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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 14, 2020 17:37:33 GMT
A potential winner departed last night
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Post by poster J on Oct 14, 2020 18:01:15 GMT
A potential winner departed last night I've only watched last night's show so far this year, but if she was a potential winner then the show is in big trouble as she was absolutely dreadful!
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 14, 2020 18:17:15 GMT
A potential winner departed last night I've only watched last night's show so far this year, but if she was a potential winner then the show is in big trouble as she was absolutely dreadful! Yep had a shocker, previously baked really well though
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Post by danb on Oct 14, 2020 18:54:24 GMT
I think we’re underestimating the difficulties they’ve faced making this series. I’m not sure we can expect it to reach quite the same heights. At least it has still delivered on it’s annual fit posh one in Lottie.
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Post by jaqs on Oct 14, 2020 22:44:32 GMT
I've not seen a single bake with the "wow" factor so far. I think this series is the weakest so far for talent. Maybe all the best bakers in the country have already been in the programme. Or these were the group that could commit to the filming schedule and living in the bubble. I love that the signatures are back to being things people do bake at home and not obscure things no ones knows. But at the same time they highlight the lack of finesse from the group.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 20, 2020 22:16:07 GMT
The lack of kitchen time really is showing now
Choux should not have defeated so many of them.
And nowhere is the world of patisserie does anyone make a pastry cage to go over a tart.
The result was inevitable
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Post by alece10 on Oct 21, 2020 9:08:33 GMT
And as a cornish man the pasty crimping was pretty appalling. Why didn't anyone just make a traditional meat, potato and turnip filling.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 21, 2020 9:08:37 GMT
Most cages were really well executed though, some fine bakes there
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 21, 2020 9:10:25 GMT
And as a cornish man the pasty crimping was pretty appalling. Why didn't anyone just make a traditional meat, potato and turnip filling. I was thinking that, even a small twist on the tried and tested
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Post by sfsusan on Oct 21, 2020 23:24:48 GMT
I was thinking that, even a small twist on the tried and tested My grandmother was from Cornwall and some of those 'improvements' were just bizarre. Using puff pastry? Putting sauces in them? I thought maybe Marc would do a take on a stargazy pie with his fish pasty, which would have been fun to see and would have doubled down on the 'Cornish classic' component. I was also sort of hoping someone would do what's rumored to be the 'original' pasty... sweet at one end and savory at the other. Yes, I think it sounds disgusting, but at least it would have been a pasty instead of a samosa.
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Post by jaqs on Oct 22, 2020 1:06:31 GMT
The fish pasty was an abomination, neither fish nor rice belong in a pasty. I was not a fan of that round at all.
And agree the eclairs didn’t stand a chance in that time frame, I can’t imagine that they hadn’t all practised choux before filming, it comes up so frequently.
Still I am enjoying the weekly escape, nice to have something different to complain about and Pru’s necklaces are always so cheerful.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 22, 2020 8:22:25 GMT
I was thinking that, even a small twist on the tried and tested My grandmother was from Cornwall and some of those 'improvements' were just bizarre. Using puff pastry? Putting sauces in them? I thought maybe Marc would do a take on a stargazy pie with his fish pasty, which would have been fun to see and would have doubled down on the 'Cornish classic' component. I was also sort of hoping someone would do what's rumored to be the 'original' pasty... sweet at one end and savory at the other. Yes, I think it sounds disgusting, but at least it would have been a pasty instead of a samosa. You are right. The original Cornish pasty had meat, potato and turnip one end and jam the other. They were originally made for tin miners to take down the mine to eat and the crust was intended for them to hold onto with their dirty hands and not actually eat. So you start at the savoury end and finish at the sweet end. 2 courses in 1 pasty.
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Post by lynette on Oct 22, 2020 12:49:31 GMT
I often wonder about the way they present local or ethnic bread and pastry items. Would have liked a bit more on the number of crimps, eh, Paul? He obviously had no idea when actually asked.
We had two references to Hollywood’s backside in this week’s episode. Is this a trend? Should he complain to a #MeToo campaign? And can we just be grown ups occasionally? Asking for a friend. Oh, and maybe we should be allowed to see the backside for ourselves so we can see what all the fuss is about.
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Post by n1david on Oct 22, 2020 15:52:05 GMT
I am in Cornwall this week and the talk on Pirate FM on Wednesday was almost entirely pasty-related.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 22, 2020 16:22:26 GMT
I am in Cornwall this week and the talk on Pirate FM on Wednesday was almost entirely pasty-related. We loves our pasties. Mind you I've not had one for such a long time as not been down for ages due to Covid. There used to be a Warrans bakery at Liverpool Street but its gone now.
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Post by justfran on Oct 22, 2020 21:33:33 GMT
I’m really enjoying this series of Bake Off, after not being so impressed with it after the move to channel 4. The last 2 bakers to leave have been a surprise in that they were previously shown to be “one of the contenders” but on the other hand, each time they did have a bad week so it seems fair that they are judged purely on that and not including past performance.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 23, 2020 18:10:59 GMT
I am in Cornwall this week and the talk on Pirate FM on Wednesday was almost entirely pasty-related. I was in Cornwall this week, we could have had a socially distanced meet
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 27, 2020 23:00:30 GMT
What a curious episode.
Really can't stand this week's star baker. Don't think it was deserved. A bit of a Ruby going on.
As a theme, it wasn't authentic enough. Throwing matcha at something isn't being Japanese.
They should have sent Cherish in to scare them!
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 27, 2020 23:59:38 GMT
Awful week. I didn't want to eat anything that anyone made, which might actually be a first.
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Post by firefingers on Oct 28, 2020 0:40:07 GMT
Ah yes the famous Japanese dish... chinese steamed buns.
They are so many things they could have done that would have been half way authentic, the dish choices were bizarre.
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Post by danb on Oct 28, 2020 5:37:59 GMT
...whereas I was super pleased with the star baker. By the sounds of it (spoiler) her sponge was Phenomenal and ‘the best PH had tasted’ in however many years of Bake Off. Can’t really argue with that.
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Post by jaqs on Oct 28, 2020 7:59:42 GMT
The green blob technical looked revolting. I love pancakes but a couple on the plate fresh from the pan at a time, not cold and staked up and messed with.
I did wonder if the contestants didn’t know it was Japanese week when they decided to do pandas and Chinese fillings in the steamed buns. Why couldn’t it have been called Asian week or would that have meant that Paul couldn’t mention his trip to Japan 245 times?
Loved Laura’s show stopper even if it had collapsed a bit inside.
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Post by poster J on Oct 28, 2020 8:09:20 GMT
...whereas I was super pleased with the star baker. By the sounds of it (spoiler) her sponge was Phenomenal and ‘the best PH had tasted’ in however many years of Bake Off. Can’t really argue with that. It didn't actually look like the toadstool she promised though - far too fat a stem for it to be at any risk of collapsing! She hypes up everything she does as being really difficult and risky and then it doesn't end up like that at all. I find her attitude really grating, so no doubt she will end up winning!
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Post by BoOverall on Oct 28, 2020 10:33:10 GMT
Love a steamed bun whether the Chinese bao or the Japanese hirata and the like and I rather liked some of the bakers’ signatures. Not so much those dry burgery ones though! I’d have preferred them to all really have gone more authentically Japanese with ingredients and flavours. Yeah, dusting a bit of matcha over a Pot Noodle does not make it Japanese! But a good steamed bun is a thing of joy: fond memories of making stuffed steamed buns for one of my later Bake Off auditions several years ago, back when it was on the BBC.
Hated the crap crepe cake: not so much what the bakers made of it but the cake itself. But as with a lot of Bake Off technicals/showstoppers in more recent years, they seem designed more to set them up for failure and make “good telly”. But I get that to a point. And it’s lovely when some nail or almost nail a technical - and there have been some real successes in the tent this year on that score.
The showstoppers were interesting. Love Lottie’s cake: not so much the apparent toadstoolyness of it - though it was nice - but the texture and flavour of that particular type of sponge is a dream.
Liking this series much more than the previous few series. There are some nice briefs for the challenges, the bakers are really lovely and even Hollywood is not as creepy as usual.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 28, 2020 11:31:58 GMT
There is a Japanese sweet shop opposite Charing Cross Station. They look beautiful but so expensive. Bought a single sweet to try and I think it cost just under a fiver. It was disgusting.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 28, 2020 12:00:15 GMT
Lottie's toadstool presentation was really messy. That didn't get a mention.
Dave's fondant had some creases and he was pulled up on that.
Lottie's edit reminds me so much of Ruby Tandoh. Paul shows more leniency towards the attractive younger female.
I know it comes down to creating drama for the screen and they love to play up the sexual tension given Paul's offscreen antics. But Lottie is a messy baker and gets away with far more than the others.
And, yes, I too find her personality grating which doesn't help. But she really is not a strong contestant either in terms of technical proficiency or decorating skill
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Post by poster J on Oct 28, 2020 12:16:05 GMT
I agree she is being very favourably edited in terms of the baking, though I'm not sure the comments and interactions they are leaving in do her any favours at all (they have certainly put me right off her - her facial expression at being named Star Baker was a classic example).
I notice they didn't even mention her chips in the signature judging - I wonder was there a comment about the burnt ones that got edited out?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 28, 2020 12:47:44 GMT
I thought I would think the same about Lottie as most previous contributors. But she has won me round, very endearing personality, decent baker and loved her increasing levels of flirtiness with Mark. Disappointed Mark has gone this week but was his turn.
Yeah she is this years Ruby and she has mastered the Diana head on her shoulder plea when speaking with Paul Hollywood. Just like her lots.
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Post by lynette on Oct 28, 2020 15:28:20 GMT
Lottie's toadstool presentation was really messy. That didn't get a mention. Dave's fondant had some creases and he was pulled up on that. Lottie's edit reminds me so much of Ruby Tandoh. Paul shows more leniency towards the attractive younger female. I know it comes down to creating drama for the screen and they love to play up the sexual tension given Paul's offscreen antics. But Lottie is a messy baker and gets away with far more than the others. And, yes, I too find her personality grating which doesn't help. But she really is not a strong contestant either in terms of technical proficiency or decorating skill I think Lotte is a very strong contestant. That mushroom shaped cake was very good and to the brief and by all accounts tasted brilliant. She also did well in the other two challenges. As for sexual tension...I must be getting old cos all I can see or hear is silly old fashioned banter which I could certainly do without. The well documented Hollywood antics...well, who cares and frankly the presenting guys seems well on top of that, making him look daft at every possible turn. I’ve seen no bias towards Lotte. Anyone else?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 28, 2020 19:01:31 GMT
There have been press articles about the perception of pro-Lottie bias, so it is not just me (and I picked up on it before I saw the coverage)
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