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What I Learnt Auditioning for The Great Canadian Baking Show

April 1, 2017 by Margaret 25 Comments

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Blueberry and Lemon Scones, baked in front of the judges, in a test kitchen.

What with my insomnia and all, I’m often up baking at midnight. One evening as I was waiting for some muffins to come out of the oven, I scrolled down my facebook feed and saw a sponsored post mentioning that the Great Canadian Baking Show was looking for people to apply to be on the show.

I figured, why not? I filled in the online application, hit the send button, and didn’t give it a second thought.

THAT MAGICAL FEELING…AND HOW I GOT THE AUDITION

I’m not one for superstition, but sometimes serendipity feels like it’s congealing into fate. Why do I say this? Well!

I had my family over for dinner maybe a month ago, and my sister mentioned that she had a colleague who had sent in the application for the show. I mentioned offhandedly that I had also applied. My sister was surprised I had never told her (“What? You applied? You didn’t tell me!!!”) but I honestly felt that the chances of ever hearing back after sending in that online application were close to nil. Two days later, I heard from the producers. (They liked my application!) I also passed the phone interview and bingo-bango, I was invited to audition in person! (Invite-only! I felt special.)

I found out where the auditions for central Canada were being held. Where? Around the corner from my condo. Literally — not figuratively — around the corner. Someone flew in from Montreal, another came from Sudbury. Me? I walked around the corner.

Nice work(place) if you can get it!

We were to bring our signature dish to the audition. I baked chocolate-cherry brownies, topped with a whipped ganache. The cherries (dried sour Montmorency cherries) were soaked in wine first, for an extra oomph. The ganache was spread ever so prettily with an off-set spatula and looked so smooth and glossy. I brought samples to my workplace and everyone swooned.

Once at the auditions, I found out that the recipe that we would be baking in front of the judges was…scones! I had JUST made blueberry and lemon scones two days prior, so the technique was still fresh in my head. (Don’t overwork the dough! Dust the blueberries with flour before adding to batter! Fluff the flour with a fork before measuring it! Bake scones close together for soft sides and far apart for crunchy sides!)

As I told a judge, I cook with enthusiasm!

I felt a bit like outside forces were conspiring to help me out. Everything was just falling into place so easily!

And then.

NOT BEST IN SHOW, BUT…STILL PRETTY DARN GOOD!

I am 99.9 % certain I didn’t make that show. And add in an additional .99999 to infinity. So yeah, I’m pretty sure.

Why? Because I don’t feel my brownies, however scrumptious and tasty and perfectly chewy and flavourful and smooth (I could go on) held up well compared to the showiness of some of the other desserts (BIG desserts! SHOWY desserts!)

As well, my scones just did not reflect my baking ability. *shakes fist at malfunctioning convection oven*

Plus, the on-camera interviewer didn’t ask me the same questions that she asked everyone else! I had some great stories and anecdotes to share based on what they asked EVERYONE else, and then they asked me some bland questions.

So I felt my brownies were blah, my scones were bleh, and then my answers were bland. Blah, bleh, and bland do not equal #GreatCanadianBakingShow or #CBC primetime.

But! Towards the end of the audition, all the attendees got together and shared their baking. We all tasted each other’s treats and packed some to go home with. My brownies? Gone. They got eaten! The staff of the show and my fellow attendees apparently couldn’t resist a good, solid chocolate brownie. Balm for my wilted ego.

Awkward photo of my baking submission, awkwardly plated at the last minute.

THINGS I LEARNT WHILE EATING CAKE. AND DONUTS. AND SCONES. AND CUPCAKES. AND COOKIES.

Publicity starts with generating buzz. While we had to sign waivers and confidentiality forms, we were also encouraged to take photos with signage and to post/tweet/whatever with “hashtag Great Canadian Baking Show” and “hashtag CBC”. If all the audition attendees, their family, friends, and social media connections, watch the show, well, you’ve just cultivated yourself a pretty large audience, and that’s without doing any actual paid advertising.

The majority of the show applicants are white, thirty-something females. And mostly quite slender (How? Do they not eat their baking?). <– I asked several people this, and it turns out a number of them run triathalons or do ironman races. I’ll just be over here in the corner eating my scones, thank you very much.

Always pack some chocolate syrup in your purse. #TrueStory At the last moment, when heading out the door to the audition, I threw some chocolate syrup in my purse, along with some dried cranberries, and some cocoa powder. When it turned out that we were to plate our desserts for the judges, I was able to fancy up the cake stand with a dusting of cocoa powder and a few drizzles of chocolate syrup. Phew!

An outsize personality will probably get you places, even in sedate, uber-nice Canada. I fully expect the show participants to have some colour to their personality. Me, while I can be both an extrovert and an introvert (that’s a Gemini for you!), I felt I presented as an introvert, and I don’t think that was in my favour.

Speaking of uber-nice, Canadians really are nice! At one point I was perched on a counter in the test kitchen as I was waiting for everyone else to finish up (I finished my scones early! Yay, me!) and I guess I looked a bit discouraged, because several people tried to cheer me up. The judges: “I love cherries. And chocolate!” and “Don’t worry, we know the ovens aren’t working properly. The last group burnt their scones.” Even my fellow audition attendees were super nice: “Here, let me share the cream for the glaze.” and “Oh, you’re not done with the oven? I’ll wait, you take your time.” and “Good luck! I told everyone that your brownies had a special ingredient!” <– Not sure if this was actually helpful. But I know she meant well!

Fancy-pants showstopper pieces are the way to go. I was going for flavour, ingredients, and technique, but if I had to do it again, I’d go for something big, like a croquembouche tower crossed with a everything-but-the-kitchen-sink cake, dusted with edible gold and multiple pronged pieces of homemade spun sugar. Think big, think fancy, or go for really simple (but UNIQUE!) and do that EXPERTLY!

Technique is all well and good, but looks will get you everywhere. My scones tasted fabulous. They were light and fluffy, studded with juicy blueberries, and the flavour of the fresh lemon zest came through both in the scone and in the drizzle on top. However, they looked like a wet flop. Because…

Messed up ovens will mess you up. I’ve never used a convection oven before and of all the times to start, it had to be at my baking audition. And then that oven didn’t work! I mean, how can a 425 degree oven not bake scones fully when they’re in almost double the time the recipe called for? Felt more like a 325 degree oven.

“We just have a few more questions for X,Y, and Z” is code for “You made the cut.” I don’t know for sure that this is the case, but I’m pretty sure! Interestingly, there was a lot of overlap between X, Y, and Z, and who I personally think will make it to the next level. Needless to say, I was not X, Y, or Z.

Some of the baked goods, before the attendees fell on them like a plague of locusts. #LocustNumberOneRightHere

WHO DO I THINK WILL WIN?

There were four people in my audition that I think have the potential to make it to the next round (or show!). Someone who made absolutely perfect whole wheat bread, semi-rustic style but with a fancy razor-slashed design and dusted with flour; someone who had the perfect personality to show up on TV (loud, fun, and laughs a lot); and someone who made a fancy-pants cake topped with macarons and fresh flowers (and even dusted the flowers with edible gold). An honourable mention for my nominations is someone who made chocolate-dipped shortbread. These were perfect little sticks of shortbread, dipped in dark chocolate on the bottom, dipped in caramel on the top, drizzled with more chocolate, and then topped with the perfect little twirl of candied orange peel. Just perfect technique.

My overall takeaway? If you’re auditioning, you do you, boo, and don’t take the audition to heart that much. The auditions are just a snapshot of a certain moment in time for your baking, and if you’re having a bad day (or a bad oven!), it’s game over, even if you actually know what you’re doing. Enjoy the experience. And anyway…there’s always season two!

Next Post: Pea Soup, with or without Ham. And what to do with Too Many Scones. All the scones. My freezer is really, really full of scones. Did I mention the scones?

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Comments

  1. Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)

    April 2, 2017 at 12:51 am

    SO fascinated to read this process! Good for you for putting yourself out there (and that’s weird about the ovens…). Was that at Cirillo’s? I’m interested to see the show but don’t think it will be anything like the original (and best) British Baking Show….

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    • Margaret

      April 2, 2017 at 3:55 pm

      OMG, Mardi! We must live close to each other! 🙂 And yes, the British Baking Show is definitely the best!

      Reply
      • Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)

        April 2, 2017 at 5:25 pm

        Well I don’t live close to Cirillo’s (I’m near High Park) but I certainly know it! Who knew?

        Reply
        • Margaret

          April 2, 2017 at 5:35 pm

          West-enders unite! 🙂

          Reply
  2. DH

    April 2, 2017 at 3:28 am

    The scones were delicious… even is they were baked in a broken oven.

    Reply
    • Margaret

      April 2, 2017 at 3:56 pm

      You’re so sweet! <3

      Reply
  3. Mengbakes

    April 4, 2017 at 5:58 pm

    I was in the Sunday group! Thanks for sharing your experience! 🙂
    Omg your brownies sound delicious, wish I got to try them! Your scones look yummy too. Sorry to hear about your trouble with the oven, I also never worked a convection oven before, and even though I put mine in for only 14min, I felt they were still a bit overbaked. I wrote about my experience on the subreddit r/bakeoff , a GBBO fan community, you should link your post there! 😀

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    • Margaret

      April 5, 2017 at 1:28 am

      Hey Mengling! Wasn’t it a fun experience? Glad I got to try it out. Regarding the convection ovens, I think they were giving everyone trouble. The staffer I spoke with said that the group before me had burnt all their scones because the oven was too hot, so they had adjusted the ovens. And given that I felt it was a lower temperature, that makes sense. While the oven said 425 degrees, I wonder if it was trying to heat to 425 degrees, and hadn’t actually gotten there yet. Which would explain why my counter partner, who used the same stove, but after I baked my scones, didn’t have as much the same trouble as I did. Ah well. Still fun!
      And I’ll definitely check out that subreddit thread! Thanks!

      Reply
  4. Ann Marie

    April 6, 2017 at 9:27 pm

    Such a great read!! I applied also and like you do not expect the call. Wonderful to read about someone who did. I can’t wait to see your post that you have chosen!!!
    Look forward to seeing the season

    Reply
    • Margaret

      April 7, 2017 at 1:08 am

      Thanks, Ann Marie! I’m also really looking forward to the season — going to be so much fun!

      Reply
  5. BIN

    April 8, 2017 at 4:11 pm

    Great post! Congrats on making it thus far!!

    Reply
    • Margaret

      April 8, 2017 at 6:13 pm

      Thanks, B!

      Reply
  6. Anjali

    April 8, 2017 at 5:11 pm

    I had the exact same experience on the Sunday! Scones were underbaked even though I left them in for ages, and my cake was so much less fancy than everyone else’s! And I also wasn’t in X, Y and Z. I’m disappointed but I had such a fun time!

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    • Margaret

      April 8, 2017 at 6:14 pm

      I know, right? Disappointing, but still so much fun! Glad to hear someone else had the same experience that I did! And you never know…maybe I’ll end up seeing you on TV!

      Reply
      • Anjali

        April 9, 2017 at 4:05 am

        Ditto to you! I can’t stop thinking about it but I think it’s going to be a “try again next year” situation… which I definitely will!

        Reply
  7. Evelyne CulturEatz

    February 22, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    I just applied this week and Mardi directed me to your post. Great read! I am doing it for the fun of it so whatever happens, happens. I do have an outsize personality, but also an outsize body lol.

    Reply
    • Margaret

      February 23, 2018 at 5:31 am

      Good luck with the application, Evelyne! Crossing my fingers you get on the show!

      Reply
  8. Cathy

    February 10, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    Thank you so much for this post. I will be auditioning in March. This made me feel so much better about the impending experience. Thank you for the advice.

    Reply
    • Margaret

      February 10, 2019 at 11:47 pm

      Congrats on auditioning! That’s fantastic! Crossing my fingers that I’ll see you on TV! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Nono

    February 14, 2020 at 11:19 pm

    Just read your post. I too applied (in 2018) and had almost the exact same experience as you. ..from a signature bake (Montreal Bagels cinnamon raisin & sesame seed with home made maple butter) big on flavour and technique but low on pizzazz and showmanship, to the interview while baking being lower key than than the others around my baking station, to being an introvert/ extrovert. Still, I had a really great time and it was an experience I wouldn’t trade for anything. I had to travel from well across the province for the audition so my signature bake needed to be able to be somewhat fresh 48+ hours after being baked. Thanks for sharing your audition and continued tasty baking to you!

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    • Margaret

      February 15, 2020 at 4:19 am

      We’re baking sisters! Your bagels sound AH-MAZ-ING and overall your experience sounds identical. Ah well. Next time. There’s always a next time! I’ll keep an eye out for you in future editions! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Melissa

    April 18, 2020 at 8:17 pm

    Thank you for sharing your experience! I think I am going to apply this year and I would love to be good enough to get a phone call!

    Reply
    • Margaret

      April 19, 2020 at 4:11 am

      You should DEFINITELY apply, Melissa! It’s a fun experience. And if you don’t get in this year, try the next year. You can do it!

      Reply
  11. Caitie

    September 8, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    This sounds amazing! You were so lucky to have has this experience! Question: I am a baking student and I was wondering if I could contact you for a school project?

    Reply
    • Margaret

      December 6, 2020 at 10:40 pm

      Absolutely! Sorry for the delay in replying; I’ve been ill and haven’t blogged in a few months.

      Reply

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