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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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yesbutnobut · 21/08/2013 13:40

Poor Toby with his buttoned up shirt! When they showed a clip of him and his dad it was so sweet - what a lovely man he seems.

I thought some of the ideas (sorry can't remember names this early on) were amazing - the secret squirrel cake, those stripy chocolate sticks, the gluten free cake. Surprising though, that some contestants still go for that piped icing look even though in previous series the judges have dissed it (too 70s I think they said last night). The lovely lady in her 60s is obviously very experienced but if she does old fashioned looking stuff she won't go far - sad but true as they're looking for edgier offerings. Like in last year's show with Brendan.

MrsKwazii · 21/08/2013 14:08

Must be gutting to go out in the first show - poor chap. Thought some of the cakes were real car crashes, but still probably better than I could produce under pressure. I'd quite like to see them introduce more preliminary weeks where, say, 50 contestants were whittled down to the final 12/13 a la Masterchef Australia. Gives people a bit of a chance to get over nerves and settle in a bit.

ppeatfruit · 21/08/2013 14:21

Yes yesbut I was esp pleased that there was a GF baker but they didn't mention if he was always using his rice flour and xanthan mix! His choc. cake looked the best to me (i like dark choc.)

Yes the nice ladys' hat cake, Christine was her name (i put on line money on her winning on another thread Grin ) was very refined but i felt the judges were not too impressed.

ppeatfruit · 21/08/2013 14:21

Oh sorry lady I'm fine! Grin

Bakingnovice · 21/08/2013 14:24

Oh I loved Ali. Really want him to win but doubt he will. Did anyone else gasp at the standard this year? It doesn't seem to be about proper amateur bakers as previous series?

I think squirrel woman and star baker guy and council guy were too good, but I don't want them to win. I want to see progression and someone who hasn't perfected baking to win by the end.

I also loved Christine. She seemed so classy, elegant and kind when she hugged Ali. Can't stand Paul. Smug and self absorbed as ever. But just adore Mary and her outfit.

LRDPomogiMnyeSRabotoi · 21/08/2013 14:30

Oooh, I do love Bake Off. Smile

I thought Ali's first cake sounded amazing, and it looked beautiful. The woman who is a gardener (I forget her name) reminds me of Mary Ann in that it's obvious she has an interest in a specific kind of cake, as all of hers used flowers or herbs (like Mary Ann doing historical recipes). I thought her cake with the trees and figs was just beautiful.

The lass with the lovely eyes struck me as just in over her head.

I really liked the bloke who got star baker. I liked how matter-of-fact he was.

Not so keen on military wives woman, somehow.

Was anyone else stunned PH didn't like the salt cake? I was just waiting for him to be perfectly happy with the level of salt. Grin

I always think PH is coming onto the blokes, even though I know perfectly well he's emphatically not gay.

Tee2072 · 21/08/2013 14:53

LRD what have you done to your name?!? I'm going crosseyed trying to figure out what it means. Grin

Indith · 21/08/2013 14:55

She needs some help with work

Indith · 21/08/2013 14:56
BooMeowson · 21/08/2013 15:01

A pretty poor 13 to be honest Sad

I am guessing they want viewers to see the "journey" from amateur baker to amazing baker... But actually I kept thinking how many more deserving people should be there.

LRDPomogiMnyeSRabotoi · 21/08/2013 15:07

Sorry, tee. indith is right. I've put a hoverer up explaining - I'm trying to learn Russian and it's not going in, so this is one more place to write down phrases so I remember to read them and memorize them.

boo - really?! I thought they were good. I thought one of them (forget which) made a good point about how constricting the space is, because although they have all that lovely equipment, they're using ovens and so on that they've never used before, and they're actually working in a pretty small space overall. I have a little galley kitchen at home and the space they have looks to be much smaller than that - I think it would be tricky.

ReturnofSaturn · 21/08/2013 15:10

That guy who got eliminated last night was a pure walking disaster Grin

Indith · 21/08/2013 15:12

Rysski yezik ochen trudno. Ya chyt chyt gavaryoo no ya mnogo zabila.

I am also shit at transliterating.

ExitPursuedByABear · 21/08/2013 15:14

Mary just steals the show with one remark or look doesn't she.

Tee2072 · 21/08/2013 15:15

I agree with you LRD about the space.

I also think they didn't show the good ones last night, but the crap ones. There are too many contestants this year, also.

And thanks for the explanation on your name! Good luck!

Indith · 21/08/2013 15:15

It must be difficult using the ovens etc for the first time. Some of the cakes were just shit though. That "showstopper" that looked like my 4 year old had done it for example. A lot of them are trying too hard I think too. The first series of the bake off people really learned new things along the way and tried them out later int he series on their own creations, this one was all "oh yes I can temper my own chocolate and do this that the other". So what are you going to learn then? Where are you going to go from here?

I'm not sure who I like yet, need a few more weeks and to get rid of a few so my poor brain can keep up with the ones we have left.

LRDPomogiMnyeSRabotoi · 21/08/2013 15:16

I'm really sorry, indith, I don't understand. Something about the Russian language?

I'm off-topic anyway.

Thanks for the good luck, tee. Smile

exit - oh, yes, I do love Mary's looks. Grin

ExcuseTypos · 21/08/2013 15:17

He was Return, but I did fell sorry for him. I wanted to give him a hug.

PH is spoiling it for me, I know we don't know all the ins and outs of somebody's marriage but I just keep thinking he's a cheating womaniser. I kept shouting things at the TV when he was in shot.Blush.

I must try to control myself next week!

Indith · 21/08/2013 15:20

Probably my transliteration, I get all confused, it makes my head hurt. I said Russian language is very difficult. I speak a little but I have forgotten a lot.

Mary is fab. She is such a granny. You can just see her being all wonderful with dinner at Christmas and then making inappropriate remarks about so and so working too much and not cooking for her dh etc after a couple of glasses of sherry.

ExitPursuedByABear · 21/08/2013 15:21

Russian! Why? I did Russian for two years at school and it was soooo hard. Although the fact that the teacher was stark raving mad probably didn't help.

Did you know that babies are born with the ability to make something like 150 sounds but those sounds quickly get reduced to about 75 within the first few months from what they hear around them. The 75 that English speakers use and the 75 that Russian speakers use are totally different.

That is a gross exaggeration but I am sure it felt true when my Russian teacher was sticking her ruler down my throat to help me with my pronunciation.

LRDPomogiMnyeSRabotoi · 21/08/2013 15:22

Not your transliteration, it's me. Thank you for translating. Smile

I do love how Mary made a snide comment about expecting more than a simple Victoria sponge and that bloke made one saying he thought she'd appreciate it being traditional. Hmm I think she enjoys slipping out of the nice grannyish persona.

ExitPursuedByABear · 21/08/2013 15:23

I worked with Mary for a bit in the 80s. She was so, proper. But lovely.

Indith · 21/08/2013 15:27

You worked with Mary! Wow!

Tee2072 · 21/08/2013 15:27

I didn't start watching the show until last series, but I never got the impression that the point was to teach, but to show what you know and what you can figure out?

It will be easier to follow as more get kicked off, I think.

Indith · 21/08/2013 15:28

Exit ALL Russian teachers are start raving mad.