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Luis Troyano, one of the Great British Bake Off finalists, discusses Paul Hollywood, favourite recipes and Mel and Sue over a slice of his famous Manchester tropical tart.
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Luis Troyano 'Hello, I'm Luis,' Luis Troyano says as he opens the door, before adding, 'obviously', and giggling. He has recently reached the level of celebrity where 'I can't walk through my local Tesco without people coming up to me. It's very nice, but it's very weird.'
Troyano, 43, has been cooking since he was a child, but baking only for the past five years. 'I was brought up cooking in the kitchen with my mum, and at home I do all the cooking because my wife, Louise, doesn't cook. I never used to bake but I became curious about how you can make so many things out of the same base ingredients,' he says.
His first attempt at baking - a fruit cake - was a disaster ('I left...