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― conrad, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
WHY IS SHE STILL HERE
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
fyi there is a v good recap podcast for the current series called Bake Down & includes as regular cohosts former GBBO contestants lovely Howard Middleton & Jane Beedleit’s quite enjoyable who doesnt want to listen to Howard on the reg
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
My friend who is a food PR operating Oop North works with Howard a lot.
― coup de twat (suzy), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
apparently he does baling demo’s for Hen’s Parties! how cute is that
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
baking
i am rewatching Nadya’s season I still find Flora to be a delightful insane person with the way she always covers her cakes in biscuits & tuilles & utter nonsense. it’s adorable & so bloody weird. the cheesecakes had macarons AND a flag lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 06:00 (four years ago) link
that didn't go as planned.
― koogs, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
perfect end to this show’s worst season tbh
― non-euclidean lenin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 06:51 (four years ago) link
Season wasn't bad, just some underwhelming contestants. The format and the presenters are still v strong. Also, Noel's Dinosaur Jr jumper.
― SHANTY the golden fish portion (stevie), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 07:35 (four years ago) link
Who doesn't know how to make a roux? Also, who doesn't know that a white sauce and a roux are not the same thing? Very annoying. Those chocolate cakes did look delicious, though.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 09:45 (four years ago) link
Also, the final had altogether too much drama and no actual tension. Poor Steph just went to pieces immediately, and Alice's freaking out over her folks possibly missing the party was just irritating to me. Maybe I am heartless.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 09:51 (four years ago) link
"alice has received an upsetting phone call" - I thought someone had died
― conrad, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 10:36 (four years ago) link
Neither me or my partner had a favourite in the final this season! Usually there's at least a "least bad" candidate but we were both a bit mehhh about all three this year. I woulda repped Henry or Rosie if they'd made it.
Rosie's parents were both very loving so it's wrong to criticise that, but by God they were a little much.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
Rosie? Do you mean Alice?
― SHANTY the golden fish portion (stevie), Thursday, 31 October 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
yes! i mean alice
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 31 October 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
"good management alice!" etc
It seemed like none of the contestants this year actually liked...baking. Every week it was 'ugh, I hate bread, I never bake it' or 'Ugh, pastry' etc etc etc. David really grew on me with his unflappable precision, but he seemed like kind of...hated food and eating, and it was just a project of time management and task execution for him? He did seem to have a passion for decoration and design, and I guess that showed through.
― sous les paves, Friday, 1 November 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
Having good management means you don't need to have baking fairies.
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Saturday, 2 November 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
i started scolding the parents for bad management when they were having flight problems.
― Yerac, Saturday, 2 November 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
def had some eye-rolling for alice’s indulgent parents. steff’s nerves def did a number on her...she was SUCH a mess. honestly the final didnt quite feel finalsy bc it seemed like her & alice were off their game. glad david won tho. he was a cool cucumber all the way through.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 November 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
Guess who:
Not at all. “I’m not that clean and tidy. I don’t like showering. I never wear shoes. I’ve not washed my hair in more than 15 years. I didn’t go to a hairdresser until I was about 28. I think these things are healthy.“I’m very hippy and outdoorsy. I love talking about my bowels and anything disgusting and medical.”
“I’m very hippy and outdoorsy. I love talking about my bowels and anything disgusting and medical.”
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Thursday, 7 November 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
Rosie?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:19 (four years ago) link
Hollywood
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:33 (four years ago) link
The Junior bake off that's on at the moment is reassuring TV. The kids are impressive, there's very little criticism of anything, It's nice to see Liam again and Harry Hill is amusing.
(The kids age from 10 to 15 which is a massive range. And such a display of bad teeth...)
― koogs, Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link
Quotation comes from David!
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
wow. unexpected
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 November 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
wash yr hair u savage
― Titanic was cliched Marxist crap. (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 7 November 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/nov/06/bake-off-winner-david-atherton-i-enjoy-the-buns-innuendos
Choice pull (his parents are Evangelical):
Atherton came out seven years ago by writing to his parents. He chose this method, he says, to give them time to process the news. “The reaction that someone might have from it being sprung on them might not be the reaction they’d want to have if they’d considered it. You’ve been thinking about it for ages, but it’s new for them. I told my parents in a letter and said: ‘Speak to my twin brother before you speak to me because he wants to be able to answer certain questions first that might seem offensive to me.’ They took it very well.”
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Thursday, 7 November 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
wow
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 November 2019 01:37 (four years ago) link
lol i swear i am not a wow-bot that’s kinda fascinating. impressively methodical
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 November 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2019 season is nominated in the 2019 ILX TV poll:
ILX's Best Television of 2019 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends January 31
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (4 minimum, 25 maximum, organized by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail by end of day today. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
https://deadline.com/2020/03/matt-lucas-host-the-great-british-bake-off-1202879260/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
Great, more Nardwaur or whatever his character was on Who.
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
otoh no more “sandi is short” joeks
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
I think he'll be ok. He's very jolly.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
yeah i am good w thiswill miss wee sandi though
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link
on a rewatch kick this weekendrewatching the Rahul season
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 June 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
There was news of a new series, specifically how they would have to all quarantine together for a while beforehand because prue is high risk and they can't get insurance otherwise.
(Most links for this news are the Mail or the Express so I won't link them)
― koogs, Sunday, 21 June 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
This year's Sewing Bee is better than last year's Bake Off
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 21 June 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
I’ve never seen Sewing Bee!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 June 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link
Ahh you would love it I'm sure, and the current season is great
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 22 June 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
Unlike Bakeoff it took a few seasons and presenter changes to work itself out tho
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 22 June 2020 00:05 (four years ago) link
Figuring out Sandy's nationality was like watching Inception.
― Pleeenk Floyd (Leee), Monday, 21 September 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
Have you heard her Apollo 11 story?
― koogs, Monday, 21 September 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
I have not!
― Pleeenk Floyd (Leee), Monday, 21 September 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
New season starts on Netflix US this Friday 9/25 😃
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 September 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
From Wikipedia
"In 1969, her father covered the landing of the first man on the moon from mission control. Toksvig was holding the hand of Neil Armstrong's secretary during the landing."
(She recounted this, and a bunch of other stuff you wouldn't think would happen to one person, on various QI episodes)
― koogs, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 06:02 (three years ago) link
Hooray, actual likeable contestants this year instead of Innocent Smoothie labels in human form
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
Interesting/edgy that the woman who enjoys scandi metal chose to commit a hate crime with her Louis Theroux cake
― crisp, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link