Anyone up for a Great British Bake Off Thread? My piping bag is poised!

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That's it really! I love GBBO and I'm sat here waiting....

just wish I had some chocolate to enjoy it with

(I apologise if someone has started a thread, just link me to it and ignore this if so! )

Ah here you are. I'm making biscotti today.

I wish Paul had been kinder with Marie's banter.

Yes Hypotenuse It was as if he didn't want to lower himself to join in, Mel and\or Sue would have reacted very differently

Marie was funny and PH was wooden and humourless, the whole show relies on banter but only when it suits PH it seems!

She didn't have a great 3 rounds but whatshisname never even managed to build a box! Surely in the showstopper challenge that is a big no no.

But whatsisname did well in the previous rounds, and what he baked apparently tasted good whereas Marie's was a bit meh.

Hollywood is way too far up his own chuff

Just caught up agree PH was/is utterly humourless he is taking the 'bad cop' persona a bit too far.

Nadiya is my favourite, I love her attitude I could have cried when her biscuit box thingies collapsed and then Sue broke the second one, but she was so calm and just carried on regardless. I really hope she goes the distance.

I couldn't work out where the baby was on Ugne's creation, it was all a bit psychedelic with that big yellow blob thing on the side (was that the baby?).

Did I hallucinate this, or did I see that Ole Blue Eyes is the subject of a Who Do You Think You Are? Maybe he comes of a long lineage of somewhat self-important, portly bakers who use their Hard Stare to remind nervous women they're Not Easily Impressed?

I did feel for Marie. It was nervous babble, but pretty funny with it, and PH wasn't going to play along and make her feel marginally better for even a second...

I love Nadiya too, definitely my favourite so far. And without wanting to sound patronising or anything I think it's great to see a Muslim woman on TV who's being funny and irreverant and having a great time.

Might help shift some people's perceptions.

But I like her best of all for her black forest gateau!

Oh I'd love if PH had 'portly baker' on his business card!

I was cringing at Paul and Marie - he couldn't even crack a smile! So up himself.

I love Nadiya, quite like the fire engine guy too. Don't know half their names yet!

So far Nadiya's food is the food I would really like to eat and she's the one I would most like to have as a friend! I know what you're trying to say squoosh sadly I think the people's whose perspectives need shifting don't watch GBBO.

I couldn't see a baby on Ugne's either, as you say just a yellow blob, WTF was all that about?! It just all looked messy to me!

Looking forward to Bread next week, I love bread in any shape or form so it will be one of my fave episodes.

I've been singing portly baker this afternoon to the tune of Tiny Dancer. And I don't want to hold portly bakers closer, but at all

Yes you could go round if you were having a bad day and she would cheer you up with tea and sympathy and Madeira cake

Nadiya I mean

Nadiya is my favourite too. Along with the fire engine guy and Sandy.

If Alvin hadn't iced the borders on the components of his box first they would have been ready for him to put together and he would have a box to present.

I thought the firefighter did a great job on the showstopper for only a second episode and should have got star baker.
Love Nadiya - bet the DM aren't very happy though!

I like Nadiya a lot, she's pretty,sensible and sweet natured (so sweet when she was comforting Dorret) in the first ep.. I hope she wins.

Eff the DM!!!! SheHasA

I've just caught up with this week's. I really like Marie, shame she went. LOVE Nadyia, she comes across as such a love.

I haven't read the full thread so please forgive me, but, are they being a bit mean about Doret's frog biscuits?

Wiener I think it was the using of a bought frog cut-out thing - oh the horror! Also, I don't think the colour of them and the taste came up to the mark, personally I think they were a bit mean.

I think we need to start the Nadiya fan club!

Did anyone watch all of Who Do You Think You Are? After they spent 40 minutes on his grandfather I deduced they hadn't discovered any more exciting ancestors and let DH turn over to something he wanted to watch.

Yeah it was pretty dull.

I saw Gareth Malone in the opening credits though and thought 'who is that late middle aged woman?'.

I've downloaded it to watch sounds like I don't need to bother!

Nadiya's such a cutie patootie. My heart is always in my throat every second I see Dorret! She's beautiful and adorable but her nervousness makes me nervous on her behalf.

Also LOVE Tamal, and I too keep getting Iain and Mat mixed up.

And can someone PLEASE arrange for me to spend a day with Mel and Sue? We'd have the best fun.