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Great British Bake Off 2019

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    #272
    Sunny Dayz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Sunny Dayz


    RhubarbCrumble wrote: »
    Tonight's final is the first time I've ever been so undwrwhelmed about a bake off final.
    Same. I actually forgot it was on tonight until I seen it mentioned on facebook earlier this morning.


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    #273
    siblers
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    RhubarbCrumble wrote: »
    Tonight's final is the first time I've ever been so undwrwhelmed about a bake off final.
    I'd prefer to see Steph win as I think she's the best of the three, but have an awful feeling it will be David.

    I think the only way Steph won't win is if she has a major implosion. I reckon Alice has a better chance than David.

    Guess it depends if the judge solely off the bakes from the final or if they judge using the whole series. I think that even if the judge it soley based off the final, they will still be influenced by previous weeks performances which would give Steph a better chance of winning


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    #274
    cruizer101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,205 ✭✭✭cruizer101


    I like the three that are left so happy enough for whoever wins.
    Once it's not a bleedin campfire like last year, they try to overcomplicate it too much these days. I don't see why the final can't just be something like a wedding cake, you could have that year after year and it wouldn't matter, you don't have to reinvent the wheel.


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    #275
    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    I think Steph will probably win, but who knows? But yeah that campfire last year was absolutely ridiculous!

    I think if it isn't Steph, it will probably be Alice because I get the feeling Paul Hollywood likes her and doesn't like David.


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    #276
    Addle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭Addle


    Did they not do Black Forest gateaux before this series?


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    #277
    borderlinemeath
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    As smug as he has been portrayed all series, I'd actually like David to win.


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    #278
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Addle wrote: »
    Did they not do Black Forest gateaux before this series?
    There was definitely a Black Forest Gateau theme to something someone did (possibly Steph!) - but omg that sounds fabulous, I ADORE bfg!!!


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    #279
    HeidiHeidi
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    borderlinemeath wrote: »
    As smug as he has been portrayed all series, I'd actually like David to win.
    Nope, cannot even contemplate that! :o


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    #280
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,072 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    I like David I didn’t find him smug at all
    I think Steph will win it unless she drops her cake on the floor


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    #281
    Scarinae
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    Alice doesn’t seem to be doing well, there’s no way the judges won’t pick up on a wonky cake!


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    #282
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I'm feeling a bit tipsy just listening to David planning his cake :eek:


    (bit behind, hoping to catch up during the ads!)


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    #283
    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    Stilton soufflé, ugh!

    Alice has never made a roux?


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    #284
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I would put David and Steph equally ahead after round 1.....


    David overdid the booze, Steph overdid the baking.




    Ooooh, stilton souffles..... yummmmmmmmmm......


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    #285
    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    Poor Steph is very upset from that technical :(


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    #286
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Why did she keep turning them out when it was blindingly obvious they weren't cooked? Surely better to have 5 cooked than 6 egg pizzas? (admittedly she may not have had time)


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    #287
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    OK, David has streaked into the lead after that technical :eek:


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    #288
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,072 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    David might just take it now


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    #289
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Aha, now THIS is a showstopper worthy of a final that I approve of!!!


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    #290
    Scarinae
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    If they all do equally well in the showstopper, I think David will have it after all.

    I wonder if being so upset will make Alice lose her focus, I would be really surprised if she wins now.


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    #291
    HeidiHeidi
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    Why are they all pouring drinks at the start of the bake? :confused:



    Did Alice say the wedding was cancelled??? :eek:


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    #292
    Scarinae
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    I didn’t hear anything about a wedding, her parents’ flight back from Ireland was cancelled so they may not be there for the announcement of the winner (was it a Ryanair strike?)


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    #293
    HeidiHeidi
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    Scarinae wrote: »
    I didn’t hear anything about a wedding, her parents’ flight back from Ireland was cancelled so they may not be there for the announcement of the winner (was it a Ryanair strike?)
    Oh! They were at a wedding in Ireland, I just heard "cancelled" and I thought she meant the wedding!!!


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    #294
    Scarinae
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    Steph seems stressed and really off form for this showstopper, has doing badly in the technical really put her off?

    David seems the calmest. Decoration is so important for this challenge though and the other two are usually better at that.


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    #295
    stargazer 68
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    Flight was cancelled. Think Steph has lost it now.

    Love to know how none of this gets out. If I was at a wedding and my daughter was in the final of bake off I couldnt keep it a secret! :)


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    #296
    Addle
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    If David’s tastes as good as it looks, he must be the winner.

    Steph has had a meltdown before and gone on to win (a technical I think).


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    #297
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Christ that is a whopper of a burger that Steph is making :eek:


    My head is completely melted looking at all this stuff!!!


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    #298
    Scarinae
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    I think the showstopper counts for more overall than the technical, so if her showstopper is good (and David’s isn’t) Steph could still win it I think


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    #299
    Addle
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    Dovies wrote: »
    Love to know how none of this gets out. If I was at a wedding and my daughter was in the final of bake off I couldnt keep it a secret! :)

    Big crowd there. Lots can keep a secret!


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    #300
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    David's blue cheese is very clunky looking.


    Other than that, his basket and picnic looked amazing!


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    #301
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,072 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    It was Stephs to loose and looks like she lost it


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