About the baker
A little more of the person behind the handshake.
Tamal Ray paired life as a doctor with a thoughtful, flavour-forward baking style in series 6, where he reached the final. He has since become a food writer and broadcaster, bringing the same curiosity to recipes and stories that made his Middle Eastern game pie such a memorable handshake bake.
Tamal Ray baked on 6 (2015) of The Great British Bake Off. One Hollywood handshake is on file: Middle Eastern game pie, Signature (7 / Victorian).
He is also known for his work as an anaesthetist and his writing for The Guardian.
Sources: theguardian.com · kcl.ac.uk
The handshake ledger
The handshake
Here’s the bake that earned it — week, series, and all.
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