i'm pretty done with Dave tho
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 8 November 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
i was hoping he’d go this week tbhhis overcooked donuts looked like baked potatoes, i loled so hard
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 November 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
Those donuts though! They look way more like hot dogs than fingers.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Sunday, 8 November 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
lol definitely
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 November 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
pretty clearly a final three of Hermine, Dave and Peter imo
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 8 November 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
also
“If you make mistakes, laugh at them”Here’s a letter from lovely Lottie to all of you Bake Off fans. #GBBO pic.twitter.com/FSJ5Qclj1q— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) November 3, 2020
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 8 November 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
Tie your hair back.
<3
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Sunday, 8 November 2020 04:22 (three years ago) link
Also, I don't know how feasible any of these recipes are for someone of my (in)experience, but one can hope: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Sunday, 8 November 2020 04:26 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I thought Shirley Manson too.
― Mark G, Sunday, 8 November 2020 09:15 (three years ago) link
I think I'm a little bit in love with Lottie. I'm fully team Hermine from here on in, I think. I think it's between her and Peter.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 8 November 2020 10:51 (three years ago) link
That's a lot of unnecessary 'I think's.
I can see Lottie presenting it in a couple of years' time.
― trishyb, Sunday, 8 November 2020 10:54 (three years ago) link
Well, you think she'll go be the next Nadia, but
There was an episode Of Flog It on from Reading a couple days ago and a girl from a past bake-off series popped up with some nice cakes. Didn't really remember her though.
― Mark G, Sunday, 8 November 2020 10:58 (three years ago) link
Liam was the next Nadiya. His baking show off channel 4 was great but made my teeth ache - everything looked so unhealthy. And there doesn't seem to have been a second series yet. (Which makes him not the next Nadiya, I guess)
― koogs, Sunday, 8 November 2020 11:24 (three years ago) link
Liam's been doing Junior Bakeoff with Harry Hill (and has been really good on it).
I can see Lottie being the new Candice tbh.
― pedantly admonishment (aldo), Sunday, 8 November 2020 11:33 (three years ago) link
Liam also presents Bakeoff: The Professionals with Tom Allen, and they are a really good double act.
― trishyb, Sunday, 8 November 2020 12:55 (three years ago) link
What a weird week! I was excited when I heard cheesecake, but then the size limit made them all look like custards of tarts. Then the blobbiest technical ever, and rounded out by jelly art, which would require an incredible hand to make it look anything but tacky. Of course, Hermine had just that skilled a hand, it was breathtaking.
I liked Marc a lot! Lots of stuff unsaid, but his time on the show has been quietly moving.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Sunday, 15 November 2020 00:42 (three years ago) link
*custards or tarts
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Sunday, 15 November 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
I meant to post this after the ice cream cake episode but after all this time and investment in keeping the show going, they still can't figure out how to air condition the tent?
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
it's manufactured drama. they could also get working ovens.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
They do have working ovens! Apparently the staff test and calibrate them all before each day of filmingI’m baffled Laura is still here, it feels like she’s constantly scraping by, like she’s perpetually second-worst and is saved by better and more consistent bakers who just happen to bomb that week
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
yeah Laura is def a disaster artist, i thought she’d go a week or two agoi get a perverse pleasure out of a technical that fails across the board, because it reflects poorly on the challenge itself not the bakers. it happened to Pru with another challenge too. Like, you obv didnt allow enough time for them to assemble and cook so they all came out underdone. the jelly cakes were amazing, i found it a really exciting showstopper, esp when they were all turning them out of the molds i was terrified for them! hermine’s was breathtaking! but even dave’s looked incredible. v sad to see Mark go, he was a good bloke & fun to watch
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 November 2020 02:07 (three years ago) link
we really thought Laura was doomed from the opening preview which appeared to show her having serious issues with three visibly different desserts. but then she really rallied for the showstopper.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
we're more ready for the young lad (Spencer? Peter? Stewart?) to go. i'm sure he's a lovely person but my partner resents his golden-boy hypercompetence and i've joined in viewing him as a twerp
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:11 (three years ago) link
Peter is v lovely and a good baker but maybe just not ~great~ tv? idk. feels mean to say. i am fully in Hemine Must Win It All camp now
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
dave is my least favorite bc he just seems kind of gormless
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link
Definitely Team Hermine over here
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link
yeah Hermine is def #1 at this point. i'm ok with a "was obviously head and shoulders above everybody since episode 1" type of winner
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
yeah Laura is def a disaster artist, i thought she’d go a week or two ago
She did seem for the chop this week, but the looks on the judges faces when they actually ate her baking showed that she clearly knows flavour, even if everything she does is a visual mess.
― trishyb, Sunday, 15 November 2020 12:01 (three years ago) link
Extra Slice had a montage of her dropping stuff this week
― koogs, Sunday, 15 November 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
They do have working ovens! Apparently the staff test and calibrate them all before each day of filming
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 15 November 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
i think the expectation is for laura to be off next episode but they may well buck that to keep eyes. Hermine is the frontrunner, Dave is the bad guy and Peter is the ingenue so we'll see what they think presents the most drama.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 15 November 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
I just made Mark's brownie recipe and my God what a mess! Way too sweet, though my proportions were definitely off on the cookie base.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Monday, 16 November 2020 09:24 (three years ago) link
The cherry bakewell cold open made me lol last week (or week before)
Raspberries though, gak...
― koogs, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
BOO
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 23:47 (three years ago) link
SRSLY.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
NOT COOL
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:34 (three years ago) link
Wow, my hot take on raspberries did not go down well...
yeah, worst result. But the moment they said she should walk this week I knew she was jinxed
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
(those h tags always make me sweat a bit)
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
NO.
On overall performance, it seems outrageous to me. Tsk.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 09:43 (three years ago) link
Thought they would do what they've done every other year and say "well, this is for a place in the final so we shouldn't just look at this episode, we should look at the performance through the whole series."
Still, called 2 out of 3 finalists way up there ^^^^^^^.
I've seen Twitter refer to Laura as Live Laugh Love Woman which seems harsh but fair.
― pedantly admonishment (aldo), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 09:54 (three years ago) link
would the americans ever do this spoiler dance for us englishers if the timings were reversed?
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 10:28 (three years ago) link
I know it's all a creation of the editing, but Dave sponging down his pristine countertop as Laura wrestles with a lake of spilled glaze was pretty funny.
Also kept thinking "I wonder want Lacan would make of this talk of mirror glaze."
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 10:37 (three years ago) link
I agree that what happened seems ridiculous, but on the other hand, you can't just decide to bloody wing your showstopper in the semi final and expect to get away with it.
Laura is definitely the baker this year whose cooking I would most like to eat. Given how it looks, it must taste absolutely divine for her to still be there.
LLLW would surely take pride in prouncing saverin Frenchily?
― trishyb, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 10:44 (three years ago) link
The first round last night brought back memories of my brother having a rum baba in the Flamingo restaurant in Rhyl (where we went every summer), and hiccupping all the way back to Chester on the train. I think I thought that's what "being drunk" looked like. Ah, the '70s.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 11:28 (three years ago) link
(This misconception didn't last long; the day after his A-levels, his pals plied him with Southern Comfort and *then* I got to see what "drunk" was like).
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 11:29 (three years ago) link
I have never seen this programme, probably never will, but have been attracted to click on this thread for the first time by the fact that Mike has posted to it. I should have known he'd be talking about trains from Rhyl to Chester.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
I've only really started watching it in the last couple of years. If I may borrow the words of Lebanese Druze progressive socialist Walid Jumblatt, when asked by Alexei Sayle what he thought of Rocky II - I think it's "alright".
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
I am now trying and failing to find some Lacan-related baking puns. I mean, 'I'm adding a blackberry jouissance to my corps morcelé' would probably sneak past Hollywood's beady eye...
Anyway, Hermine was a total travesty.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
The leaving contestant has just claimed on Extra Slice that their dad told them all about when they were on the Army in World War II.
I mean I suppose he could conceivably have been 60 when they were born, but it seems fairly unlikely...
― pedantly admonishment (aldo), Friday, 20 November 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link