Paul Hollywood Quotes
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Get digital scales because, for baking, balance scales just aren't accurate enough: it's all in the weighing up.
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Baking is therapy.
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I have gone through some bad times with my own business. At one point, I was working my socks off, driving, delivering, baking. It was hard, hard work. But I worked through it. Running your own bakery is hard. I never came close to bankruptcy, but I had to cut back on staff.
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Civilisation was built around wheat, around people settling down and not being nomadic. Baking is one of the oldest professions.
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There's something clean, simple, and even detoxifying about a loaf that contains nothing more than the best stone-ground, whole-meal flour, salt, yeast and water.
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Since I was a kid, baking has been part of my life.
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I have been a baker for more than 30 years now, and in terms of equipment, all I really need is flour. It still amazes me what a versatile commodity it is, as you can do so many different things with it, and I never tire of trying new blends and recipes.
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My own preferred fitness regime is to use my bicycle.
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I can judge a restaurant by its bread: it winds me up that a lot of places buy pre-packed ones in and don't bother putting them in the oven to crisp them up again. And you shouldn't put bread on a side-plate: it needs to be pushed back into the centre of the table.
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I can be a romantic. The way to every woman's heart is through her stomach. Food is at the core of everything.