Tom Herbert
Tom recently appeared alongside his brother Henry in Fabulous Baker Brothers on Channel 4. The accompanying book of the same name is still very much in popular demand.
Following the success of the Fabulous Baker Brothers programme and book, 2012 is set to be a very busy year for the brothers as they are in high demand for appearences and demonstrations.
Tom is a 5th generation baker with hot bread in his genes and with a proven ability to share the good bread message he is winning people over to the light side.
Fresh out of baking college, he won Young Baker of the Year with an ambition to ‘do for bread what Rick Stein has done for fish’. With a wealth of artisanal nous and a lively baking and business heritage, Tom has gone on to collect numerous awards. His family business, Hobbs House Bakery has won Organic loaf of the year, 9 out of 10 times, and been featured in the aforementioned Rick Stein’s Food Heroes, as a Super Food Hero, Henrietta Green’s Food Lovers Guide to Britain, and also featured in the Independents top 50 food shops.
As a baker, Tom is passionate about eating, sharing and making bread. With his wood fired oven at his bakery/cafe by the stream in Nailsworth, he regularly gives talks, demonstrations and bread making courses. Tom is the eldest of six and is father to four children, meaning there is always something to report in his columns.
As a highly respected and knowledgeable baker Tom has judged at baking events across the world, including Pain, Prosciutto, Fantasia in Umbria Italy, as well as Young Baker of the Year in 2001.
Healing the hurt caused by 70 years of abominable bread, Tom might just be the best thing since sliced bread.
In 2010 Tom appeared in a documentary for BBC4 called In Search of the Perfect Loaf. It took him the length and breadth of the country, exploring methods of bread making. In the same year he appeared on Mary Queen of Shops on BBC2.
TELEVISION
2012 Fabulous Baker Brothers - Betty TV for Channel 4
2010 Turn Back Time (expert) - Wall to Wall for BBC1
2010 Market Kitchen (Chef) – Optimum for Good Food
2010 In Search of a Perfect Loaf (presenter) - BBC4
2009 Mary Queen of Shops (contributor) – Optomen for BBC4
2006 Mind your own Business (key contributor) BBC1
BOOK
2012 The Fabulous Baker Brothers - Headline
2008 Baking with Children (foreword) Book by Hawthorn Press
JOURNALISM
2010 Fire & Knives magazine (contributor)
2010 Flavour (contibutor)
2010 Forkk magazine (contributor)
2008 ongoing In the Mix (columnist) Craft Baker for British Baker Magazine
