James Morton (GBBO) bread webchat - Fri 27 Sept 1-2pm

I too am a keen bread maker, my recipe books include Paul Hollywood's and I have yours on order. Your show-stopping creations made exciting viewing on Bake Off.
My question is about the no-knead method of bread making. It is so easy and gives good results, but when I use a white flour the resulting loaves are a rather grey colour inside, is it me or is it normal?

Hi James. We all know fresh bread tastes nicer - but is it really worth the effort when a loaf from the bakers is so cheap?

googleeyes - have you thought of buying a breadmaker? James, do you think they're worthwhile?

I make all of my own bread but have only had success with white flour. Do you have any tips to make my wholemeal loaves lighter and less "brick-like"as I'd love to make wholemeal or granary bread but its always way too dense.

Hi James - is Paul really as scary sa he looks on the bakeoff? And what was it like the first time you ever made anything on the show? Terrifying I would imagine

Yes I want to know more about Bake Off too. I would love to be on it (baking mad) but some of the technical challenges look scary. How did you get on to the show in the first place?

Ha I am another Bake Off obsessive. I would love to know how you combined it with your medical studies - which presumably are pretty full on even before you have to spend every spare minute practising cake.

PS didn't you get hot in the jumpers?

Why bread for your book and not cake or biscuits? (I like bread - I prefer cake though)

I echo cari's post - gf bread that tastes like bread please!

We make all our own bread, have done ever since the 1973 strike by the bakers. The only thing we haven't tried is sourdough. Any tips? Friends have not had success with this.

We also find that the quality of the flour makes a huge difference. Marriages is the best. Do you agree?

Easy recipes for breads that contain non-wheat flours or wheat mixed with other flours please.

Do you ever buy supermarket loaves?

Hi James

I can't say I'm much of a baker. The last time I bought a breadmaker I set it to come on at 5am and at about 6 I was woken up by an almighty crash as the thing vibrated its way off the countertop and smashed onto the kitchen floor!

That said, the two or three loaves I got out of it before were quite lovely. My question is, how do you keep fresh bread fresh for longer. I feel like on the (very) odd occasion that we've made a loaf, it's stale by the end of the day. If my sons were still living at home that wouldn't be a problem and it would all be gone but as it is we'd quite like it to last at least one more day.

hello James - how do you write a book and medical study?

Hi James,

Absolutely loved watching you on bakeoff and follow you on twitter! Who do you think will win this series?

Thanks for coming onto Gransnet!

Hi James - how does it feel to be such a trend setter? Do the comments about your jumpers get annoying?

Hi James. There are quite a lot of male chefs/bakers over the past few years - do you think the stereotype of women in the kitchen are shifting? How does it feel to be role-modelling for the kids of day? <pressure>

puts on husky voice Hello James... Do you have a Mrs?

feels bad for scaring the poor lad

Ha! I like ticktock's question. Who makes your jumpers? Or where do you buy them from? I think one of my son's might quite like one. Who is that other Swedish bloke from a crime series who's also made woolly jumpers the in thing? Is he stealing your style?

What do you think of the recent trend for all things cupcake?

Hello James, I wondered, what is your favourite type of cake and bread? And is bread-making more about science and technical ability or the knack of combining the right flavourss etc?