This week guest is Rizwan Asad, a self-taught home baker who runs the blog Chocolates and Chai.

Riz was a finalist in the 2017 Saveur Blog Awards Reader’s Choice for Best Baking and Sweets Blog. During the episode we talk about how he got nominated for this award, we go into details on how to make pate choux swans, and we give away our secrets tips to making the best French Madeleine cakes, plus Riz tells us why we should make a habit of mise en place.