Bill Collins (baker)

{{Short description|British baker (1931–2021)}}

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| name = Bill Collins

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|7|11}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|3|3|1931|7|11}}

| birth_place = Bootle, Lancashire, England

| education = {{plainlist|

• Holt High School
• College of Food and Technology

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| awards = {{plainlist|

• Insignia Award of the City and Guilds of London Institute
• Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

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| spouse = {{plainlist|

• {{marriage|Joyce Ward|1954|1997|end=death}}
• {{marriage|Marjorie Arundale|1998}}

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| children = 4

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Thomas Hylton "Bill" Collins (11 July 1931 – 3 March 2021) was a British baker who,{{cite web |title=How great Canadian wheat ruined industrial bread |url=https://www.eatthispodcast.com/how-great-canadian-wheat-ruined-industrial-bread/ |publisher=eatthispodcast.com}} with George Elton and Norman Chamberlain, developed the Chorleywood bread process at the British Baking Industries Research Association in Chorleywood.{{cite news |title=Bill Collins obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/bill-collins-obituary-02rsgw868 |work=The Times |language=en}} He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1978.{{r|B|T}}