About the baker
A little more of the person behind the handshake.
Ryan Chong received the first documented Hollywood handshake in series 3 for his lardy cakes. His official Bake Off profile describes a Bristol-based dad who worked in finance and IT before becoming a professional photographer, and a baker who likes blending Western traditions with lesser-known Asian flavours.
Ryan Chong baked on 3 (2012) of The Great British Bake Off. One Hollywood handshake is on file: Lardy cakes/buns, Signature (7 / Sweet Dough).
The archive calls the handshake bake both lardy cakes and lardy buns; it is the same sweet-dough moment.
Sources: thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk · hollywoodhandshakes.com
The handshake ledger
The handshake
Here’s the bake that earned it — week, series, and all.
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