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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ella Walker

“This is insane”: Jane Dunn on baking for Saturday Kitchen, internet fame and saying no to The Bear life

Jane Dunn in her happy place – far from the chaos of pro kitchens - (Ellis Parrinder)

If you haven’t watched hit chef drama The Bear, imagine the most stressful situation you possibly can, in which everyone you hate and love is shouting over one another, refusing to listen and absolutely anything could combust in an instant.

“It very much represents what I trained to do,” says food writer Jane Dunn with a laugh. The 32-year-old studied at Ashburton Chefs Academy in Devon, but became a baking blogger when she realised high-pressure kitchens weren’t actually her Mecca. “Very quickly, I went, ‘I don’t think I can do this.’”

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