Professional Baker Reviews Baking Scenes from Movies & TV | Vanity Fair

by Panzer
- Oh, it'd be easier if I get it.
- I suppose you- Oh! [laughing]
- Who's cleaning that up?
That's what I wanna know.
Who's cleaning that up?
Hi, I'm Penny Stankiewicz
and I'm the owner and creative director
of Sugar Couture, a custom sugar art company
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Today, we'll be breaking down baking scenes in film.
This scene is from "The Great British Baking Show."
- [Host] Five minutes remaining.
[tense dramatic music]
- It's breaking up in front of my very eyes.
[tense dramatic music continues]
- It's leaning and I'm sure
that's not gonna do me favors.
- How long have I got?
- One minute left.
[tense dramatic music continues]
- It's just about okay.
- It's horrible 'cause it's melting down,
but I would be able to finish it.
- Time is up.
- It's finished.
- There's a lot of manipulation in timeframe here.
I have five minutes left.
He hasn't even touched his cake,
barely even cut it,
definitely hasn't filled it or decorated it.
Next shot they cut to, it's half filled,
he's about to finish filling it, still hasn't decorated,
still hasn't iced it, still hasn't put stuff on top of it.
- [Giuseppe] It's finished.
- They're lying to me and I don't really like being lied to.
There's no way that happened in five minutes.
- [Narrator] Giuseppe is taking a huge gamble.
He plans to bake one large cake
and then slice it into three layers.