Tent Ready
A home baker trains like he is headed for the tent.
I have never worked in a kitchen or been to culinary school. So I went through all 461 challenges from 16 series of the baking show to find out what it really tests, and now I am training for it in public. My wife Jana judges. Handshakes are rare.
Bear in the kitchen, portrait 4:5
Latest
All recipesThe first bake lands this week. It is a sponge, because the data says so.
The deal
This keeps going as long as people keep showing up. Every milestone makes it harder for me. Next up at 1K followers: a full 10 week series.
- Now
The pilot: 3 weeks
Sponge, biscuits, bread. The same first three weeks the show opens with almost every year. No clock, just learning to do it properly.
- 1K
A full 10 week series
One discipline a week, ending in a final. Jana picks the technicals and I do not see the recipe first.
- 10K
The clock starts
Every challenge gets a time limit, and you vote on how long I get.
- 50K
You pick the technicals
Followers choose the surprise bake. Jana keeps it secret.
- 100K
Showstoppers
Full three-challenge weekends: signature, technical, showstopper.
- 1M
I apply to a baking show
I would love for it to be the real tent. I am not sure how possible that is from Los Angeles. I will not give up.