Absolutely bloody typical.
Take a successful tv show and twist it to suit a particular agenda.
Why don't they get the unique nature of Bake Off? It was gently competitive, we were able to marvel at the skills of the bakers and get to know them. Age and experience paired with youth and enthusiasm.
Now the bakers are all bloody 'woke' , in their 20s, and selected to fit an agenda. It infuriates me. I loved the older contestants, who had been baking for years, mixed with the young ones who were just getting into it.
Do not tell me that this 'cast' is made up of the best bakers in the country or that there was a skill led selection process.
It also pisses me off when the challenges are ridiculous and move far beyond what home bakers could aim to emulate. Remember last year's final when they had to cook on a bloody hot stone or something outside? 🙄
There are SO few shows that can be easily cross generational and engage the whole family, why are they messing with a well tried format in this way.
Apparently one of the categories this year is going to be 'festivals'? Seriously?
The bakers are so carefully curated across colour, sex, sexuality etc. Why have older people been culled from this year?
I loved watching older women like Nancy, with her years and years of knowledge and even last year, the older chap who had lost his wife and the two fathers.
Cross, I am.