Great British Bake Off 2016

Elliott S

livedadream wrote: »

he actually trained as a pastry chef, so would technically have more experience than Mary or Paul. Antonio Carluccios was where he worked as a pastry chef as well before starting with the naked chef stuff.

Maybe Mary but not Paul. Paul is a master baker so that would cover pastry AND the rest.

Elliott S

ibarelycare wrote: »

I think judging them in isolation on the week in question doesn't make sense. If someone has been circling the drain all along and then all of a sudden has an ok week, they're safe. If someone has had nothing but good weeks and then has one shocking week, they're gone. Kate was one of the better bakers and shouldn't have gone IMO.

Agreed. Val has been towards the bottom every week but never quite the worst so has managed to stay. Hardly seems fair. She seems very out of her depth.

Snoopy1

Eurgghh. Batter week. This is coming from an English girl, but Yorkshire puddings, how boring.
Pastry next week, that might make me feel more hungry

turbowolfed

Elliott S wrote: »

Agreed. Val has been towards the bottom every week but never quite the worst so has managed to stay. Hardly seems fair. She seems very out of her depth.

I feel the same about Val. Also, Rav too how has he managed to stay in the competition so long. From what i remember he seems to be constantly floating between alright and the very bottom

Meauldsegosha

Some rumoured presenters for the Ch4 show.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154297345526072&id=8864516071

pc7

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Some rumoured presenters for the Ch4 show.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154297345526072&id=8864516071

Oh dear lord gets worse and worse!!!

Meauldsegosha

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Some rumoured presenters for the Ch4 show.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154297345526072&id=8864516071

There is no tent big enough to contain one of those egos, let alone two!

HeidiHeidi

Oooh, I like the suggestion of Jennifer Saunders and Ade Edmonson!!!

SteM

People are just looking at which women C4 have under contract and picking 2. Would take this rumour with a pinch of salt.

Toto Wolfcastle

Jennifer Saunders always appears disinterested whenever she's on TV and not in character. Joanna Lumley would be excellent though.

Red Kev

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There is no tent big enough to contain one of those egos, let alone two!

Davina McCall would make the GBBO about Davina McCall. Too big of an ego for this.

Claire Balding is one of the best presenters going, but not necessarily the best at something like this.

I'd suggest Dawn French and Tim from Corrie.

Or just French & Saunders.

HeidiHeidi

Oh I say, Monica Galetti is gone blonde!!!

Swit-swooo!

(is there a separate thread for GBBO-AES???)

HeidiHeidi

That fish'n'chips supper cake was AMAZING!!!

Slightly headwrecking, but very, very clever!!

HeidiHeidi

Ok.... Kate is officially barking :eek:

TheRiverman

Monica Galetti,yummy

dee_mc

Love Monica Galletti. She has the most perfect teeth
Kate is way better fun than she came across as on the main show, kind of pleasantly mental!

Elliott S

Another Monica fan here. She looked gorgeous on Extra Slice. Kate scrubbed up well too, looked less beige than on the show.

Scarinae

Pastry week!!

My predictions are Val to leave and Andrew to win star baker

Addle

Candice is trying way too hard.
It's just not funny.

pajor

Addle wrote: »

Candice is trying way too hard.
It's just not funny.

"Sometimes you just got to get your hands in the sausages." Now that's funny. :pac:

Tasden

pajor wrote: »

"Sometimes you just got to get your hands in the sausages." Now that's funny. :pac:

I agree with the other poster- trying too hard!
Aw sad with who is leaving this week

ShazGV

I know I'm in the minority, but I actually quite like Candice. And her innuendos.

ShazGV

ShazGV wrote: »

I know I'm in the minority, but I actually quite like Candice. And her innuendos.

So do I. She grew on me. I thought her amuse bouche looked delicious.

Thargor

Cant get into this season at all, its boring. Showstoppers are completely lame aswell.

Elliott S

Never seen such a close two horse race for Star Baker!

Finally Val is gone. I don't think Rav takes it seriously enough in general. Tom makes a lot of blunders.

Jane is seriously good, seriously good. And Candice is impressing too. Andrew is dropping back a bit. Definitely this year's Tamal. Always pretty good, never the best.

RhubarbCrumble

I don't mind Candice either. She's not the worst. No surprise with who left tonight. Everything was raw! Agree that star baker was VERY hard to call between Candice and Jane. I think either Tom or Rav will go next week. Rav's been hanging on by a thread for a while now.

dee_mc

I'm waiting for Tom to come into his own but it seems increasingly unlikely.
Happy with who went tonight, I felt it was a case of not being able to teach an old dog new tricks - fair play though, seemed like good craic and a great sport.
Some very interesting flavour combinations tonight.
The bakewell tart Mary made looked incredible - I make a lovely mincemeat bakewell at Christmas and mini ones instead of mince pies if I have a lot of time on my hands!

ibarelycare

Poor oul Val, she was lovely I laughed when Andrew said she was trying to get people to guess the prices from a shopping receipt from the 70s But it was definitely her time to go.

I'm still miffed that Kate went last week as there are FAR worse bakers left in the contest than her. The standard is way down this year, everyone is so inconsistent.

davo2001

dee_mc wrote: »

I make a lovely mincemeat bakewell at Christmas

:eek::eek:

Scarinae

Did anyone else laugh when Paul said "I know I've got a big mouth, but inch and a half, MAX"? :pac:

I thought Tom was in serious trouble when Paul wouldn’t even eat his pastry in the signature challenge… Rav is only just holding on as well, I think they’ll be the next two to go. I’m really not surprised that Val went, I felt really bad for her though in her final interview because she was so clearly about to burst into tears

I loved the way Andrew was measuring everything with his ruler Considering that his oven wasn’t even switched on it’s impressive that he came sixth in the technical challenge. I think Jane and Candice will make it to the final, I can’t decide if the third person will be Benjamina or Andrew. I don’t think Selasi will make it that far.