Bake Off: Creme de la Creme starts March 29th BBC2

FortyTwo25 · 23/03/16 - 19:31

Bake Off: Creme de la Creme will be presented by Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge.

Fifteen teams of professional chefs will compete to produce the most impressive miniatures and showpiece desserts.

The chefs will work in teams of three and will come from famous hotels, top restaurants and patisseries, as well as the development kitchen of a leading supermarket, the armed forces and private clubs.

Their efforts will be judged by three of the industry's most influential pastry chefs - Benoit Blin from Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Cherish Finden from The Langham Hotel in London and Claire Clark who has twice been named Britain's best pastry chef.

It's an eight-part series

mossy2103 · 24/03/16 - 13:13

Seeing as it's for professionals, does not feature Mel and Sue, and will not take place in a marquee with bunting etc, it isn't worthy of the label "Bake Off".

JamieHT · 24/03/16 - 13:24

Oh dear. A few too many changes for my liking.

Citizen Kane · 24/03/16 - 21:52

Great British Bake Off - The Professionals
Sounds good to me!

pearlsandplums · 26/03/16 - 10:15

It sounds (and from the trailer looks) like it's going to be great. It is nothing to do with the actual bake off though. It should've been allowed to stand alone

Calig · 27/03/16 - 06:59

I look forward to seeing what these truly skilled bakers create.

Jayinthegarden · 27/03/16 - 08:58

Doubt I'll bother with it

I don't watch Masterchef the Professionals either as there are too many changes from the norm, I'll wait until August for the real thing

FortyTwo25 · 27/03/16 - 15:57

I don't like the team of three but the advert looks good

FortyTwo25 · 29/03/16 - 10:50

Just saw a clip on TM...not sure about this

Alleycat666 · 29/03/16 - 15:43

Not sure about this to be honest - can't see that it's close enough to Bake Off to be joining the Bake Off brand - seems like a bit of clever (or not) association to me. If the thing isn't strong enough to stand on its own merit, then they shouldn't be weakening the Bake Off brand in my opinion.

I'll probably catch the first one and then see what I think from there.

lundavra · 29/03/16 - 17:18

Alleycat666 wrote: »

Not sure about this to be honest - can't see that it's close enough to Bake Off to be joining the Bake Off brand - seems like a bit of clever (or not) association to me. If the thing isn't strong enough to stand on its own merit, then they shouldn't be weakening the Bake Off brand in my opinion.

I'll probably catch the first one and then see what I think from there.

Was Masterchef weakened when they started the spin off Masterchef Professionals? Would it have been if they had called the spin off Masterchef Creme de la Creme?

Best to wait and see what it was it is like.

mossy2103 · 29/03/16 - 18:18

lundavra wrote: »

Was Masterchef weakened when they started the spin off Masterchef Professionals? Would it have been if they had called the spin off Masterchef Creme de la Creme?

But surely, with Masterchef, the basics were the same - the studio layout, the presenters/judges and judging, the range of dishes etc. With the name "Masterchef", you knew exactly what you were getting (and what you would be seeing), the only difference being whether the contestants were amateurs or professionals.

lundavra · 29/03/16 - 18:56

mossy2103 wrote: »

But surely, with Masterchef, the basics were the same - the studio layout, the presenters/judges and judging, the range of dishes etc. With the name "Masterchef", you knew exactly what you were getting (and what you would be seeing), the only difference being whether the contestants were amateurs or professionals.

I presume they considered doing that with Bake Off but must have decided that it would not work. Perhaps there is a great differentiation between bakers making breads and the fancier pastry cooks. Whereas the professional cooks on Masterchef are expected to be able to do the full range of dishes (even if many can't!).

anyonefortennis · 29/03/16 - 19:10

This reminds me of the ITV teatime show where professional bakers would compete against each other. Britain's Best Bakery.

jimbo1962 · 29/03/16 - 19:43

Christ,, theBBC are going tomilk this cow to death and beyond

Inspiration · 29/03/16 - 20:00

I actually think this is going to be good. Sounds pretty serious.

horwichallstars · 29/03/16 - 20:00

I'm watching, as I can't pass a cookery programme by. I used to like Tom Kerridge, but gone off him a bit recently - I think it's since he said he wouldn't be tasting the cakes 😕