About the baker
A little more of the person behind the handshake.
Dan Beasley-Harling made a memorable run through series 9, collecting three handshakes for polished cakes, Chelsea buns and a Florida meringue roulade. Since the tent, he has presented and taught baking events with Bake With A Legend and contributed regularly to The Bake Down podcast.
Dan Beasley-Harling baked on 9 (2018) of The Great British Bake Off. 3 Hollywood handshakes are on file — Black Forest slice traybake, Signature (2 / Cake); Sticky spiced-orange Chelsea buns, Signature (3 / Bread); Florida meringue roulade, Signature (4 / Dessert).
He is one of the rare bakers in the archive with three documented handshakes in one series.
Sources: bakewithalegend.com · bbc.co.uk
The handshake ledger
The handshakes
Every Hollywood handshake on file for this baker — bake, week, and series — lined up below.
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