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Rachel Allen RA-BM1 Fastbake Breadmaker


4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Bakes 1.5 lb and 2 lb loaves
  • 11 Programmes including jam, pasta, rye bread and cakes
  • 13 hour programmable timer and fast bake function
  • Alarm indicates when to add seasoning i.e. nuts and seeds
  • Digital LCD display and viewing window
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Product details

  • Boxed-product Weight: 7 Kg
  • Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.
  • Item model number: RA-BM1
  • ASIN: B00275G0KK
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 20 April 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 349,230 in Kitchen & Home (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Home)

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Manufacturer's Description

Rachel Allen is a popular TV chef, Cookery writer and Journalist. Starting her career teaching at the world renowned Ballymaloe cookery school, from which she graduated, Rachel has gone on to have a number of acclaimed cookery programmes and best selling books featuring the delicious recipes for which she has become famous.

The Rachel Allen range is set in a satin white and baby blue colour scheme creating a fresh and bright appearance for any house hold kitchen.

The RA-BM1 by Rachel Allen is a versatile bread maker which can be used to create not only a delicious home made loaf but with its 11 pre programmed settings allows you to make cakes, pasta, french bread and even jam! Easy to use even for first time bakers – the breadmaker will sound an alarm to let you know if you need to add nuts, seeds or flavours to your bread during the baking process. With its convenient 13 hour programmable timer you can set the machine to bake overnight enabling you to wake up to the wonderful aroma of freshly baked bread. Or select the fast Bake function which will give you a freshly baked loaf in about an hour.

Each of the products in the range come with a handy instruction and guarantee booklet containing a selection of Rachel Allen recopies for you to enjoy.

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars
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61 of 63 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! 19 Dec 2009
By Mellow Yellow TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Amazon Verified Purchase
I own many Rachel Allen products as I like the retro blue which looks lovely in my kitchen.

Most of the electricals in this range are nothing special, but this breadmaker is superb!

You have a convection fan inside which allows the air to circulate and you get a lovely even finish on your loaves. I also like the fact that you can make different sized loaves (1.5lb and 2lb) which makes it good for smaller and larger families and our fresh bread never lasts longer than a day! Its just addictive!

You can adjust the type the of crust you like, you can have either a light, medium or dark which is very handy as I love crusty bread but my partner prefers a softer finish. You can make many types of bread in this machine and you get a selection of Rachel's recipes or you can just buy the bread mixes from the supermarket which is often much easier and saves time. I have also made jam in mine which is an added bonus.

This is a well made, easy to use breadmaker with many features you do not get on cheaper models. This is a great buy and I recommend it to everyone on the lookout for a breadmaker.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great breadmaker 18 Feb 2010
By G. Jolliffe
I got this as a replacement for the old Morphy Richards fastbake which I didn't find lasted very well in mechanical terms (Although to be fair it was in use every other day week in and out.) But this performs better and is lighter and smaller. I bake wholemeal loaves, and it turns them out perfectly. Just follow the instructions when you are unfamiliar with the machine. One thing which fooled me at first, it does not break into immediate mixing action on the wholemeal programme, it heats up a little at first. So don't think (as I did) that it's not working. I'd happily buy another. I got my current one from Argos when they were being discontinued and were on offer and have not regretted it. But Amazon seems to be the main supplier now as the original company distributing (?) them went out of business last year. Recommended for reliable home baking.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars BREAD MAKER 11 Mar 2010
By Mr. Allan Mercer
Amazon Verified Purchase
THIS MAKES EXCELLENT BREAD.YOU CAN ALTER THE RECIPES TO SUIT YOUR OWN TASTE.I RECOMMEND EXPERIMENTING TO GET THE BEST RESULT.A LARGE LOAF COSTS ABOUT 40p WHEN YOU TAKE THE COST OF INGRTREDIENTS AND ELECTRICITY.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars bready 28 April 2010
By D. NOBLE
Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the 3rd and cheapest bread machine I've had. It's the best one so far despite this. The main advantage is the long loaf enabled by having 2 paddles. Most machines make ridiculously tall, difficult to slice loaves. It also makes pasta dough very well too. The lid is a bit flimsy. Delayed timer is very handy. Haven't been in enough of a hurry to use the fastbake facility yet, but when I need urgent bread I'm sure it'll be a godsend
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Rachel Allen RA-BM1 Fastbake Breadmaker 18 Feb 2010
By Chilipepper
Haven't stopped using this breadmaker since it arrived. Brilliant. After practice you learn not to have craters from the paddles and how to tease them out with less damage to your cake/loaf. Wonderful.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Breadmaker 25 Jan 2010
By Mr. D. K. Powney
So far we have made two loaves with this machine and they have been great. This is a very good machine and we are very happy. Dave in Seaford.
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing 27 Mar 2010
By P. Smith
Amazon Verified Purchase
I have had this machine for over seven months now and , although the bread is O.K., I have yet to make a loaf which is easy to extract from the pan and, when extracted, is left with two gaping holes in the bottom. Either the spindles remain in the machine surrounded by the bread or are stuck in the loaf and not easy to remove.
I emailed two photos of the problem to the manufacturers asking them if this was a common occurrence but, surprise, surprise, they obviously chose not to reply

Definitely not a recommended buy in my opinion.

Review edited 8th October 2010
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant 6 April 2010
By L. S. Pepper
I love this. Easy to use and love the aroma of bread around the house.
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