Pastry ace hopes he’ll be on a roll in Bake Off
Ex Academy pupil Michael shocked to be contestant
first time that I applied.
“One night I applied as I was a bit bored, I never thought I would get to the audition process. So when I found out it was a mixture of shock and blind panic.”
When asked who would be the most surprised to hear he had made it onto The Great British Bake Off, he said his grandmother: “My grandma, as she will be totally speechles, she would have to sit down in a quiet room and have a cup of tea.
“She is very chatty usually but I know this will shock her.”
He said when he first entered the tent, all the bakers immediately became friends: “We all bonded immediately as bakers, and getting to know everyone was so lovely.
“Everyone was so open, warm and understanding, and we made a family the
Michael Chakraverty from Scone . Picture by Mark Bourdillon/Love Productions first time we met.”
And when asked to design his perfect cake, Michael said: “I would make a big white cake made of orange and pistachio.
“It would have all little fondant bakers all the way round, it would have bunting, a picket fence and some grass.”
This is not the first time a Perthshire native has made their way into the Bake Off tent - back in season six, Flora Shedden came fourth.
She now runs her own bakery in Dunkeld.
The Great British Bake Off starts on Tuesday, August 27 on Channel 4, featuring presenters Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig and judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
Michael will have to tough it out against 12 other top bakers to win the coveted title.