Paul Buckey

Chef Lecturer, Reading College & City of Oxford College

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A bit of sourdough baking this weekend

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Our Level 1 & 2 learners have had a great couple of days with the Royal Navy team, lots of information about carer opportunities and a great “Ready Steady Cook” Challenge embedding #teamwork #communication #leadership #timekeeping @RNLogsjobs @Activate_Learn #cityofoxfordcollege

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Sourdough baking today, focaccia and blueberry muffins

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@shanelegend23 @msonenote @MSEducationUK @MicrosoftStream @MicrosoftTeams Great job 👏

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@The__Glasshouse Stunning Tatin

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Just out the oven and glazed, cinnamon buns. Now need to make the tea ☕️

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Had to be done ...... chocolate and orange and traditional hot cross buns

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@Andrew_J_Scott The big question is ice cream or custard 🤔

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Out of the oven and read for dinner

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Sourdough focaccia all ready for the oven ......

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@CityofOxfordCol I demonstration a thin apple tart with vanilla ice cream and grilled mackerel with a soy dressing

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So here are the dishes from today’s demonstration to our Level 1’s. Thin apple tart with vanilla ice cream and grilled mackerel with a soy dressing @CityofOxfordCol @Activate_Learn

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All set up for today’s demo with my Level 1’s @CityofOxfordCol @Activate_Learn

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That’s this mornings bake out of the oven @RealBread @WessexMill #realbreadweek #sourdough #sourdoughbread

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So, first time making Cruffins. These have been finished with chocolate ganache and a hazelnut praline. Just need to adjust the baking times and size of the Cruffins.

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Live cooking demo with my Level 1’s @cityofoxfordcollege, fresh fruit tarts. Lots of skills covered, making sweet pastry, lining tart cases, baking blind, Creme patisserie, glazing and an apple tart as well. Not forgetting the discussion on seasonal ingredients 😂 @Activate_Learn

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Prep ready for today’s L1 cooking demo, hope the sweet pastry defrosts in time ...... it’s all good, it did 😂 @CityofOxfordCol @Activate_Learn

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So, bit of a baking weekend. Sourdough, mimi baguette, triple chocolate chip cookies, oh and some steamed sponge puddings to round it off

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Old school dessert tonight, steamed treacle sponge and Birds custard ...... what else 😂

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#sourdough baking, you can’t beat the smell of freshly baked bread in the morning