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GBBO starts tomorrow!

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Forgetfulmog · 19/08/2013 09:36

Very excited!

Paul Hollywood does piss me off tbh, but I love seeing all the cakes & stuff. Will probably have to make something to eat whilst watching it though...

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WingDefence · 27/08/2013 20:57

Lucy to go...

WingDefence · 27/08/2013 20:58

Ooh or two...

difficultpickle · 27/08/2013 20:58

Surprised that Ruby got star baker.

farrowandbawl · 27/08/2013 20:58

No! Ruby star baker. BOLLOCKS. That was Kimberleys. She was robbed I tell ya, ROBBED.

ILoveOnionRings · 27/08/2013 20:58

Oh that was a surprise I did think it was going to be Kimberley

WingDefence · 27/08/2013 20:58

Oh Ruby! Well I just may be wrong then on the series winner..

difficultpickle · 27/08/2013 20:58

No surprise that Lucy went.

cafenoir · 27/08/2013 20:59

Oh wow! So glad for Ruby. No surprise about Lucy. To do things that simple meant they would have had to be exceptional technically and they weren't.

coffeeinbed · 27/08/2013 20:59

Hmm
Not too sure about the blue bits on Ruby's bread.

OldRoan · 27/08/2013 21:02

No, Wing I think they might be pushing her, and also they are as bored as we are of -not-quite-tears and wanted to encourage Ruby?

V excited for next week. I LOVE making floating islands. First time though I forgot to add half the egg whites so we had very sweet egg white omelette with custard Blush

farrowandbawl · 27/08/2013 21:04

Hairy Bikers Crumpet recipie is online! Well, that saves me from writing it all out.

Here

farrowandbawl · 27/08/2013 21:05

Recipe even.

Gracelo · 27/08/2013 21:05

I like how Kimberley claps her hand when things work out. She was my star baker too, with Ruby a close second.

farrowandbawl · 27/08/2013 21:07

Kimberley just looks like the type of person you could have a really good laugh with over dinner.

Ruby is a stress head.

2kidsintow · 27/08/2013 21:08

I agree, Gracelo. I think Kimberley deserved star baker.
Loved Ruby's shocked look when they dropped hints to who it might be though.

LovesBeingOnHoliday · 27/08/2013 21:08

She seemed almost resolved to being out of her depth

NicknameIncomplete · 27/08/2013 21:11

I like Ruby but Kimberely should definately have won star baker.

Farrow - i agree about Kimberely being a good laugh.

vintagecakeisstillnice · 27/08/2013 21:14

Kimberly was robbed?

Robbed.

OldRoan · 27/08/2013 21:15

Thanks Farrow! It looks similar to Paul's TV recipe - might try it when someone removes the spider currently lurking in my kitchen.

Pachacuti · 27/08/2013 21:40

Kimberley overcooked her showstopper, though, whereas I don't think Ruby did anything wrong at all this week.

BMW6 · 27/08/2013 21:50

Ruby came third in the tech challenge, Kimberley was first, and yet Ruby won star baker Hmm................ FIX

Pachacuti · 27/08/2013 21:56

But on the other hand there was clearly something particularly impressive about Ruby's technique for incorporating white chocolate into her showstopper bread. Paul looked completely gobsmacked by it.

farrowandbawl · 27/08/2013 22:04

It was a sweet bread, nothing amazing about it. The only thing he was impressed about was her kneeding it by hand - whoop-de-fucking-do. MOST people do that because we don't have the equipment to use a machine to kneed.

The chocolate was sprinkled over the top of the bread, you can not call that incorporated.

difficultpickle · 27/08/2013 22:05

All Ruby did was make and knead by hand. I was surprised at how surprised Paul was that someone would actually do that. If I make bread I always make it by hand as I can't deal with the faff of cleaning the mixer.

nocarsgo · 27/08/2013 22:31

Checking in to say that Kimberley was robbed as well.

I knew Lucy was a goner as soon as she described her non-showstopping Showstopper.