He persuaded El Biz's owner, JC Resorts, to sponsor him in a bid for gold at the Bocuse bake-off.

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People around the country are being encouraged to create cakes, with Mary Berry of BBC Two's The Great British Bake-Off providing recipes and tips for holding sales.

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This season, baseball has tinkered with its playoff format a second Wild Card has been added, and the two card winners will meet each other in a one-game bake-off to determine who moves onto the next round.

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Ms Berry, who has been made a CBE, is one of the UK's best-known cookery writers and appeared on television co-presenting The Great British Bake Off.

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And I was told that teachers cooked food to sell after church, supporters drove 200 miles to pick up donuts for bake sales, they even raffled off a goat -- (laughter) -- is that right?

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