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Post by lynette on Oct 24, 2019 20:09:15 GMT
There is a lot of emphasis on cooking fillings. I like a cake.
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Post by BoOverall on Oct 24, 2019 20:19:58 GMT
What is getting close to getting on the show? Baking auditions undertaken? Does Paul get involved? Tell us more I made the London auditions twice. Met Mary but not Paul at the first one. But the more recent ones was just researchers. Apparently I didn't have enough hot water crust experience.. A very long but fun and exciting process each time. Despite a producer in an early audition a few years ago when I last applied who was like she’d chewed a wasp nest and swilled out with lemon juice: third degree and more about my savoury danish which I’d not laminated enough: oh I still feel the viennoiserie shame 😀 But well worth doing. And was great to meet other very keen home bakers at audition rounds. |
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Post by lynette on Oct 29, 2019 21:03:17 GMT
And the winner is.....not Steph who seems to have lost her confidence. Seems sad to have that happening so I hope they give her lots of support.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 29, 2019 21:04:55 GMT
Well David is definately going to win the tightest t shirt category.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 29, 2019 21:11:33 GMT
Yessssss
The right person won.
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Post by lynette on Oct 29, 2019 21:13:27 GMT
He smashed it. Well done.
Still too many fillings and not enough cakes .
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Post by richey on Oct 29, 2019 21:34:20 GMT
Pleased with that result
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Post by alexandraastrid79 on Oct 29, 2019 21:34:57 GMT
And the winner is.....not Steph who seems to have lost her confidence. Seems sad to have that happening so I hope they give her lots of support. She was on the verge of a meltdown!😮 I did see paul giving her a hug! |
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Post by alece10 on Oct 29, 2019 21:38:22 GMT
Slightly confused as I distinctly remember David saying in an earlier episode "my husband" but in the credits at the end of tonight's programme it said "David has moved in with his boyfriend".
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Post by marob on Oct 29, 2019 22:03:27 GMT
Slightly confused as I distinctly remember David saying in an earlier episode "my husband" but in the credits at the end of tonight's programme it said "David has moved in with his boyfriend". I don't think said husband, but he definitely referred to him as his partner a few times. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 30, 2019 0:27:28 GMT
It was a deserved win in the end.
Of the final 3, David is the only one I can imagine buying his cookbooks. He is also the only one I can imagine carving out a media career.
Alice is just the wrong side of quirky for me. Tips over into the annoying.
Steph just has confidence issues that are clearly an ongoing challenge for her. But hopefully that will change for her.
Not a great series but at least the result felt right on the basis of the final which hasn't always been the case.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 30, 2019 5:42:36 GMT
Slightly confused as I distinctly remember David saying in an earlier episode "my husband" but in the credits at the end of tonight's programme it said "David has moved in with his boyfriend". I don't think said husband, but he definitely referred to him as his partner a few times. He said partner a few times but definately said husband once as I remember thinking that's my chance gone then. 😁 |
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Post by lynette on Oct 30, 2019 14:12:51 GMT
He has a twin brother..still a chance maybe.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 30, 2019 15:39:11 GMT
He has a twin brother..still a chance maybe. Not identical though 😥 |
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Post by marob on Oct 30, 2019 18:04:41 GMT
Well the brother's off the market anyway. There was a run of episodes where he talked about his family and his Bulgarian-influenced bakes. He said his brother was married to a Bulgarian woman and David's boyfriend's Bulgarian... so I think the reference to his Bulgarian sister-in-law is where the confusion about them being married came from. I've only watched the whole of this current series in the last week, or I'd have forgotten as my memory's pretty hopeless.
Anyway... I felt really bad for Steph, I thought she was pretty much certain to win until she had a bit of a disaster in the final.
I'm glad David won and I hope we see more of him. Do they still go on to do other things or has the public interest faded a bit?
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Post by lynette on Oct 30, 2019 19:28:48 GMT
I suppose it depends on whether they are advised well, get an agent, that kind of thing. David is a nurse, so a big loss to us all in that respect if he decided to be a media chef. Maybe he can do something with hospital food 🤪
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Post by lou105 on Oct 31, 2019 10:28:15 GMT
Henry is behind me on a train right now. I wasn't sure until he made a phone call which gave enough clues. I was going to ask if anyone had a message, but maybe best not..
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Post by Sam on Oct 31, 2019 11:59:43 GMT
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Post by jaqs on Oct 31, 2019 13:12:58 GMT
Henry is behind me on a train right now. I wasn't sure until he made a phone call which gave enough clues. I was going to ask if anyone had a message, but maybe best not.. Is he wearing a tie? He has an article in The Times where he denies dating Michael. The lovely Tamal who didn't win a few years back kept on working for the nhs, but still does nice recipes in the guardian now and then. I could see David doing a good balance of both. |
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Post by lou105 on Oct 31, 2019 13:17:46 GMT
Crew neck is a bit too high to be sure about the tie..
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 31, 2019 18:59:18 GMT
I think we have sunk to new lows when papers are reporting on who the non winners of a baking show might or might not be “dating”.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 19, 2020 11:32:57 GMT
Sandi Toksvig has quit then.
Not much of a loss as far as I’m concerned. Deeply unfunny and lacking in warmth. Now can we get rid of Pru too please? Delia Smith would be good!
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 19, 2020 12:03:11 GMT
I didn't mind Sandi, though I agree she wasn't the right foil for Noel - not sure who would be.
The Junior Bake Off team of Pru and Liam judging and Harry Hill presenting was really good this year. Harry was so off the wall with the kids he got them all giving bemused smiles whenever he turned up at their benches, but it kind of worked. Liam as a judge for the kids was brilliant - he was constructive and encouraging, without crushing their confidence.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 19, 2020 12:21:49 GMT
Yeah, GBBO forgot the magic formula for judges is one nice one who connects with and empathises with the contestants, and one “mean” judge who gives the proper criticism. Prue is often harsher than Paul so they don’t play well off each other.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 19, 2020 12:27:52 GMT
Also, Pru isn’t a cook. She’s in the food business. Restaurants, columns, cookery schools, tv judging. That’s the charm of Mary Berry, she comes across as being a home cook first and foremost.
How about ditching Noel and having Liam and Tom Allen do it with Paul H and Delia.
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