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#2326 |
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Bye Val, the tent will miss you, you were never going to win and perhaps your ambition was not matched by your ability (given the time crunch) but for me you were the epitome of a good home baker
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#2327 |
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Don't they have Bakewell Pudding in Derbyshire?
Pudding...flaky pastry, jam, topped with a more almondy egg custardy layer, rustic looking Tart...sweet shortcrust, jam, more frangipane cakey layer, icing top with feathered decoration, neater finish |
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#2328 |
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Still think it should of been Jane not Candice for star baker
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It really won't. I love the way they interact with the contestants.
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Bye Val. Lovely lady but she was totally out of depth.
So many cheeky innuendos this week
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We were cheering when Val got the boot. For me, she'd overdone the "Sweet Yorkshire Granny" act, and better still, she came a cropper on her "Ooh yes, I know how to make a Bakewell tart, this'll be easy". However, her greatest offence (for which I cannot actually blame her) is that she looks, acts and speaks like my mother. <shudder>
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We were cheering when Val got the boot. For me, she'd overdone the "Sweet Yorkshire Granny" act, and better still, she came a cropper on her "Ooh yes, I know how to make a Bakewell tart, this'll be easy". However, her greatest offence (for which I cannot actually blame her) is that she looks, acts and speaks like my mother. <shudder>
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#2333 |
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Quite a few disasters again this week. Is it just me or does it seem like we've reached bottom of the bake off barrel?
Some of them can't even make Yorkshire puddings for crying out loud |
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You have to say that the standard of baker this year is one of the lowest in the shows history.
Some of them can't even make Yorkshire puddings for crying out loud |
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You have to say that the standard of baker this year is one of the lowest in the shows history.
Some of them can't even make Yorkshire puddings for crying out loud Although I struggle with sponge cakes and yorkshire puds at times (most times) when they just won't rise and come out a bit like Tom's efforts, I'm very good at bread and pastry. I think it's true for many bakers or cooks that they often excel at some things but are awful at others. It seems with this batch of bakers, there are some who seem to have trouble with lots of bakes. It's fair to put some of that down to stress of lights and time trials but not always. Val deserved to go, she had a lucky escape last week but I knew by looking at the thickness of her pastry for her bakewell, that it wasn't going to work. For such an experienced cook as her, that was a basic error. She was a delightfully batty old lady to most and although she did irritate me a little at the start, I got used to her. Candice is annoying me with her desperate attempts at the double entendres and I wonder if she's being set up as a baking celebrity? She's easy on the eye and is obviously quite comfortable around the cameras. I hope not, she irritates the wee out of me with her pouts and the tears (again). No denying that she can obviously bake and after all, the show is called Bake Off... |
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#2336 |
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I am quite shocked by how bad some of them are. I can't remember a year with so many under baked offerings, week after week. Sad really. Some of them are excellent, but Val was underachieving and scraping by every week. The Bakewell tart was a puzzle because she said she made one every week, but it went so badly.
Maybe the BBC made the right decision by not shelling out £25 million for the show because it certainly feels like this is the weakest series to date |
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[quote=Thrasymachus;83998666]I don't watch this show to see people struggling. I want to be inspired and see them come up with some amazing creations that get great feedback from the judges.
Maybe the BBC made the right decision by not shelling out £25 million for the show because it certainly feels like this is the weakest series to date[/QUOTE] I must admit I've been thinking this too. When you think of last year's contestants (Ian/Paul/Tamal/Nadia etc) - they were miles better than any of this year's by this stage in the competition. Can't remember any of them turning out under-baked pastry at all. It was definitely Val's time to go last night - she's been struggling for a few weeks now and only been saved because others had one really poor week, but it was getting to the stage when it wasn't nice to watch. |
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Candice didn't irritate me this week because there was less pouting. I wonder if she does it when she's unsure of herself.
As for Val. Well, that's the second time she's said she does something regularly and then made a mess of it. Best to keep quiet. There was something about her that I just couldn't take to and have just read about her and know why - she was a primary school head. I've known a few and they all talk to you in the same way that they'd talk to young children - a very calm, soothing voice and almost talking down to you. Not quite "No, Johnny, we are not a carrot!" as Joyce ~Grenfell said in her monologue. So nice to see them all supporting each other and helping out when time's running out for one. |
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I actually think last year's series was the show's zenith. Even if you don't like Nadiya (and I personally think she is lovely) you have to admit she is the most bankable and commercial thing they've produced from what was in general a great series. Much depends if there is a blend of contestants that particularly gel with the public this year, I don't know, is it Andrew?
All these things have their natural life cycle (X Factor well past it and SCD tipping over the edge now imho) and I think the BBC were right to put a cap on GBBO's value as it isn't going to get any better, certainly not in its current format if at all. |
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I actually think last year's series was the show's zenith. Even if you don't like Nadiya (and I personally think she is lovely) you have to admit she is the most bankable and commercial thing they've produced from what was in general a great series. Much depends if there is a blend of contestants that particularly gel with the public this year, I don't know, is it Andrew?
All these things have their natural life cycle (X Factor well past it and SCD tipping over the edge now imho) and I think the BBC were right to put a cap on GBBO's value as it isn't going to get any better, certainly not in its current format if at all. There doesn't seem to be one person this year that I can see being this year's Nadiya, although I really, really like Selasi. I struggle to think of any past winners of GBBO really, unless they pop up on something or in an article yet last year's winner, we all seem to know. Maybe the BBC could see this and the price tag was just too hefty to justify it... |
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Candice didn't irritate me this week because there was less pouting. I wonder if she does it when she's unsure of herself.
As for Val. Well, that's the second time she's said she does something regularly and then made a mess of it. Best to keep quiet. There was something about her that I just couldn't take to and have just read about her and know why - she was a primary school head. I've known a few and they all talk to you in the same way that they'd talk to young children - a very calm, soothing voice and almost talking down to you. Not quite "No, Johnny, we are not a carrot!" as Joyce ~Grenfell said in her monologue. So nice to see them all supporting each other and helping out when time's running out for one. Candice I just find affected and a bit crude. I hope she doesn't use all the double entendres when she's teaching PE. |
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Mary Berry has quit Bake Off out of "loyalty" to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainm...e=news_central |
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Mary Berry has quit Bake Off out of "loyalty" to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainm...e=news_central
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Mary Berry has quit Bake Off out of "loyalty" to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainm...e=news_central Last edited by horwichallstars : 22-09-2016 at 10:21. Reason: Love not Shine |
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Candice didn't irritate me this week because there was less pouting. I wonder if she does it when she's unsure of herself.
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#2346 |
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I quite like Candice, she is perhaps a bit eccentric but nothing wrong with that.
Other than that.. I think there's an undercurrent that people - women, especially - on GBBO have to be 'nice', have to match the bunting and the gingham check tablecloths. Candice patently isn't a 'nice girl' - with the innuendo and the lipstick and what have you, she's a bit... incongruous, a bit brash. Of course, some of us prefer a bad girl .In any case, she can bake so she's deservedly doing well. The pasta roller idea was genius. Everything else is peripheral. |
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And the fact that they give her other shows and so she knows where her bread is buttered.
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Mary Berry has quit Bake Off out of "loyalty" to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainm...e=news_central wont ever be the same
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I don't think Val and Candice are great adverts for the teaching profession. I found Val's dotty old lady act irritating. She's only a year older than me but she comes across as at least a decade older.
Candice I just find affected and a bit crude. I hope she doesn't use all the double entendres when she's teaching PE. As for Val, I was going to teach primary until I came across a couple of head teachers who were even worse than Val. But I suppose if you spend most of your time around very young children and frequently read learning to read books, some of it must rub off to affect your behaviour, and, as a friend once said, you can barely read the Daily Mirror which only needs a reading age of 7. I'm nearly a decade older than Val and I don't behave like her - at least I hope I don't.. |
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That Candice is tasty !! I see a modelling career for her... sexiest contestant ever? and she can bake !!!
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