The "Best of The Green Dream" Summer Series - Part 2

Plus Climate Activists vs. LVMH's Bernard Arnault in Saint-Tropez!

In this Issue:

• The Great British Bake-Off Winner Nancy Birtwhistle

• Climate Activists vs. LVMH owner and World’s Second Richest Person Bernard Arnault in Saint-Tropez

If you like cakes, baking, or English reality TV, then chances are you've heard of my guest, Nancy Birtwhistle. She won The Great British Bake Off in 2014, even despite having proved her fruit bread dough in a microwave, which resulted in a plum loaf so enormous, it looked like it had been pumped full of steroids. Nevertheless, Judge Mary Berry said, “I think it tastes absolutely scrumptious.”

Nancy was born and raised in Hull, a city on the east coast of England. Her first memory of baking and cooking was with her grandmother, who taught her how to make a custard tart. For 36 years, Nancy worked in the National Health Service as a medical administrator for a general practitioner. She always baked for her family.

Once she retired from the NHS, baking became a real passion. She applied for the fourth season of The Great British Bake Off and didn’t make the cut. She reapplied for the fifth season with 16,000 other applicants, and not only was she chosen, she won!

“It was the most difficult thing I have ever undertaken in my life, but equally the most enjoyable,” she said.

She tells us all about it, as well as her latest book, Green Living Made Easy, 101 Eco Tips, Hacks, and Recipes to Save Time and Money, published by Pan Macmillan. And she explains how to make brandy snaps, too.

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