Bake Off 2019

[Hennysmommy]

Im wondering when its back on the telly? Have googled for an answer but no luck.. But i am useless at internet searches. And i dont buy a tv mag.

I'm not inspired by any of them yet. Maybe someone will grow on me. Agree with a PP that there doesn't seem to be the usual age range. social mix etc.

I know this was pages and days ago but:

Notasyoungasiwas

What is different about Paul's face?? We can't agree!! Different colour? Surgery? Whiter hair?

I think he's had some extra hair put in. Men usually cut it as short as they can when they have it done too, which might explain the lack of spikes.

@EntirelyAnonymised ah ta thanks. I like Michelle too then

I remember in an earlier series that someone was eliminated partly because they had used ready-made (i.e. brought in) fondant. Are they now allowed to do that as I didn't notice anyone making their fondant & most of the contestants seemed to use it instead of other types of icing.

Is it only me who found Paul Hollywood's repeated reference to the girl's furry garden yeuk...he seems so seedy now.

You're not the only one Mammajay I can do without the double entendres.

I remember in an earlier series that someone was eliminated partly because they had used ready-made (i.e. brought in) fondant. Are they now allowed to do that as I didn't notice anyone making their fondant & most of the contestants seemed to use it instead of other types of icing.

I've been thinking similarly. But then again, as I've said before it's no longer a baking competition.

I hate the idea of contestants being kept in to be mocked. It's not the X factor.

I hated that, Mammajay. She’s not in a position to tell him to stop acting like an old creep and fuck off. Creepy bastards pretending to have misheard you is such an old trick.

I remember in an earlier series that someone was eliminated partly because they had used ready-made (i.e. brought in) fondant.

Ah but he just made a stack of biscuits and fondant and called it a rocket. It was rubbish and he deserved to go.

Late to the thread, watching on catch-up! Not loving Henry. Not sure what it is about him, but not my cup of tea. The rest of them are much of a muchness so far... looking forward to knowing them a bit better. Can't understand the vet either - she seems to be speaking at 100mph.

The fondant thing may depend on the time factor. ISTR they've allowed things like pre-made jam before.

They should have to make everything IMO.

Mary would have put her foot down. No way did that Jamie make that much fondant when he couldn’t even remember to put eggs in his batter.

I liked the early series better.

"Make a sponge"

Award place.

It does seem much more important to be really artistic now than it did in early series. It used to be more about getting a really good bake but now having to make it look like some amazing piece of art is also essential.

Paul wasn't saying furry garden! He was saying fairy garden! Which is roughly what the cake was depicting.

Everyone just (wrongly) took it to be a double entendre.

It's Paul's beard that is different! Instead of just that sexy goatee, it's now more of a very sharply sculpted full stubble-beard.

Also, the moustache area has lost its previous darker colour, and is completely white now.

I expect he’s been told to say stuff like that, I can’t imagine much of the dialogue from the hosts being spontaneous.

I agree that 'fairy' sounds like 'furry' in Paul's Liverpudlian accent but I think it was done on purpose as a, not very funny, joke.

Of course it was done on purpose. He was mishearing the contestants pronunciation of ‘fairy’ because of her heavily accented English (let’s gloss over the fact that ‘fairy’ and ‘furry’ sound the same in Paul’s native English accent too though, eh). It’s part of the naff and cringe inducing double-entendre scripts that Bake Off have been running forever. They were always embarrassing in the Mel & Sue day’s but they somehow seem worse coming from him because he’s such a seedy creep who’s convinced of his own irresistibility.

Wot, no comments on Extra Slice? I think it's a pity they've still got Tom Allen, one series with him was more than enough for me.

Henry reminds me of a very young Philip Schofield. Not totally, I think it is across the eyes.

I gave up on extra slice after 20 minutes. Tom Allen gets on my last nerve, he just isn’t funny. Even Jo Brand looked bored of him at one point

I quite like Tom Allen but he just annoys me on Extra Slice. I thought Dan came across as even more of a nob than he did in Bake Off.

Dan should not have been sent home.

As for Tom Allen. He just spoils every programme that he is on. I am not looking forward to the apprentice, You're fired because he is taking over from Rhod Gilbert.

Awww... I like Tom Allen!

Dan's tattoo was spectacular. I don't like tattoos but that was remarkable!

Love Tom Allen! He’s the main reason I watch Extra Slice. Although Scarlett Moffat’s apologetic and genuine heave at the sweet corn cake was the funniest thing on last night’s.
Shame about Dan, he comes across as really genuine and a bit shy. Think he would have done some good stuff if he’d stayed (although the fruit had sunk to the bottom of his cake last night).