Big men of bread men ready for bake-off

A trio of master bakers is hoping a quintessentially Territorian creation is enough to take top spot at this year's Australian Artisan Baking Cup in Sydney.Charles Darwin University bakery lecturers, Robert Schwerdt and David Barker, along with Outback Bakery's Tim Modra, will demonstrate their innovative bread-making skills alongside nine other teams from across the country during the competition.Robert said the competition was centered on a baking technique that was relatively new to Australia, artisan baking."In contrast to uniform prepackaged sandwich breads, the beauty of artisan bread comes in its rustic look, yeasty flavour, and hearty texture," he said."While you'd never think of snacking on a slice of ...