Dhurv)

This week the students in Sweet indulgence class visited the Art of Chocolate Museum at the Galleria on the Peak , where allthe exhibition are made from chocolate and confectionery. The student got a lesson on the history and economics of chocolate, then looked at the exhibitions, before meeting the artist and then being able to decorate their own Christmas chocolate bar. The artist and mangers of the museum decided on who decorated the bars the best and awarded star baker to   Anya, Charlotte and Dhurv.

If the choux fits! (Star Bakers – Anya, Jessica, Leanna, Charlotte and Vanessa)

This week was the most technical yet for  this group of Sweet indulgence student, with the Choux pastry challenge. The students excelled in making selections of eclairs, profiteroles and puffs and it was evry difficult to choose the star bakers. However it vwas decided that Anya worked independently to make mini Paris Brest and Jessica, Leanna, Charlotte and Vanessa for using their skills they learnt in previous classes to decorate their products.  

Pies, tarts and puffs – Star bakers (Katarina, Charlotte and Catherine)

Sweet Indulgence this week was all things pastry, with students either making their own shortcrust or using frozen puff pastry as a standard component.  We had a vast array of dishes on offer, from Egg Tarts to Apple Pies, to Mille Feuille. the star bakers, Katarina, Charlotte and Catherine were awarded for the professional working practices whilst collaborating to make perfect chocolate plaits and a seasonal pumpkin pie.

Enriched Bread Doughs – Star Bakers: Jorja, Vanessa, Natalie, Catherine & Anya

Sweet Indulgence this week saw the student getting down with the dough, making products like doughnuts, Chelsea buns and bagels. Students learnt about the science behind perfect enriched bread dough and gluten formation, as well as the importance of uniformity of the products if they were to be sold. It was extremely hard to decide on Star bakers this week, so we ended up with 5 students getting the accolade. Jorja and  Vanessa for attempting the very challenging Rainbow bagels, which they baked and fried to do a comparison. Natalie and Catherine for their Halloween themed pumpkin and chocolate ring doughnuts, which looked fantastic and tasted great and Anya who worked indiscreetly to make both chocolate doughnuts and Chelsea buns, which had the perfect texture.