About the baker
A little more of the person behind the handshake.
Norman Calder was one of the early handshake recipients, appearing in series 5 with a crisp, savoury take on farthing biscuits. Public information about his life after the tent is relatively spare, so his archive entry stays close to what is documented: a memorable baker from the show’s formative years whose biscuit bake made Paul stop and smile.
Norman Calder baked on 5 (2014) of The Great British Bake Off. One Hollywood handshake is on file: 36 savoury farthing biscuits, Signature (2 / Biscuit).
His farthing biscuits are preserved in the BBC Food archive.
Sources: bbc.co.uk · en.wikipedia.org
The handshake ledger
The handshake
Here’s the bake that earned it — week, series, and all.
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