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TH Tessa Hersh Comedian who co-hosts a weekly recap of The Great British Baking Show.

“Garlic is a way to make something basic taste extraordinary. … If I got this signature, I would just make extraordinary garlic rosemary focaccia. It would blow everybody out of the water and it would be simple and extraordinary. And instead, people went like so extra.”

The Great British Baking Pod · Food & Beverage · November 2026

“Garlic is a way to make something basic taste extraordinary. … If I got this signature, I would just make extraordinary garlic rosemary focaccia. It would blow everybody out of the water and it would be simple and extraordinary. And instead, people went like so extra.” — Tessa Hersh, The Great British Baking Pod

Context

On the garlic bread signature bake, where several bakers piled on elaborate flavours, she argues the winning move would have been a simple, well-made focaccia.

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