The Great British Bake Off - New Series in August (Part 2)

penelopesimpson · 23/10/13 - 02:02

Inspiration wrote: »

He said the winner was too thin to really love baking (or something like that).

You don't think they film three different winners, do you?

guernseysnail · 23/10/13 - 02:02

Thoroughly enjoyed the past two hours...

Well done Frances although I found her annoying at the start!

And I liked Ruby...:p

nelliek · 23/10/13 - 02:02

Andagha wrote: »

Nice to see the follow ups.. Howard has been asked by Paul to bake a cake...wow that is some accolade.

I had to laugh at one of the guys who was back to baking for family and friends again - 'They're not as critical as Paul and Mary'.

Andagha · 23/10/13 - 02:02

Thank you everyone for the company tonight

Here's to another thrilling show next year

HollyC · 23/10/13 - 02:03

Inspiration wrote: »

He said the winner was too thin to really love baking (or something like that).

Thanks!

It was obviously just a guess - that wasn't made clear in the papers!!!

planets · 23/10/13 - 02:03

guernseysnail wrote: »

Thoroughly enjoyed the past two hours...

Well done Frances although I found her annoying at the start!

And I liked Ruby...:p

it was lovely to see last years competitors wasn't it?

oathy · 23/10/13 - 02:03

kendoguk wrote: »

Surely they'd be disappointed with any of them

penelopesimpson wrote: »

The final was a tad disappointing, though. None of those cakes were show stoppers and two weren't even well executed

Agreed.
maybe didn't give them enough time for such a massive task?

Takae · 23/10/13 - 02:03

stargazer61 wrote: »

I'm utterly shocked that they did not disqualify the lot of them because of the state of the cakes........they were dreadful and utterly unacceptable especially in a final.

I have to agree. Plus, I prefer the other series' final challenge - what do you call it? High tea nibbles? Petit something?

jonbwfc · 23/10/13 - 02:03

penelopesimpson wrote: »

Thought: How would he have known who had won? Was he making the same assumption as many of us or was he put up to it?

He later apologised and said he was just in a grumpy mood. So basically he was being a spoilsport.
I suspect it might actually have been because the press was bigging up British bakers rather than French chefs...

porkenstein · 23/10/13 - 02:03

stargazer61 wrote: »

I'm utterly shocked that they did not disqualify the lot of them because of the state of the cakes........they were dreadful and utterly unacceptable especially in a final.

To be expected given how much time they had tbh...

penelopesimpson · 23/10/13 - 02:04

jonbwfc wrote: »

Didn't know Clare Balding had a DS account...

Nice one.:D

Welsh-lad · 23/10/13 - 02:04

Christine has a cooking slot on local radio

Christian Cage · 23/10/13 - 02:04

I'm so happy Frances won. She deserved the win.

Lola UK · 23/10/13 - 02:04

favourite quote... 'its JUST lemon'

jonbwfc · 23/10/13 - 02:05

Takae wrote: »

I have to agree. Plus, I prefer the other series' final challenge - what do you call it? High tea nibbles? Petit something?

The previous finals have always had a round in which they've had to bake a large a number of 'nibbles' of some sort, to test their ability to multitask and bake in quantity with consistency. Not this time, not sure why.

Cookmeparsnips · 23/10/13 - 02:05

Yaay loved frances very very happy was sooo close I thought.

duckylucky · 23/10/13 - 02:05

Yay , Well done Frances her wedding cake was a joy to behold

I spent the first half being annoyed with Ruby and the seconf half actually feeling sorry for her .She has no joie de vivre at all does she

And the pretzel round was a real bore for a final I thought

Vientre · 23/10/13 - 02:05

Ive liked all this years contestants but was hoping Frances would win as she has been by far the most creative baker in the tent, so well done Frances chuffed to bits for you. And one in the eye for all the Ruby is nailed on to win conspiracy theorists.

Andagha · 23/10/13 - 02:06

Penelopesimpson you can go to www.bakeoffbook.co.uk and download the finalists receipes. The others are probably on the bbci receipe webpage

Rorschach · 23/10/13 - 02:06

oathy wrote: »

Cant believe the state of Ruby's cake.
A bride would be really hacked off seeing that on the table surely?

I think any bride who had ordered her wedding cake just 6 hours before the wedding deserves what she gets and has no right to be hacked off.

guernseysnail · 23/10/13 - 02:06

planets wrote: »

it was lovely to see last years competitors wasn't it?

It was indeed an enjoyable look-back,

I look forward to the catch-up show with this lot already!

Mer~maid · 23/10/13 - 02:06

Well done Frances, she won me round as the series went on. Well deserved win I think.

stargazer61 · 23/10/13 - 02:06

porkenstein wrote: »

To be expected given how much time they had tbh...

That is a reason for not doing complex decoration, not for shoddy, slipshod presentation.

prehensile · 23/10/13 - 02:07

Raymond Blanc apparently tweeted something about the winner being too thin to really enjoy baking. Ruby apparently replied, calling him an idiot (quite rightly IMO), and lots of people jumped to the incorrect conclusion that Blanc meant Ruby and in fact knew that she had won.

Something like that.

EDIT: cos I have sausages for fingers

Welsh-lad · 23/10/13 - 02:07

Nice to hear Ruby got a 1st in her exams. That's an ace achievement in itself.

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