S14 Ep26: Jane Dunn aka Jane’s Patisserie reflects on the last few years, her passion for baking and the dishes that have shaped her

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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My guest today is Jane Dunn. You may know her through her recipes online as Jane’s Patisserie. She has amassed a following of over 1.3 million with her easy to follow but super indulgent recipes for all levels of bakers. From her large Instagram following, regular This Morning stints and record breaking stats, Jane’s hugely engaged following make her this generation’s go-to baker and have her being called the Mary Berry of the Instagram age.

Her debut book, Jane’s Patisserie, became the fastest-selling baking book of all time, selling 44,000 copies in its first 3 days after publication. Outselling some of the biggest names out there and she ddid this without the support of a TV show or a huge publicity drive. Pretty impressive stuff from the woman who found her way into baking after ending up in cookery school on a fluke.

Her blog attracts 8 million views a month and when asked the secret to her success, Jane has said "I think my selling point is I am a down-to-earth young woman and these recipes are accessible to anyone.” Her second book Jane’s Patisserie Celebrate! became an instant Number 1 bestseller and she’s just written her third which has just been released! Available from all good book stores.

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1:36.2	Thank you very much to Deliveroo. Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
1:46.0	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guest to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.
1:52.2	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,
1:56.2	the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat before being
2:02.1	cast off to the Desert Island. The question is, what would you choose as your last meal?
2:08.0	Hi, I hope you're all very well. I just wanted to say thank you so much for all of the lovely
2:14.3	messages that you've sent over the last few weeks about my new newsletter
2:18.5	at dinner tonight. It's so exciting to have so many of you signed up and I'm so grateful for all
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