“The Great British Baking Tour" at the Butterworth Center -- March 23.
Sunday, March 23, 3 p.m.
Butterworth Center, 1105 Eighth Street, Moline IL
On March 23, fans of the BBC and Netflix sensation The Great British Baking Show are invited to Join UK travel/relocation consultant and former UK resident Claire Evans at Moline's Butterworth Center for a delightful culinary tour of the country. Evans' in-person presentation The Great British Baking Tour will offer insight on making a proper cup of tea, as well as regional specialties, their origins, and the particular parts of the UK they hail from. She’ll also translate the trickiest parts of British recipes for Americans, so you can try them in your own kitchen.
The Great British Baking Show, known in the UK as The Great British Bake Off, is a television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress two judges with their baking skills. One contestant is eliminated in each round, and the winner is selected from the three contestants who reach the final. The first episode was aired in August of 2010, with its first four series broadcast on BBC Two, until its growing popularity led the BBC to move it to BBC One for the next three series. After its seventh series, Love Productions signed a three-year deal with Channel 4 to produce the series for the broadcaster, and last September, it was announced that The Great British Bake Off had been renewed for its 16th series his year.
This enormously popular show is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, with shops in the UK reporting sharp rises in sales of baking ingredients and accessories. Many of its participants, including winners, have gone on to careers in baking, while the BAFTA award-winning program has spawned a number of specials and spin-off shows: a celebrity charity series in aid of Sport Relief/Comic Relief or Stand Up to Cancer; Junior Bake Off for young children (broadcast on the CBBC channel, then on Channel 4 from 2019); the after-show series An Extra Slice; and Bake Off: The Professionals for teams of pastry chefs.
The Great British Baking Tour will take place in Moline on March 23, participation in the 3 p.m. program is free, and attendees are invited to enjoy a cup of tea and other refreshments following Claire Evans' presentation. For more information, call (309)743-2701 and visit ButterworthCenter.com.
