MasterChef baker Katherine Sabbath: ‘Am I going to be Betty Crocker or a punk?’
MasterChef baker Katherine Sabbath reveals the reasons behind her colourful character and why her not so traditional approach to baking is ‘crazy and creative’.
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Katherine Sabbath is not your traditional baker.
The former high school teacher has made her foodie mark by delivering bold, bright, colourful left-of-centre cakes to her many fans.
“I have always baked in a way that reflected me and the people I was baking for, and often times that was a class of 26 Year 9 boys and if you are baking for them, you can’t just make a pavlova and impress them,” Sabbath, who has more than 500,000 Instagram followers, told Confidential.
“That kind of traditional baking is fantastic but I was baking for a particular group of kids and that is why the stuff that I make is a little more creative and crazy.
“That is what I love about baking, I think that people should always bake according to what they enjoy eating and who they are baking for.”
Sabbath has appeared as a guest judge on MasterChef, has a cookbook out called Bake Australia Great and is an ambassador for KitchenAid.
“It depends what mood I am in when I am baking. Like, today am I going to be Betty Crocker or am I going to be a bit of a punk,” she said.
“I try to make life as enjoyable as possible and that is what I would always do in the classroom and that just carried through to how I act when I am making food and when I am baking in the kitchen.
“My philosophy is have fun, don’t take it too seriously, use it as a chance to try new things.” And, when it comes to food, as long as it is not wasting the food and you are respecting the produce and the people who make it for you, you can do whatever you want.”
Interestingly, for a professional baker, Sabbath doesn’t actually make that many cakes.
“I am too slow. I like to have fun with it,” she said.
“I probably make a cake once a fortnight. I don’t actually bake in a prolific way like a lot of people think, unless I am writing a cookbook and it is full-on for about three months.
“I don’t bake a lot because I am slow and I like to cherish it and savour it.”
