They virtually had an Italian week earlier with both focaccia and ciabatta rounds in bread week. I thought that was weirder.
― Alba, Saturday, 23 October 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
they had a Danish week when Sandi was a host… nothing is off the table
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 October 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
recall the hilarious travesty of the stroopwaffel technical that literally everyone failed
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 October 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
Let us also remember when they had Manon on for French patisserie week oh wait.
― Leee Tigre (Leee), Sunday, 24 October 2021 05:07 (two years ago) link
George's brainfart over what anniversary it was was hilarious though.
― Leee Tigre (Leee), Sunday, 24 October 2021 05:12 (two years ago) link
that was v funny
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 October 2021 06:00 (two years ago) link
can I just say how cringe I find the mythologizing of the Hollywood Handshake, and how incredibly fucking smug it is and how everyone like gasps and oohs and ahhs and claps, it makes me like… embarrassed.
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 30 October 2021 12:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah, the first rule of Hollywood Handshake is: don’t talk about Hollywood Handshake. It’s all got too much. Though, like many things about this show, I like it in spite of myself. This doesn’t generally extend to Noel and Matt’s bits, however.
― Alba, Saturday, 30 October 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
Star Baker doesn't mean anything either if you think about it. You could be out next week.
― braised cod, Saturday, 30 October 2021 14:02 (two years ago) link
What does any of it mean, ultimately? It’s all just built on sand. Life is just a soufflé.
― Alba, Saturday, 30 October 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
solid episode, peaked with the technical in terms of stuff i would LOVE to eat. i bet some of those sausage loafy things are in fact delicious but i've not really had too many meat pies of this type so my taste buds had trouble fully connecting the dots. i could think of some of them as being sort of samosa or sausage-roll-esque, but it was still a mental reach.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 30 October 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
i know the handshake is overblown & mythologized… but crystelle’s genuine reaction was quite funny & charming. and her pie sounded uhmazingamanda’s pie sort of looked like in medical dissection exams where you have to show an exposed internal organ lol. still no idea what jurgen purple donut filling was but it sounded good! glad i get george for another week but he’s definitely hanging on by the skin of his teeth ~prays for george~when i first heard the baklava technical i was expecting across the board stroopwafel-level disasters but it seemed like they were given additional instruction in the method & not fkying completely blind, which was good. still, cruel enough.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
still no idea what jurgen purple donut filling was but it sounded good!
Ube, it's a purple yam used in Filipino deserts
― Iain Mew (if), Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
Guiseppe’s “huge hassle” was like a never-heard Peter Sellers accent gag, super guilty lol
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
Massive hassle, sorry
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
yes! that was hilarious
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 October 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
the innuendo in this week's ep was off the charts! (george's rock hard sausage, prue's squirting with two holes comment, etc.)
baklava seems like an absolute pain in the ass to make even if you know what you're doing, so i thought they all did a good job considering
also belatedly agreeing with stevie d upthread re: chigs, major crush!
― donna rouge, Saturday, 30 October 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
yeah innuendo-wise this week was like “Carry On Up The Pastry” lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 October 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
lowkey in love with Chrystelle but Giuseppe’s gonna win this
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 30 October 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Chrystelle is so boring! I feel a bit bad for saying this, but I cringe every time she tries to loosen up and be “fun”.
― Alba, Saturday, 30 October 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
She works at Goldman Sachs as an analyst.
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Saturday, 30 October 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
Excellent Double-Entendre Week.
George really is kind of adorable, isn't he?
I really wish that Freya had made it to this week, I'd have loved to see a vegan take.
I've also been thinking more generally about the missed opportunity of exploring or featuring vegan baking more, and if the fault lies with Freya or the show -- I'd assume the show.
― Leee Tigre (Leee), Saturday, 30 October 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
as a non-vegan baker i am okay without it lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:14 (two years ago) link
Freya seemed like someone transparently more interested in building a social media following rather than baking, altho as my daughters told me, that is pretty much the main reason to go on one of these shows now.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:42 (two years ago) link
I hate this too. But I have to admit that if I was on the show, I'd be pretty excited to get one. If nothing else, you know Hollywood himself is very invested in the significance of the gesture.
― JRN, Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:34 (two years ago) link
if I was on this show I would make a “bit”‘out of offering Paul a handshake every time he tried my bake
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 31 October 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
iirc Henry in Series 10 did something like that like he did a crap signature bake & after Paul had criticized & tasted it Henry reached out for the handshake to a stonefaced paul & Henry was like “No? Ok”or i may be making all that up
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 October 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
I think you're right.
The only thing I like about the Hollywood handshake is that it has kind of grown organically, rather than being imposed on the production.
― trishyb, Sunday, 31 October 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
was interesting watching repeats recently where the handshake didn't even have a name. think it was superkins that started drawing attention to it, and only then after the first half dozen or so.
― koogs, Monday, 1 November 2021 02:22 (two years ago) link
I enjoyed that episode a lot.
For once both Noel and Matt made me laugh: Noel's roundup of the the contestants' characters, esp Giuseppe, and Matt's "I don't think I've ever seen a man cutting liquid with scissors before".
Sad about George going. I can't remember a time when I've liked the last six so much. Crystelle's the only one I haven't warmed to.
― Alba, Thursday, 4 November 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
Argh, I messed up the hide text. Can a mod intervene? SORRY
― Alba, Thursday, 4 November 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
^^🚫 🚫 DO NOT READ THE POST ABOVE IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS 🚫 🚫 ^^
― Alba, Thursday, 4 November 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
Thanks, mods!
― Alba, Thursday, 4 November 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
I can't read anything in this thread because I've just started the new season but Jurgen is absolutely too delicious to be true. And they know it. The specific way Neal said, "...along with his pet rabbit, Humphrey" was murderous.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 4 November 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
Noel, sorry. I was in a rush so I didn't accidentally scroll up.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
otm <3 humphrey
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
oh my heart… elimination sadnessjurgen’s showstopper was immaculate! and george’s too! lizzie’s looked like a hat i would def wear but sounded like not something i would eathad seven heart attacks and died twice over crystelle’s dome. SO STRESSFULLthe twix technical challenge seemed like they either didnt allow enough time or took out a key instruction if no-one got close to what they wanted. really would like some caramel now though for real
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 November 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
the Twix challenge prompted this revelation that Twix could possibly be based on a real baked good, much like Oatmeal Creme Pies and so on, and immediately got me thinking about how amazing the fresh-baked version must be.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 November 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
yeah honestly had never considered scratch-baking twix
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 November 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
mine would turn out like george’s
They seem to have at least one a season of those kind of made-up recipes for things you buy in a shop, like wagon wheels and walnut whips! I don’t really approve of those rounds.
― Alba, Saturday, 6 November 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
i quite enjoy Snackmasters, which is top chefs doing exactly this.
― koogs, Saturday, 6 November 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
and oh yeah totally shared the suspense/shrieking at the screen during the sugar-dome operations. devoting a whole week to the vagaries and nightmares of caramel really pivots the show into "thriller" territory.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 November 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
great episode. not really fair how much better than everyone else jurgen is tho
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Saturday, 6 November 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
its just so heartwarming to think of bakers like Jurgen just baking at home for the family all their lives, and then revealed on tv to be truly, exquisitely talented - unknown to themselves, even. its very good
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 November 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
absolutely. surely one of the show's best strengths is their casting team's eye for genuinely great, yet also genuinely amateur, skill. it's really touching to watch people really accept praise and get comfortable giving themselves credit for something great about themselves.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:33 (two years ago) link
I don't like caramel, so this week my only contribution to the discourse is this:Chigs fans: glasses, yay or nay?
― A Frome of One's Own (Leee), Sunday, 7 November 2021 05:22 (two years ago) link
yay
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 November 2021 05:34 (two years ago) link
Glasses, yay. Plaid, double yay.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 7 November 2021 08:21 (two years ago) link
^^yes
― donna rouge, Sunday, 7 November 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link