Anirban Chanda on Bake Off, Bengali roots and taking risks

In 2022, when ordinary bakers became banana bread connoisseurs, Anirban Chanda took his lifelong passion for baking online. Five years later, his sweet experiments have risen to new heights: a spot on season 8 of ‘The Great Australian Bake Off’ and a growing business, ‘Another Whisk’. In this episode, he joins Suhayla Sharif to talk about blending native Australian flavours with his Bengali sweet tooth. Warning: this chat will make you hungry. Listen now on SBS Spice.

Fresh from the sets of The Great Australian Bake Off, baker Anirban Chanda shares with SBS Spice his secret to keeping life sweet. Tap the audio player to listen.

I'm a very proud Indian and a very proud Bengali, so I really like to go back to my roots as much as I can. It's also part of my agenda to help people understand more about Indian cuisine.

Anirban Chanda, Baker on The Great Australian Bake Off Season 8

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