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UPDATE: AIBU to ask who you think will win GBBO 2019? (Spoilers!)

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StellaMumsnet · 29/08/2019 14:27

Hi folks,

It's that time of year again, when Paul, Prue, Sandi and Noel join a troop of eager bakers in the Great British Bake Off tent... and we cancel Tuesday night plans for the foreseeable future to watch them, cuppa and several slices of cake in hand.

With two bakers already off home (farewell, Dan and Jamie), GBBO 2019 is well and truly underway, and not without a few customary disasters, either (anyone else feel strangely comforted when Jamie forgot to add the eggs to his showstopper in week 1? Or relieved that you're not the only one who could make a fig roll turn out like a sausage roll? No? Just us then).

Update 1: Week three in the GBBO 2019 tent saw the 11 remaining bakers tackle bread - never an easy feat. Paul was impressed, though, giving out the very first Hollywood Handshake of the series (there’d been four dished out by this episode last year, apparently) to Michael for his tear-and-share Keralan Star Bread. It was farewell to Amelia - not before giving Prue a coughing fit with her spicy loaf - leaving 10 bakers remaining for next week’s Dairy Week.

With just three bakers down, there's still all to play/bake for, and we'd love to know who you think will win GBBO 2019. Let us know by voting in the poll below.

Update 2: Week four in the GBBO 2019 tent was Dairy Week, a new addition to the Bake Off calendar. Some of the bakers thrived, some struggled, and Paul Hollywood almost stormed off set after some characteristic honesty, announcing “They’re awful, they’re really bad”. Steph was awarded Star Baker, and the group said goodbye to Phil, leaving nine bakers remaining for next Tuesday’s Roaring Twenties Week.

There's still all to play/bake for, and we'd love to know who you think will win GBBO 2019. Let us know by voting in the poll below.

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SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 10/09/2019 20:50

Ok this week I'm liking Michael. He's sweet. And David's quite cute!

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 10/09/2019 20:51

Bit irritated by the older Essex bloke.

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 10/09/2019 20:51

Still love Noel 💛

PinkFlamingo888 · 11/09/2019 16:39

I voted Michelle because I think she has a good chance of winning but my favourite is Henry by far. He’s so sweet, always in a tie!

adaline · 11/09/2019 17:01

I'm liking Henry now - unfortunately I think Alice was quite disappointing this week. Phil did pretty well though - think he might be a bit of a dark horse!

Still don't like Helena...

bellainthemiddle · 11/09/2019 17:35

I think Steph will creep up into the last 3 - steady, but always good!

YoTheGinPussyOfStMawesOnThigh · 12/09/2019 05:08

Alice is very silly with all her gurning for the camera and semaphoring her arms around. Looking forward to her on Extra Slice as Jo Brand will make mincemeat of her (Is JB still doing it?) no idea who is going to win, Michelle maybe or the tall man with glasses.

ageingdisgracefully · 12/09/2019 07:46

Yeah...I'm looking forward to Alice being on Xtra Slice too. She won't stand a chance!

I'm warming to Henry but the others are just identikit instafolk. Apart from vet woman and lorry driver.

Hobbesmanc · 12/09/2019 11:08

Lots of posh folk on this year. But I do find Henry quite endearing. Rosie's voice grates on me too much- and she wasn't great this week. I miss a couple of older WI women bakers- the ones who don''t use scales and think that garlic is exotic. Its a little too samey. Plus I can't believe Michael is a fitness instructor!

bellainthemiddle · 12/09/2019 11:11

I like the truck driver! And Michael... but yeah, he is so not a fitness instructor-y person!!

Perhaps if you do that much baking though, you need to up the fitness regime!

I miss Ruby - she was so sarky to Paul. I loved it!

Itsfineactually · 13/09/2019 22:20

I thought that too about michael @Hobbesmanc Grin

WeshMaGueule · 15/09/2019 13:08

Van I just say French Bake Off has just started too, and this contestant has definitely got my vote Grin

UPDATE: AIBU to ask who you think will win GBBO 2019? (Spoilers!)
Rosie2000 · 15/09/2019 14:13

The teacher- is it Alice?- gives other teachers a bad name...who has type to bake for their KS4 classes with all the other workload issues we have. We are team Michael in this house, also like Henry, the older bloke and the vet-Rosie?

Rosie2000 · 15/09/2019 14:14

Time not type...see I don’t even have time to type properly let alone make cake for the 600 kids I see as week Grin

bellainthemiddle · 15/09/2019 14:55

Lol, so true... Most of the teachers I know don't have time to make themselves a slice of toast for breakfast, let alone bake angel cake for an entire class!

And what has angel cake to do with coastal erosion anyway? Grin

Itsfineactually · 15/09/2019 15:05

@bellainthemiddle I’m a geography teacher and there’s loads of tasks using cake to show different erosion processes: valleys, glaciation, coastal formations.

bellainthemiddle · 15/09/2019 15:39

Fair enough and I can see that actually. I'm just being snarky because she's prettier than me and gets on my nerves, lol Wink

ByGaslight · 15/09/2019 16:12

Glad Jamie and his ‘hur hur’ have gone
Would have liked Dan to have been a better baker and stayed a bit longer.
Really sad Amelia went because she was smart and funny.

Won’t be bothered if these go:

Helena – trying too hard with her ‘every day is Hallowe’en’ schtick.
Phil – looks a little battered by life, but he’s a bit half-hearted with the blokey Essex comments
Steph – pretty dull
Priya – really dull

Neutral about David and Michelle

Hope these stay:

Michael – genuinely witty
Rosie the helium-voiced vet
Young Henry – a bit of a Richard Curtis character, but self-deprecatingly funny
Alice – dead annoying, especially with the mugging and leaping but feel she could crack up / kick off in a really entertaining way at some point

Itsfineactually · 15/09/2019 16:42

I’m not a fan of her either @bellainthemiddle

Itsfineactually · 15/09/2019 16:52

Ah, I’ve just started watching the 1st series! I miss sue and mel. I forgot that sue used to go off and learn more about the bakes

OneOfOurOwn · 16/09/2019 21:14

I like Henry and Rosie, but I think that Michael will win.

bellainthemiddle · 16/09/2019 21:18

I liked last year's bakers better, period :(

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