GBBO season 5

[LaChatte]

It's starting soon , I'm far too excited! just hope the transfer to BBC1 doesn't ruin it!

Totally thought it was Gok, and that he was more effeminate than usual

This week's dose of Monkseal is here.

The missing link between Richard and Prince Harry (who is a genuine ginger nut afaik) is Andrew Strauss, former England cricket captain. TA da!

that little girl at the start of the show must be about 8 now

OH MY GOSH. I just met Iain of the beardiness in the services on the way to devon! He was absolutely lovely. He says next weeks bread is full of how and downs too! He was so nice

Ups. Not hows.

If you were going to buy a Mary Berry cake recipe book, which one would you buy?

I've had enough of my mother's Mary Ford book with its typos & recipe mistakes :)

I've got Baking Bible and it's pretty good. Think there might be a newer collection though - mine is about 4 or 5 yrs old.

NB mine has more than just cake in it.

I have Mary Berry's Fast Cakes and her Complete Cookbook and they are both brilliant!!

Just how fast are the cakes?

Swex I am very very jealous! Is the beard as mighty in person as it is on screen?

Sadly his beard has been trimmed. Still very luxurious and lovely. But tamed.

I'm bit of St. Delia fan (I've got all nearly all her books ) I wandered if they asked her to be a judge before Mary.

Does Iain's hair look as weirdly Jedwardy in RL Swex (i'm sure he'd look fine without the hairstyle)

Thanks for for the monkseal link Chatte Is it me or are some of his jokes a bit close to the mark ? He's funny without the sexual content IMHO (looks over glasses and hoists bosom)

His hair was very bouffant!

Sorry - joining very late as just back from holiday and missed first two episodes. Please can someone tell me who has gone out already - unbelievably I can't seem to find out on the GBBO website - doh!

The episodes are available on youtube, far better to watch than us just tell you, but we will if you really want us to.

And Gok Monica calls her self a chef, didn't even know what za'tar is and no-one else in the panel / audience knew, good job someone was there to be able to explain it to them - even if they did edit it out a bit .

Jo Brand was very funny - it's edited down from about 2 hours so lot's of stuff ends up on the editing floor.

Apologies if this has been done somewhere already, but what happens to all the stuff baked on the shows? I've tried googling and can't find any answers. It surely isn't all thrown out?

The crew help eat it.

Woohoo - Week 3!!!

Evening all!

So who's out tonight do we think

Usually the men are quite good at bread so I'm going for the blonde lady with pinky bits (can't remember her name)

Please let it be Jordan.

Don't like Paul's shirt, very washy washy.

DH has just taken a loaf of stout. Read out of the oven, how perfect is that?