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.

2024 Episode 3 – Bread and Seven Plaited Loaf

Bread week is here bringing savoury flavours, plaits, and horns. Lots of bread analysis for your hosts this week, and the never-ending debate over the impact of the technical challenge. Seven Strand Plaited Loaf recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts hereSubscribe on Google Podcasts hereWe’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100%...

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2024 Episode 1 and 2 – Cake, Biscuits, Battenberg, and Mint Cream Biscuits

We’re back and we’re bringing you chocolatey minty goodness. Covering the first two weeks of the 2024 season of the Great British Bake Off, prepare for reality show copying, illusion cake disdain, and impressive whirls. Battenberg recipeMint Chocolate Creams recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts hereSubscribe on Google Podcasts hereWe’re on...

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2023 Episode 10 – Final and Lardy Cake

Finally time for the final, and we have three bakers making eclairs, Lardy cake, and layer cake. What a lark! #WorthTheCalories Lardy Cake 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 access to exclusive...

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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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2022 Episode 6 – Halloween and S’mores

Spooky scary baking this week with apple cake horrors and deadly digestives. #WorthTheCalories Recipe for S’mores Subscribe to our RSS feed hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts hereSubscribe on Google Podcasts...

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2022 Episode 5 – Desserts and Lemon Meringue Pie

The broadest topic possible this week with one of the great technical challenges and one of the possible worst showstoppers. Two recipes from Cathryn this week along with some...

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2022 Episode 4 – Mexican and Tacos

Hola! Semana Mexicana, with tacos, buns, and the moistest of cakes. We had a great time doing this, and that’s not just the tequila talking. #WorthTheCalories Recipe for Tacos...

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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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