When I get home at night, I always have a soak in the tub before changing into my dressing gown and slippers.
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I like to remind the contestants where they are by playing the 'Bake Off' theme tune on my phone as they walk into the tent. They freak out, as it suddenly dawns on them that they're on the show.
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Years ago, I saw a job for head baker for The Dorchester Hotel in London, and I didn't want to move away from the North West. But then I thought, 'I've got to do this for my career,' because I was very ambitious. So I went for it and got the job.
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Making cake is one of the easiest things in the world.
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Everyone has a favourite cake, pastry, pudding or pie from when they were kids.
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The key thing is to educate not just kids but adults about what goes into food. You do that in any way you can, bread machine or not.
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It's a great thing because I've said to my lad, 'What do you want to do today - football, shopping, playing a game?' and he says, 'I want to bake with you, Dad.' And he loves it, baking with me.
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I love evangelising about baking and passing the word on, and I will carry on doing that.