Judging from featherweight pastry, as well as the dessert tarts, this chef can bake and we wished for more examples of his talent.

One terra cotta tile-roof wall cuts away to a real interior where live chefs bake pizzas in a wood-burning oven, with wooden piels hung on the wall when not in use.

For several years, chefs in restaurants known for their inventive and trend-setting menus have been baking their own versions of popular everyday cookies.

The chefs also bake fresh bread daily and make their own ice creams and sorbets.

The British chef, Gordon Ramsay, stuffs sea bass with a delicate mixture of diced fennel and fresh ginger and bakes it with a little white wine.

Both kabobs - kakori as well as chapli - are eaten without utensils because, at the stalls, the chefs also bake extraordinary bread to serve with them.

Many people in Hong Kong, as well as professional chefs, also bake "modern" varieties of this cake.

Quickfire Challenge: The seven remaining chefs must bake cookies for Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Telly, from Sesame Street.

The ribs don't pretend to be authentic barbecue; the chef, Ana Magruder, slowly bakes them in the oven rather than smoking them over a wood fire, but they are delicious just the same.

Other chefs are baking old-fashioned fruit crumbles, crunches, cobblers and puddings, all of which are enjoying a vogue.