Jurgen, meanwhile, went for a dramatic take on the opera cake with little daggers sticking out of the top and a beetroot-flavoured buttercream to make them look like tiny murder scenes… erm, yum? Chigs, having picked a mousse for his soft layers, was ahead of the rest when it came to assembling, and it was a very close call for the other three to finish on time. A boy did they deliver! Although Giuseppe got off to a rocky start by putting his butter in the oven without adding the all-important flour to the sponge mix… thankfully he realised straight away and rescued it. The key being that they must be identical and look like they should be the window of a French bakery. This task involved the bakers making little slices with three or more layers of either cake, mousse, curd, Italian meringue, buttercream, and so forth. Highlights included a three-handshake signature, Chigs’ glasses getting steamed up AGAIN, Noel’s ‘friend’ Sharky Sharkerson, Noel and Crystelle planning a limbo-off and Giuseppe proving just how Italian he is but saying ‘mamma mia!’ at the end of a task. Honestly, we thought the judges should throw out the rule book and put everyone through to the final. With all the bakers having had handshakes and being named star baker at least once, the expectations were high.Īnd what a week it was. Precision and pressure were the main ingredients in the tent this week as the bakers took on the traditional semi-final, Pâtisserie Week.
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