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Announcement: One of our contributors is on The Great Irish Bake Off!

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    #152
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    I thought you were a gonner this week when they featured you at home awkwardly eating cake with your ol man. ;)

    most awkward shot ever.


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    #153
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    most awkward shot ever.

    I thought it was sweet.


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    #154
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    dee_mc wrote: »
    Hi Will, I was wondering about the level of detail ye were given in the recipe for the technical challenge on last night's show. Were ye given a full ingredients list, full instructions and a cooking temperature and time guideline? The standard of bread seemed so high, I wondered did you and the other contestants feel ye were given too much direction or are ye just all excellent? :)


    We given ingredients but the instructions are very scant, like how long to knead and proof for etc. Direction wise its very low indeed they also throw you with saying make on the bench rather than bowl that f'ed me up!


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    #155
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    huskerdu wrote: »
    Hi Chong, Congrats so far, and good luck with the rest of the series.

    For the party bread recipe, 2.5 hours is not a lot if you are expected to do 2 proves. You obviously had to do quick proves and you had a warming oven. However, I notice some people proved the dough on the counter, in the tent.

    Were you given instructions on the proving and timings, or did you have to work it out for yourselves.
    Was it warm enough in the tent for the dough to double in an hour or less.

    It looked like a great recipe. I have never done a non-sweet enriched bread, only sweet ones. I bet it tasted fab.

    It was gorgeous to eat! RE: proof time for me anyways a bread of that nature should take 15 mins to make, 45 mins to proof first then knock back, then another 30 min proof, with 30 min bake.

    Check out my latest breads here this week :

    http://www.thecooksbelly.com/2013/10/bread-knot.html


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    #156
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    most awkward shot ever.

    Strange alright, was delighted to see my dad on it :)


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    #157
    huskerdu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭huskerdu


    Chong wrote: »
    It was gorgeous to eat! RE: proof time for me anyways a bread of that nature should take 15 mins to make, 45 mins to proof first then knock back, then another 30 min proof, with 30 min bake.

    Check out my latest breads here this week :

    http://www.thecooksbelly.com/2013/10/bread-knot.html

    Interesting. Do you typically use fresh yeast. I usually use dried active yeast and I find for ordinary bread, a long slow prove gives better textured bread then a faster warmer prove but I dont know if it makes a difference with enriched bread.


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    #158
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    I have only fresh a handful of times, you may find it hard to get it though, I buy mine at Superquinn.

    I be honest much prefer the fresh stuff.


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    #159
    MugMugs
    Registered Users Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Only got to watch this last night.

    I was sitting there shouting at the screen "I'd OWN that Soda Bread one"

    That's about the extent of it for me and bread though because yeast is TOUGH work and fresh yeast even tougher !

    Fair play Chong ! You're hanging on in there !!!! :)


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    #160
    Dizzyblonde
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    I watched it tonight - well done Chong! I'm looking forward to the desserts next week :)


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    #161
    Northern Monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭Northern Monkey


    Chong, do you live in Portmarnock? Thought I saw you at the dart station this morning!


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    #162
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    Ah here I dont mind hahaha I do live in Portmarnock, are you from the area :)


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    #163
    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    They tell you where all the contestants are from on the show anyway!!

    Don't worry Chong, none of us will stalk you ....





    .... Yet!


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    #164
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    Hello there,

    Roll on tonight and I will be on here tomorrow as usual :)

    Will


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    #165
    MugMugs
    Registered Users Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Chong wrote: »
    Hello there,

    Roll on tonight and I will be on here tomorrow as usual :)

    Will

    Looking forward to it.

    Will be watching about 30 mins behind (to kill the ads) tonight.

    Hope it goes well Will! :)


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    #166
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Are you in touch with the other contestants? Are you going to remain friends with them? Are there one or two you hated?


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    #167
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    In touch with mostly everyone bar Daire as he is not on social media, defo remain friends good bunch of people.


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    #168
    fitzcoff
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭fitzcoff


    Good luck tonight with the double elimination


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    #169
    Northern Monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭Northern Monkey


    Good man Will!


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    #170
    Loughc
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    Northern Monkey wrote: »
    Good man Will!


    Agreed! Well done Will, delighted for you!

    I'm like you I love custard but my girlfriend hates it, they're missing out! haha!!


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    #171
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    I posted right here in the Reality TV forum, but looking forward to the mornings Q&A by you. That was a nice idea by you btw. Well Done to date Chong! I am Happy for you :)


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    #172
    Northern Monkey
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    Double well done!


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    #173
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Well done Will :D


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    #174
    Mrs Fox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭Mrs Fox


    Yay Chong! ******stars all around***********
    Well done!


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    #175
    fitzcoff
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭fitzcoff


    Well done, delighted for you.

    Wish they would show more of your bakes :(


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    #176
    Dizzyblonde
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    Yay! Very well done Chong. I'd have loved to see all your desserts, I hate that they don't show all of them.


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    #177
    Loughc
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    Fantastic week to rightly earn baker of the week!

    Your desserts looked fantastic, the tear and share sticky bread looked yum!


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    #178
    oscarBravo
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    Loughc wrote: »
    Your desserts looked fantastic, the tear and share sticky bread looked yum!
    Heh, yeah.

    Will: "you're supposed to tear a bit off and pass it around the table..."

    Biddy: "ooh, pass it over here!"


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    #179
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    I love you all and I will be on in the morning :)


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    #180
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    Morning all I am here for questions all day :)


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    #181
    ibarelycare
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    Well done again Will!

    I was glad to see you get some air time last night. I said it a couple of times but you haven't seemed to have featured a huge amount compared to some of the others, so it was a nice surprise to see you spring from nowhere and have such a good night :)

    I saw Paul giving some good tips out last night, did the judges do that a lot? I also saw him giving Jarek a bit of a pep talk at the end, which was lovely. He seems really keen to help people.

    Are you watching the Great British Bakeoff? If so, what do you think of the contestants remaining and who do you want to win?


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