Thomas Hylton "Bill" Collins (11 July 1931 – 3 March 2021) was a British baker who,[1] with George Elton and Norman Chamberlain, developed the Chorleywood bread process at the British Baking Industries Research Association in Chorleywood.[2] He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1978.[3][4]
Bill Collins | |
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Born | Bootle, Lancashire, England | 11 July 1931
Died | 3 March 2021 | (aged 89)
Education | |
Spouses | Joyce Ward
(m. 1954; death 1997)Marjorie Arundale (m. 1998) |
Children | 4 |
Culinary career | |
Award(s) won
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Works
edit- The Creation and Control of Bread Crumb Structure
References
edit- ^ "How great Canadian wheat ruined industrial bread". eatthispodcast.com.
- ^ "Bill Collins obituary". The Times.
- ^ "Obituary: Bill Collins, co-inventor of the Chorleywood Bread Process", British Baker, 10 March 2021
- ^ "Bill Collins", The Times, p. 42, 5 April 2021