With culinary TV hits such as Extreme Cake Makers and the GreatBritish Bake Off taking prime time TV slots, it’s clear that baking has won the hearts of the British public. However, what is also interesting is that, with the rise in baking, it seems to have transcended its original purpose and become a useful therapy tooi.
Ahead of its Bake for Heroes (www.bakeforheroes.org.uk) campaign during Armed Forces Week from 22nd to 29Ü1 June, Help for Heroes commissioned YouGovto undertake research into the connections between baking and mental health - something the charity was already conscious of, having found baking and culinary therapy to be a useful tooi to aid the recovery of Veterans who have sustained life-changing injuries or illnesses.