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A BROKER’S JUST DESSERTS Ali King has demonstrated her dessert-making prowess on national television CAPITAL INSURANCE Brokers’ Ali King this year celebrates 10 years in insurance. She has also just been a grand finalist on the Seven Network’s Zumbo’s Just Desserts, a new reality TV cooking show hosted by star patissier Adriano Zumbo and English food writer Rachel Khoo.
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King’s passion for baking was sparked by a trip to France at the age of 18. “I just started practising and playing around with different techniques and, gradually over time, I got really into it,” she says. So how has she found her TV debut? “Cooking for Adriano Zumbo was terrifying and awesome at the same time, because you get to be critiqued by someone who is world-renowned; it definitely helped me become a better cook and helped me grow. I know what I need to focus on more now. “The whole experience was amazing and I loved it and I’d do it again and again if I could.” King especially enjoys baking entremets. “Basically, it’s a cake that is made up of different layers of mousses and sponges and crunchy layers and jellies. There’s a whole lot of flavour and texture and all these interesting things go on,” she says. “I always tend to make those styles of cakes.”
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