Rapid Fire with Chef Matthew James Duffy
On a typical day, you can usually find Chef Matthew in his micro-bakery, baking up a new sourdough recipe, baked good or firing up his pizza oven for sourdough pizzas. So we sat down with him to find out 10 things you won’t find on his social media.
Sweet or savoury?
I always lean towards savoury—salty with butter, the better!
What’s worse? Overbaked or underbaked?
It depends on the product, but usually underbaked.
Favourite go-to baking tool?
Dough scrubbie—essential for cleaning all that sticky dough!
Morning baker or late-night baker?
Late night for sure.
Dream baking collab – who would it be with?
Luke from Outdoor Boys—baking in the wild would be epic.
Go-to sourdough bread?
Classic, just straight-up goodness and so versatile.
Crusty or soft sourdough?
Crusty, no question.
High hydration or low hydration dough?
High always—love the texture and crumb.
Scoring knife or razor blade?
Razor, no question.
Do you name your starters?
Yes! Mine’s called Shakira.