If it's well made and the jam is home-made what is so wrong with that?
I suppose it is like gymnastics where 'levels of difficulty' are used to mark contestants. Someone can get a high score for attempting something very difficult but not quite getting it right.
My understanding (from reading blogs from past contestants) is that they have to submit their first batch of recipes well before filming begins and their second batch just as (or just after) filming has started.
My guess is this is because of the need to launch the cookbook along with the broadcast and so the recipes are needed well in advance for testing/photography etc.
It is the sort of thing that they will never really make public - as it undermines the sense of people progressing through the series - as their choices are all made well in advance.
The one area in which you can improve is presentation - but I would always put flavour ahead of look (as long as it doesn't look completely awful....)
Either way, Norman and his straightforward approach is pretty much tied to his recipe choices - and could only try to make things look fancier (which is really not his style)
My understanding (from reading blogs from past contestants) is that they have to submit their first batch of recipes well before filming begins and their second batch just as (or just after) filming has started.
My guess is this is because of the need to launch the cookbook along with the broadcast and so the recipes are needed well in advance for testing/photography etc.
It is the sort of thing that they will never really make public - as it undermines the sense of people progressing through the series - as their choices are all made well in advance.
The one area in which you can improve is presentation - but I would always put flavour ahead of look (as long as it doesn't look completely awful....)
Either way, Norman and his straightforward approach is pretty much tied to his recipe choices - and could only try to make things look fancier (which is really not his style)
"Playing safe" worked as a strategy for Sewing Bee this year. The eventual winner avoided going home by constantly making the least adventurous item, until the last week when she actually made something interesting for the first and only time!
The Mail this morning is trying to make an issue of Luis(?) saying that he has entered local competitions to get practice. Most of the comments don't agree with them and think it is an obvious way to prepare for Bake Off.
The Mail this morning is trying to make an issue of Luis(?) saying that he has entered local competitions to get practice. Most of the comments don't agree with them and think it is an obvious way to prepare for Bake Off.
Surely everyone does as much preparation as they possibly can. There are relatively few opportunities (outside of local fetes and the like) for competitive baking - so I can't imagine he got much of an advantage that way. I know if I were ever successful, I would be trying for as many chances as possible to get feedback on my baking and presentation.
Winning your local village baking competition really isn't going to give you that much of an edge in the tent.
Surely everyone does as much preparation as they possibly can. There are relatively few opportunities (outside of local fetes and the like) for competitive baking - so I can't imagine he got much of an advantage that way. I know if I were ever successful, I would be trying for as many chances as possible to get feedback on my baking and presentation.
Winning your local village baking competition really isn't going to give you that much of an edge in the tent.
Also I think most of that type of competition is with cakes that have been baked at home, not to produce one within a fixed time.
By the way, I think i heard them say that Paul Hollywood is on The One Show tonight. I think it was yesterday that the Mail had two stories about his marital problems last year.
I suppose it is like gymnastics where 'levels of difficulty' are used to mark contestants. Someone can get a high score for attempting something very difficult but not quite getting it right.
There is nothing more difficult than creating a dish that is simple, yet delicious. That is the benchmark that all the contestants are chasing surely. Presenting something that looks great and tastes delicious. There is no reason that semolina and jam cannot fell into this remit, is there?
There is nothing more difficult than creating a dish that is simple, yet delicious.
Since when has something simple necessary mean not delicious? Some of meals I most enjoyed are the simplest, they are delicious and often easy to cook.
There is nothing more difficult than creating a dish that is simple, yet delicious. That is the benchmark that all the contestants are chasing surely. Presenting something that looks great and tastes delicious. There is no reason that semolina and jam cannot fell into this remit, is there?[/QUOTE]
No there isn't but if the other contestants produce something that is both difficult and delicious, then they will not win. Producing something easy and straightforward, no matter how delicious, does not show off technical ability, imagination, ability to learn, and ability to solve complex problems. - especially when in a competition.
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If it's well made and the jam is home-made what is so wrong with that?
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nothing wrong with that at all
I suppose it is like gymnastics where 'levels of difficulty' are used to mark contestants. Someone can get a high score for attempting something very difficult but not quite getting it right.
My guess is this is because of the need to launch the cookbook along with the broadcast and so the recipes are needed well in advance for testing/photography etc.
It is the sort of thing that they will never really make public - as it undermines the sense of people progressing through the series - as their choices are all made well in advance.
The one area in which you can improve is presentation - but I would always put flavour ahead of look (as long as it doesn't look completely awful....)
Either way, Norman and his straightforward approach is pretty much tied to his recipe choices - and could only try to make things look fancier (which is really not his style)
"Playing safe" worked as a strategy for Sewing Bee this year. The eventual winner avoided going home by constantly making the least adventurous item, until the last week when she actually made something interesting for the first and only time!
I wonder if Norman is a Sewing Bee viewer?
Storm in a cake tin over Bake Off star who's already a champion: Luis lets slip he's already won other competitions to prepare himself for the show
Just the usual anti-BBC stuff from the Mail.
Surely everyone does as much preparation as they possibly can. There are relatively few opportunities (outside of local fetes and the like) for competitive baking - so I can't imagine he got much of an advantage that way. I know if I were ever successful, I would be trying for as many chances as possible to get feedback on my baking and presentation.
Winning your local village baking competition really isn't going to give you that much of an edge in the tent.
Also I think most of that type of competition is with cakes that have been baked at home, not to produce one within a fixed time.
By the way, I think i heard them say that Paul Hollywood is on The One Show tonight. I think it was yesterday that the Mail had two stories about his marital problems last year.
There is nothing more difficult than creating a dish that is simple, yet delicious. That is the benchmark that all the contestants are chasing surely. Presenting something that looks great and tastes delicious. There is no reason that semolina and jam cannot fell into this remit, is there?
Glad Luis won Star Baker and couldn't give a damn what the Daily Mail thinks.
Met someone yesterday who is a friend of Diana's daughter!
eta: Though currently unsure who will win......
Do the contestants get told when the competition starts what each week's challenges are (ie bread, desserts) or do they only find out the week before?
I must admit that if I was doing this, I'd give up when it got to bread week - I wouldn't fancy making bread for Paul Hollywood!! ;-)
They know at least half of the challenges well ahead of filming starting - as they have to submit their recipes in advance.
I believe the rest of the challenges are made known to them as filming commences
So they are well aware of what lies ahead (other than the technical bakes, of course)