Author: Dean Brettschneider
RRP: NZ$35.00
Released: March 2011
Paperback, Penguin.

You loved the series, now here's the book with the collection of recipes from the hit TV show.

Remember the days when you visited your nana and her tins were full to the brim with enticing biscuits, muffins, slices and cakes? The team behind New Zealand's Hottest Home Baker recognise the value that baking has to play in our national food conversation and, following on from the top-rating and highly successful television programme, comes the book of the series.

The book captures all the top recipes from the show, including biscuits, slices, breads, scones, cakes and cupcakes, muffins, savoury and sweet pies, tarts and desserts. Filled with tips and tricks from Dean throughout the book, the reader will be able to learn how to make professional looking baked goods.

Packed with beautiful food photography and bustling with behind-the-scenes action shots from the show, this is the perfect book for any aspiring home baker.

Global Baker and series judge, Dean Brettschneider, shares his golden rules of baking to bring the home baker a range of accessible and inspirational recipes from the eight contestants featured in the first series, and inspire them in their own kitchens.

The recipes featured range from Gretchen's mouth-watering Anzac Ginger Crunch, Paula's divine White Chocolate & Raspberry Cream Profiterole Tower and Stephen's Sausage, Fennel & Chilli Quiches, which are showcased alongside Brettschneider's invaluable baking tips. He also shares his delectable recipe for the Italian version of the French baguette: the Tuscan Stirato.

Dean Brettschneider, known internationally as the ‘Global Baker', is a professional baker and patissier. After completing his apprenticeship in New Zealand he worked in the US, Britain, Europe, Asia and the Middle East gaining experience in all areas of the baking and patisserie world. Following some years based in Shanghai, Dean is now working from Denmark and Britain, but still visits New Zealand regularly throughout each year and has bakery interests in Auckland, Shanghai, Copenhagen and Britain. Dean's previous baking books have won World Food Media Awards and Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

New Zealand's Hottest Home Baker is published to coincide with the return of top-rating baking show, which returns to our screens on TV3 in their prime-time 7.30pm slot, from February 10, for ten weeks.

This series comes with a new judge, Jade Lipton from Cakestar, www.cakestar.com.au, and tougher challenges with high expectations and features eight top amateur home bakers from across New Zealand.