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Paul Hollywood has signed a deal with Channel 4
https://twitter.com/patrickfoster2/s...94602531143680 |
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#2352 |
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I'm just surprised it took her so long to say it ... Love will be throwing money at Paul Hollywood.
EDIT : And it seems he's taken the cheque. Fair enough, it must be massive money. First thing he should do with it is buy a tin hat.... |
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Definitely Val's turn to go.
I can't believe she didn't spot that the instructions on the page she found for the Technical started at Step 5 which should have alerted her that she was missing a page. Saying you make them weekly set her up for a fall. I was brought up being told that Bakewell Tart doesn't have icing on it. Prefer the uniced ones. I suppose they were trying to catch the bakers out with icing onto a hot tart. |
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Paul Hollywood has signed a deal with Channel 4
https://twitter.com/patrickfoster2/s...94602531143680 |
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Well if they're looking for double entendres, they need to sign up Nigella to replace Mary.
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Channel 4 should poach Candice to do something on the show. For sure a ratings winner.
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Channel 4 should poach Candice to do something on the show. For sure a ratings winner.
You have got to be kidding! |
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delete - too slow!
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Will GBBO be a one-man show by Paul Hollywood :lol:
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You should read Paul Hollywood's statement. He thanked Mel & Sue, mentioned the tent and the squirrel; but not one word about Mary.
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Some posters have said the series had reach its zenith last year with Nadiya winning, because she is 'bankable'. Well that may be true, but surely the whole premise of this series was amateur bakers, 'ordinary' people, showing their baking skills, not a fast track to celebrity status. Maybe this ultimately altered the show, as it seems different this year and I dont know why.
I am glad Mary has left ,she is woman of great integrity and I never doubted it for a moment. i always knew Hollywood would follow the money, but hoped he wouldn't. |
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Some posters have said the series had reach its zenith last year with Nadiya winning, because she is 'bankable'. Well that may be true, but surely the whole premise of this series was amateur bakers, 'ordinary' people, showing their baking skills, not a fast track to celebrity status. Maybe this ultimately altered the show, as it seems different this year and I dont know why.
I am glad Mary has left ,she is woman of great integrity and I never doubted it for a moment. i always knew Hollywood would follow the money, but hoped he wouldn't. Couldn't have put it better. |
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Mary is 81 and almost certainly does not need to top up her pension pot! I suspect she also does not need the stress of continuing in a show which almost certainly will not retain the character (and the huge viewing figures) that made GBBO such a massive and unlikely success. I think she understands that GBBO is the sum of its characters and is not just a format.
Paul, on the other hand, seems to be far more money orientated (nothing wrong in that as such), but is possibly not as popular as he thinks. He failed in America and I am not sure he has the same amount of loyal fans as Mary, Mel and Sue do. C4 may have paid out a huge amount of money for a show part of which its success and charm was based on the interaction of the presenters, as well as being a whole 60 minutes - both of which have now gone. Without these things, I can see GBBO quietly fading into obscurity. |
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You should read Paul Hollywood's statement. He thanked Mel & Sue, mentioned the tent and the squirrel; but not one word about Mary.
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I totally agree.
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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Paul Hollywood has signed a deal with Channel 4
https://twitter.com/patrickfoster2/s...94602531143680 That's the end of his career! |
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I think that after 7 or 8 years any programme formula becomes a little stale ( feeling it about SCD this year and it hasn't really started yet! ) Hopefully Love / Channel 4 can change it just enough to refresh it and with some charismatic hosts / judges it should be enough to revive it ( many people are saying it's the least engaging series this year ) Having the year break ( except for charity celeb edition ) will help them in that people's memories will begin to fade and new people ( without preconceptions) will watch.
Thought it was the correct result all round this week
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Indeed they do. The Bakewell pudding and Bakewell tart are only loosely similar
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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You need to get to Bakewell and visit a few shops /factories there - all famed for their Bakewell puddings and tarts.
Bit good actually!
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Surely that's the point. However annoying her coyness, she can actually bake, which few of the others, bar the less photogenic Jane, can.
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Surely that's the point. However annoying her coyness, she can actually bake, which few of the others, bar the less photogenic Jane, can.
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Oh, well.
Welcome to GBBO C4 style: Adverts every 10 minutes. Catch-up after each ad break for those who cannot possibly retain info for more than a micro-second. Sob stories abound. Over-dramatic dramatics. New presenters leaping around trying to make the show exciting. and Hollywood making the show all about him! |
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I like Candice - I like that she's ambitious (everything is either Star Baker level or a complete disaster, and it's because she's pushing herself) and that she likes dirty jokes and that she cares enough that she cries when things go wrong (although I also like that Selasi clearly couldn't give a flying fudge about anything that happens, so maybe I'm just a man of extremes). She could do with twisting her mouth up less but she's great casting and I'd much rather her on the show than some aggressively mimsy lightweight like Andrew or Val.
I think the standard of baking peaked in Series 5 to be honest. The Top 6 were all very strong, and even someone like Norman who went out midway was a decent baker - he just wasn't interested in all the bells and whistles and funny forrin flavours that the show wants from the contestants. Last year's final four were all strong but I was never impressed by Mat, Alvin or Paul (outside of the infamous Bread Lion). |
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Oh, well.
Welcome to GBBO C4 style: Adverts every 10 minutes. Catch-up after each ad break for those who cannot possibly retain info for more than a micro-second. Sob stories abound. Over-dramatic dramatics. New presenters leaping around trying to make the show exciting. and Hollywood making the show all about him! Ta. |
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