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Old 25-09-2016, 17:30
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Nearly finished with season 6 - I can't even remember who wins, either Brent or Laura. Emelia just baked a "baklava" that was a parfait and nowhere near enough pastry. George hailed it as better than anything any chef has ever made to replicate baklava including every single person in Greece

I forgot to mention before how awful I found Jamie as well - how did everyone else feel about him? Incredibly arrogant, and worse than Emelia as he frequently produced crap dishes but often miraculously avoided the bottom three. For some reason people rated him, particularly Sean and Ben who otherwise would have been contestants I liked, apart from they believed that this was Jamie's competition and they were mostly making up the numbers.

That Jamie was presented as this big contender when he made so many mistakes was mind boggling. I haven't been watching all the eps, I think I remember something like he had given up his job and had no money, his daughter had a disability and now his wife was having a second baby? Perhaps they wanted to keep him in come what may because they felt viewers would be rooting for him?
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Old 25-09-2016, 22:04
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I was talking with my mum this afternoon and she said "seriously, a Vic sponge takes 25 minutes to bake in the oven, and about 10 to mix...he could EASILY have made one, but instead he makes a pound cake and continues to make it even though he's been told it won't be cooked in time...he deserved to go for that alone."
It was the only cake he knew because it was a pound of every ingredient, so he was completely lost without it and deserved to go.

I forgot to mention before how awful I found Jamie as well - how did everyone else feel about him? Incredibly arrogant, and worse than Emelia as he frequently produced crap dishes but often miraculously avoided the bottom three.
Agree. I didn't like him at all.
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:33
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Waste not want not week? Catchy!
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:34
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Waste not want not week? Catchy!
scraps week

edit : hmm i was expecting just a fish head but they have given them the whole fish
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:36
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scraps week

edit : hmm i was expecting just a fish head but they have given them the whole fish
They've done a scraps MB in previous series, I remember the look of horror on their faces
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:37
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They've done a scraps MB in previous series, I remember the look of horror on their faces
yeah thats what i expected here

sounds like nougat is the trendy component this year
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:38
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What was George talking about?

"I want to make a sweetcorn custard and a miso caramel and put the fish on top." Sorry? What now? Really? My stomach (I have to admit) started churning at the thought of it.
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:40
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What was George talking about?

"I want to make a sweetcorn custard and a miso caramel and put the fish on top." Sorry? What now? Really? My stomach (I have to admit) started churning at the thought of it.
fish and custard sounds lovely
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:41
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What was George talking about?

"I want to make a sweetcorn custard and a miso caramel and put the fish on top." Sorry? What now? Really? My stomach (I have to admit) started churning at the thought of it.
Same here! There's inventive and plain disgusting

Welcome to the edit suite Trent
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:43
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fish and custard sounds lovely
Fish fingers and custard - it worked for Dr Who!
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:53
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Brett is a good contender for the "mad staring eyes" crown
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Old 26-09-2016, 19:56
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I'm about five minutes behind - what's Zoe doing? 250 for cooking a cake? Surely it'll burn on the outside and be raw in the middle?
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:00
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Same here! There's inventive and plain disgusting

Welcome to the edit suite Trent
That's who that is. I looked and thought "when did you arrive? I don't remember you at all." Oops.

I'm about five minutes behind - what's Zoe doing? 250 for cooking a cake? Surely it'll burn on the outside and be raw in the middle?
I know, the minute she turned the oven up I started to get a little concerned. They like her ice cream though, and maybe we're going to be proved wrong.
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:09
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Chloe does have a look of Emilia about her (but with added tattoo's) thankfully she seems nicer
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:11
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I'm guessing they've got to use their leftovers for the invention test.

ETA: because they haven't telegraphed it since the beginning.
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:12
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Chloe does have a look of Emilia about her (but with added tattoo's) thankfully she seems nicer
I think that had Zoe not screwed up her cake she'd have been up there with Chloe and it would have been a close run thing. As it was, the moment Gary banged his spoon on the table I knew she'd won the challenge.

Zoe made a huge mistake with her cake and I think that she realised that when it was in the oven and she had to turn it up - it looked really dry and heavy (as she rightly said "like a brick").
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:14
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Chloe does have a look of Emilia about her (but with added tattoo's) thankfully she seems nicer
I keep getting distracted when she does her pieces to camera - she does something with her mouth, a sort of twist, at the end of sentences.
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:19
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i think i was in the minority that liked emilia, i think she just had a bit of a sharp sense of humour and it came across differently on screen. she always seemed really popular with the other contestants which if she had been as cocky and arrogant as she was painted probably wouldn't have been the case.
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:25
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It is odd about the Battenberg - surely one of the most distinctive cakes in the Western world!? Or maybe it's gone out of fashion.
I only know about battenbergs because of Mr Kipling's in my youth I should buy some one day!

Fish fingers and custard - it worked for Dr Who!
Not something I'm keen on trying...
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:26
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Well, a lot of the contestants are using miso...I can see that it's quite a versatile ingredient, but looking at it I can't see it being appetising on its own.
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:33
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Karmen says that she's not confident with savoury dishes as she prefers desserts, were we aware of that? 🙄
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:36
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Karmen says that she's not confident with savoury dishes as she prefers desserts, were we aware of that? 🙄
At least she didn't say "I'm a dessert queen" today! So if anyone were playing that drinking game tonight they'd still be sober.

Charlie's in trouble it appears.
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:43
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Aw, Charlie.
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:44
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It's a sphere Charlie not a dome *tuts*

I don't really like miso, I always think I will and then I try it and remember that I don't
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Old 26-09-2016, 20:49
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It's a sphere Charlie not a dome *tuts*

I don't really like miso, I always think I will and then I try it and remember that I don't
I buy it occasionally then forget I've got it and find it, expired, at the back of the cupboard. But Australia is heavily into Asian food, isn't it, so most of them are probably very familiar with it.
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