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anyone watching Lorraine Pascale "Baking Made Easy" ?

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OhCobblers · 10/01/2011 20:49

rather like her.
quite refreshing and down to earth.
i'm very much an amateur baker so picking up a few tips ..............

anyone else?

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dalek · 10/01/2011 20:50

Am sky plussing it to watch with DD later - it looks good.

Grockle · 10/01/2011 20:52

Never seen or heard of her before but I like her. Yum!

BellaBearisWideAwake · 10/01/2011 20:53

I'm watching it with the sound off (was easier than turning off the telly earlier, don't ask) and she is beautiful, as is her cooking. Possibly should turn the sound back on!

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OhCobblers · 10/01/2011 20:55

yes she's stunning isn't she - i want hair like that!

Grockle never heard of her either and going to have to google her now!! Smile

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OhCobblers · 10/01/2011 20:58

do you think it might be a bit OTT to maake that choc cake for a kids birthday party?!

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Grockle · 10/01/2011 21:00

No, not at all - my DS (5) would love it.

Might make for my sister (she'll be 31!)

MrsThisIsTheCadillacOfNailguns · 10/01/2011 21:00

I just said to dh-she's gorgeous and she can cook,just like me.Grin

She is very good.I shall be trying that fig tart and be watching again.

BellaBearisWideAwake · 10/01/2011 21:00

i want to make it! but not the white version. the one with the raspberries, mmmm

geraldinetheluckygoat · 10/01/2011 21:01

i readthat she usedto be a model...

NoCarpForMe · 10/01/2011 21:01

hmm, I wasn't impressed, found it cringey. the cake didn't look that amazing either tbh

DirtyMartini · 10/01/2011 21:04

She was good but I hated the feel of the show, very bland. Awful music, dull settings, slightly dizzying camera mooooves.

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OhCobblers · 10/01/2011 21:05

when she was eating her sourdough bread smothered in butter and jam and smiling at the camera i did feel it was slightly Nigellaesque!

other than that really enjoyed it and yes just read that she used to be a supermodel.

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flibbertigibbert · 10/01/2011 21:06

She's beautiful, came across as very down to earth, and the food looked lovely. I just wish it wasn't obligatory for cookery programmes to show 'friends' eating the food after it's cooked.

QueenGigantaurofMnet · 10/01/2011 21:07

the cake looked delicious.

Might suggest it for DB's wedding as they want simple

Katisha · 10/01/2011 21:11

She came as a huge relief after the staginess of Nigella (ooh I'm so greedy) and the blokiness of Jamie, and the tweeness of Nigel and the scruffiness of Hugh...

However I really could do without more hip people cruising round London in search of ingredients and having the hip friends round to go ooh. (DS always calls them "the vegetables")

womma · 11/01/2011 21:05

Just watched on Sky+. She comes across as very nice and enthusiastic (doesn't look like she eats much of what she makes though!)

The BBC needs to get rid off the tired cookery show format of beautiful kitchen, flirty shots, perfectly made up female chef, fake mates, etc...so stagy and phoney!

I like the way she can make quite fancy looking stuff seem easy to make. Will keep watching while pooh-poohing unimaginative BBC execs!

JulesJules · 13/01/2011 14:58

I loved it. Read an article about her ages ago, maybe in Red magazine. I thought she was a complete natural and the food looks delicious and easy to do.

About a thousand times better than the Sophie Dahl series.

The only things I didn't like were the whizzing round London on a scooter shots (so Jamie) and the "friends" going "Oh mmmm delicious!" (so Nigella)

I liked that she orders stuff online rather than buying it all wrapped in parchment and tied with ribbon from an organic bespoke North London Artisanery Grin

MarniesMummy · 13/01/2011 15:01

I was all set to hate it but somehow she won me over (I don't know how) and I watched the entire programme.

I thought she was encroaching on Nigella's porn cookery thing but somehow she got away with it.

I love baking and can't help but say I'll probably try to catch the next show.

MarniesMummy · 13/01/2011 15:03

Who sends a cake to a party instead of themselves if they can't attend????

But apart from that, v. good!

KurriKurri · 13/01/2011 15:55

I liked her too (she gorgeous Envy), and I thought the things she made we're very doable (makes a change from all the ridiculous stuff you'd never make in a million years.)

Nigella's become unwatchable for me now.

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OhCobblers · 13/01/2011 18:13

MM probably a cake maker who's friends expect her to bring a cake to a partyGrin!!

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blametheparents · 13/01/2011 18:59

Checked out the cost of the chocolate cigarellos online, about £15 to go round a cake, plus at least £5 of raspberries. Ouite an expensive chocolate cake!

MarniesMummy · 13/01/2011 19:26

She'd be welcome not to come to any party of mine if she sent that cake along!Grin

Clearly I'm not mixing with the right sort of folk!Wink

madamimadam · 13/01/2011 22:49

I really liked it (a million miles better than Sophie Dahl) but, like others here, absolutely cringe at the lifestyle/scooter/friends eating/cake-in-absence- cockery.

I want my cookery shows as old-fashioned as they come - Delia in the kitchen, cooking, proper instructions and no sunday supplement twattery.

But I do like her and her recipes. Pity the BBC don't seem to have the same level of trust...

BendyBob · 25/01/2011 11:50

Watched for the first time last night. She's lovely! I like her style of presenting - very natural - like watching someone you know, almost.