Bleurgh Greg Wise on bake off, so needy

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Seriously had been practising sooo hard.

Krishnan was amazing.

Greg was a twat.

I liked Nicola too but was transfixed by her smooth forehead, I found it quite distracting!

His sister died of cancer so it must be a cause close to his heart.

I thought it was sweet that everything he cooked was from his mum's handwritten recipe book. And I really liked the sound of that first cake he made, the one with the hazelnuts.

Haven't watched it yet, but Greg Wise's sister died of cancer a couple of years ago. A friend of mine met Clare Wise when they were having chemo together. When Clare died, my friend posted a link to her blog, which Greg Wise took over writing, describing her last days, her death and funeral, before concluding it. He wrote so movingly. I would forgive him everything on Bake Off because I guess he is trying to do right by his sister.

Greg Wise did come across as a smug try hard. I could imagine him scampering home to Emma to say 'I won star baker' - 'Lovely darling, I've got an Oscar

I thought Greg was okay actually and I liked both Caroline and Nicola. Nicola had a great smile. I found Krishnan had a serious case of sour grapes to be honest and didn't like to see anyone doing better.

I'm sure he's a thoroughly lovely man, just came across as desperate to win. He would have got the same exposure for the cause whether he won or not.

I liked Greg. He took it seriously. Caroline Flack on the other hand is so irritating!

I love Krishnan on Ch4 so was really disappointed in him when he blamed Sandy for his cake disintegrating when it clearly wasn't her fault at all.

It was a brilliant episode. Greg trying his best to win and his little face before they made the announcement Then there was Khrisnan who was hopeless. Caroline was hilarious and Nicola was as brilliant as ever. She’s never baked before and she did really well. I think Paul and Prue were desperate for her to win.

And the moment Sandy and Khrisnan flipped the cake was tv gold.

I didn't mind Krishnan either. I think he was being a bit tongue in cheek. And at least he wasn't doing that 'awww, shucks' thing that so many of them do. Plus his chocolate biscuits looked so tasty. As did Nicola's vanilla ones.

Yes Greg came across as a plonker. Emma Thompson does too. Always virtue signalling then quietly backtracking when she realises she's backed the wrong horse (Roman Polanski for example). Too much self-regard, not enough critical thinking.

But Greg does get points for making an effort and I know he lost his sister to cancer so no doubt it was from the heart.

Caroline annoyed me by playing with her hair constantly. Nicola seemed lovely (love her face!) and Krishnan quite fun and bitchy in a good way.

I think Sandi showed her true colours there also - tried to blame Krishnan for the cake disaster. To be fair it just didn't have enough structure to hold properly but her first reaction was to blame him. She was then missing from the next bit where they had to judge those cakes so I wondered if she was having a bit of a cry!

Never had much of an opinion on Sandi until she joined GBBO but boy oh boy I now find her so annoying!

God, he’s so bloody smug and swotty. I agree that Krishnan thinks he’s a twat, he’s not very good at hiding it.

I agree that Nicola was lovely, sometimes the Olympians can be a bit one dimensional but she has charisma and was engaging.

Nicola and Krishnan were definitely my favourite ‘personalities’ on this one.

I agree that Sandi was out of order with the sponge flip disaster. She should’ve owned her part in it and apologised to him. Maybe she did and it was edited out? I hope so, if not it was crappy of her. Mel and Sue used to accidentally sabotage people’s bakes (eating fundamental parts of them or ingredients, picking them up and breaking them etc) but they were always mortified and helped the baker to rectify it afterwards. They didn’t just wander off.

Recipe on the back of a script because “that’s the only paper we have in the house” [tinkly laugh]

ODFOD, Greg

Loved Nicola. She's so bubbly and fun.

I'm sure it was editing but Caroline looked like she was spending more time 'tiitivating' (nana's word) with her hair and lippy.

Greg was good but boring.

James Acaster is still my favourite.

Oh No. I will have to go and watch it now.
James Acaster was the best contestant ever.

Have you heard his food podcast @iklboo. Very funny, not really about food

@DuckbilledSplatterPuff (love your name) No but I'll check them out, thanks. His biography is really funny too.

I couldn't watch Davina because DH's death from lung cancer is too raw still. I hated myself for skipping it but it was just too soon.

I thought Sandi was out of order, I would’ve been annoyed too if I was Krishnan.