Goan Chefs on British Television - Bake off Finals 2020 To create a banquet fit for a King and Queen and feed 80 people with stopclock pressure.
Are you a pastry chef, chocolatier or patisserie chef by trade, and want to test your skills against the very best in the business? Apply now to Channel 4 British Television Bake Off the Professionals or forever hold your peace. Clanny Rodrigues from Ponda and Ryan Pinheiro from Louitalim in Goa State in India did just that representing the Ivy, a very high end five star Gold award restaurant, with many celebrities as patrons in London, England. The restaurant serves British and International dishes. After nine gruelling episodes, Clanny and Ryan, on Tuesday 28 July 2020, centre staged Cuisine from Goa, a little dot on the map to a worldwide audience, as they were tasked with creating a banquet fit for a King and Queen and enough for 80 people. The pressure was on them, with their theme “ a day in the countryside”. Theit final presentation was a Goan Boater style beach hat with intricate Raffia style design woven in chocolate complete with a hatpin made up of what looked like a display of lily and lialac. The sweet was Pyramid shaped bite size portions of Bebinca garnished with Cashew and Cinnamon Barfi sitting on Jelabi. The centrepiece was a peacock, the National Bird of India. We all 2.75 million viewers on multiple screen viewing platforms such as television computers and smartphones in UK and around the world missed a heartbeat along with Covid 19 survivor Matilda Sequeira when disaster struck in the final minutes capturing the moment the centre piece sugar coated wing of the peacock fell off. Said it gave her memories of her younger days. Click Here or paste on browser if link fails to open https://mail2.virginmedia.com/appsuite/#!!&app=io.ox/mail&folder=flhawlw01QOKSZ https://mail2.virginmedia.com/appsuite/#!!&app=io.ox/mail&folder=flhawlw01QOKSZ https://mail2.virginmedia.com/appsuite/api/mail/IMG-20200730-WA0028.jpg?action=attachment&folder=default0%2FINBOX&id=6718&attachment=2&user=2&context=2139926&decrypt=&sequence=1&delivery=view https://mail2.virginmedia.com/appsuite/api/mail/IMG-20200730-WA0028.jpg?action=attachment&folder=default0%2FINBOX&id=6718&attachment=2&user=2&context=2139926&decrypt=&sequence=1&delivery=view Photo Credit Matilda Sequeira, (Viewing figures from Broadcasting Audience Research Board –BARD) Another Viewer Sharon Pinto commented” it was interesting none were British in the final, but the contestants had to wow the judges to get to where they were, she also commented on how she missed her mums very nice bebinca. Viewers also noticed Ryan’s perfect pyramid shaped bebinca it was good to hear he was using his mums recipe. Must have made her and indeed whole of Goa and Niz Goykars around the world very proud to see this product in the Finals. May I take this opportunity to thank Café Heraldo and Lens man Lui Godinho now based in London for the tribute and close up picture of the cake. Click Here https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Goans-do-themselves-proud-in-the-finals/163577 There is a Hollywood/Bollywood style video tribute to stars Clanny and Ryan, apologies I do not have details of the Musicians and Singer. Thank you anyway Today 1 August I hear there has been a tradition in Goa brought down fron generations to eat jaggery and Coconut the first thing in the morning it keeps sickness at bay. On 19/20 August World Goa Day, share with us the celebration of your heritage with men in the kitchen preparing a small family Banquet – not just for Christmas. Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath Surrey 1 August 2020
