Worth The Calories

Hosted ByMatthew, Cathryn, Mandi Kaye

Talking about the latest episodes and bakes of Love Production's The Great British Bake Off. We talk about the star baker, who left, favourite moments, best tie-in advertising, and our attempts at the recipes.

2023 Episode 9 – Patisserie and Millefoglie

Apologies now for the accent attempts, and the noises made at the idea of greeny-blue mirror glaze. But delight at the interesting patisserie available this week! #WorthTheCalories Tarte Aux Pommes recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts hereSubscribe on Google Podcasts hereWe’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like...

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2023 Episode 5-8 – Pastry, Botanicals, Desserts, and Party

After several weeks unable to record we are back with a packed podcast covering four Bake Off episodes! Join us to discuss treacle pudding timings and botanical opinions. #WorthTheCalories Dauphinoise potato and caramelised onion pithivier recipeLemon and thyme bundt recipeOrange and ginger treacle puddings recipeCaterpiller cake recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple...

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2023 Episode 4 – Chocolate and Caramelised White Chocolate Cheesecake

A technical that takes weeks not hours to really create, plus we’re Torte a lot about cake and chocolate box creation. #WorthTheCalories Caramelised White Chocolate Cheesecake recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts hereSubscribe on Google Podcasts hereWe’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like...

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2023 Episode 3 – Bread and Devonshire Splits

Some minor anguish this week over a decision in the show, plus a new clue from an unlikely source as to when this was filmed. #WorthTheCalories Devonshire Splits recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts hereSubscribe on Google Podcasts hereWe’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If...

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2023 Episode 2 – Biscuits and Custard Creams

Is a teacake a biscuit? At what point does the ratio of filling to biscuit stop something being a biscuit? These and other fundamental questions are discussed, as well as some chat about the latest episode of the Great British Bake Off. #WorthTheCalories Custard Cream recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts...

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2023 Episode 1 – Cake and Chocolate Fudge Cake

Bake Off is back and we have the most chocolatey chocolate cake left to eat along with animal cakes with non-animal fillings. #WorthTheCalories Chocolate Fudge Cake recipeChocolate cake with vanilla buttercream recipe (the nicer version of this cake recommended by Matthew) Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts hereSubscribe on Google Podcasts hereWe’re...

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2022 Episode 3 – Bread and Pain Aux Raisins

Again questions of how close the recipes map to the theme. Efforts made in baking pizzas and pain aux raisins mixed fruit, plus a discussion of pre-baking pizza dough...

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2022 Episode 2 – Biscuits and Garibaldi

We have some great questions to discuss this week, which is perhaps better than discussing Garibaldi biscuits. But you can also find out what is the ‘2001 A Space...

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2022 Episode 1 – Cake and Red Velvet

New bake off brings new bakers, fizzing 17cm red velvet cake, and a lack of recipes. Never fear, we baked anyway and you can hear our thoughts on sandwich...

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2021 Episode 10 – Final

Slightly later than intended, we revisit the final episode of the 2021 series and get excited about the 2022 series coming soon! #WorthTheCalories Recipe for Torta Camila Carrot CakeRecipe...

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2021 Episode 8 & 9 – Free From and Patisserie

What a couple of weeks it’s been on the Great British Bake Off? Some bold statements from your hosts this week about the show, and discussion of food going...

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2021 Episode 7 – Caramel and Fingers

Why can no one say the chocolate bar’s name? We sneakily say it during this episode, I hope you’ll forgive us. Perhaps it’s because we don’t have to watch...

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2021 Episode 6 – Pastry and Chouxnuts

Less Star Trek, more of Matthew singing a song from Aladdin this week on Worth The Calories. Plus good biscuits, chouxnuts (choux pastry doughnuts), and the pleasure of all...

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2021 Episode 4&5 – Desserts & German

Apologies for the missing week, but that means you get double up with our sticky toffee pudding and malt loaf bakes, pavlova discussions, and a slight Star Trek distraction....

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2021 Episode 3 – Bread and Ciabatta

Bread week means our household is filled with Italian breads, as are we. Lots of discussion including poking fingers in dough, the magic of bread making, and only eating...

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2021 Episode 2 – Biscuits and Jam Sandwich Biscuits

Biscuit week is always a favourite. We’re debating what toy or game we’d make, and which bakers are best suited to the challenges so far. #WorthTheCalories Recipe for Jammy...

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