Background
James Morton was born in Inverness, Scotland, but from the age of 3 grew up in the Shetland Islands. He is the son of journalist and national radio presenter Tom Morton.
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James Morton was surely the people's favorite to win 2012's Great British Bake Off series—with his Fairisle jumpers and eccentric showstoppers, this soft-spoken Scottish medical student won the viewers' hearts, if not the trophy. James's real passion is bread-making. He is fascinated by the science of it, the taste of it, the making of it. And in Brilliant Bread he communicates that passion to everyone, demystifying the often daunting process of "proper" bread making. James uses supermarket flour and instant yeast—you can save money by making your own bread. You don't even have to knead! It just takes a bit of patience and a few simple techniques. Using step by step photos, James guides the reader through the how-to of dough making and shaping, with recipes ranging from basic loaves through flatbreads, sourdoughs, sweet doughs, buns, doughnuts, focaccia, and pretzels. Inspiring and simple to follow, with James's no-nonsense advice and tips, this book will mean you never buy another sliced white loaf again.
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Baking explained: foolproof recipes and perfect cakes and bakes every single time. I want to show you how baking works. I want to prove how easy baking can be. Whether you want light cakes, squidgy brownies, perfect pastry, stress-free macarons or mountainous meringues, this book features a mini-masterclass for each one. Everything's split up into wee, simple steps. There's no faff and you don't need any expensive equipment. You don't even need a sieve. And for baking veterans, this book tells you why you're doing what you've been doing all these years. Here's to baking that just works.
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James Morton was born in Inverness, Scotland, but from the age of 3 grew up in the Shetland Islands. He is the son of journalist and national radio presenter Tom Morton.
From then on, he studied baking as a science rather than a craft, often preferring to read peer-review cereal journals than cookbooks.
The Great British Bake Office
In the first Summer of his medical degree at the University of Glasgow, James worked washing dishes at a small Glasgow deli. A keen bread baker already, here he was exposed to the wide variation of bread production and results. After Bake Office
Since, James has amassed a large following on Twitter and founded a popular baking blog.
He began writing a regular column in the "7 Days" supplement of the Sunday Mail newspaper in early 2013.
He regularly composes comment and recipes for a wide variety of online and print publications. He has been a guest celebrity on numerous television shows, including Sunday Brunch and Big Fat Quiz of the Year.
In October 2013, he was a guest presenter on ‘’RBS: Finding Scotland’s Real Heroes’’ and he tours Scotland with his bread demonstration shows “James Morton Kneads to Raise Some Dough” and “James Morton’s Stollen Christmas”, taking them to large festivals such as Dundee Flower and Food Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He released his first book, Brilliant Bread, in August 2013, published by Ebury Publishing.
His second book, How Baking Works (and what to do when it doesn"t), was released on the 12th March 2015.
As well as his career as a baker, James has recently graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in medicine and has begun work as a junior doctor in the National Health Service.
During James"s subsequent appearance on the show, he reached the final with bakes such as an "oak-framed Gingerbread Barn" and "double Paris-Brest Choux pastry Bicycle," eventually losing out to winner John Whaite. lieutenant received a nomination for the best cookbook at the 2013 André Simon Awards and winning the Guild of Food Writers Award 2014 for best cookbook.
(James Morton was surely the people's favorite to win 2012...)
(Baking explained: foolproof recipes and perfect cakes and...)
