![]() Oh no, Edd’s mincemeat was light and fruity. It wasn’t thick, dark and sickly like much shop bought mincemeat. It’s usually filled with jam but as it’s nearly Christmas he made us some truly delicious mincemeat. It’s a frangipane baked into a mould and topped with crumble. ![]() He baked Almondine for us, inspired by one of Raymond’s recipes. He told us about what it was like working in the kitchens of Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir on a shift that started at 5am and ended the next morning at 1am. He’s hoping to open a bakery in London.Įdd Kimber gets baking in The Buttercup kitchen Now he was baking on Woman’s Hour and appearing at food festivals across the country. He told us winning the series had truly changed his life. He sent off his application for the first series of BBC2’s The Great British Bake-Off and after many rounds of auditions and baking tests he made it through to the TV series. Edd had been miserable stuck in a banking job which he hated. While he sliced up the cakes which he’d brought for our guests to taste, he shared brilliant baking tips and chatted about his baking life. ![]() Never use milk chocolate he said – far too sweet. He told us he thought the best affordable chocolate to use for cooking was Green and Blacks’ dark chocolate. Edd arrived and got to work baking his chocolate and chestnut torte which he served warm with chestnut cream. We closed early (sorry!) for the special event, polished our cake stands and got our best tea cups out. When Edd Kimber came to tea at The ButtercupĮdd Kimber hosted a wonderful winter tea here at The Buttercup yesterday.
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