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So I had a look and I couldn't find a thread for this series (apologies if there is one already and if someone could link me!) so I thought I'd start one.

Who is looking forward to the new series starting tonight at 8bells on BBC2??

I still don't know what Susan brings to the show. Is it just the Beeb's attempt to make the show less penis heavy?

Not sure about these starters

@grouchy quite!!

I hope the beeb are trying out greggggg replacements. Though wish we had a proper chefy chef judging on masterchef or one of the critics

Eh Finn MacCool wasn't a giant in owt I was taught as a wee'un

I still don't know what Susan brings to the show. Is it just the Beeb's attempt to make the show less penis heavy?

I think it stops the chef judge doing the presenting, too (often badly) and there's less of the painful, awkward scripted 'converstaions' between the chefs with her there. I think shes better after a few episodes.

Nettles, terrific idea for the banquet here eat these weeds.

I'm not very thrilled by any of the dishes so far.

I liked the awkward judge-chef conversations where the judges could hardly cover how batshit they think the chefs are being.

Out for a fag, yis May tell me how it looks if they plate. Forgot I twisted my ankle earlier. Owww

Oh dear.

Oh no

Oh my head. And an hour more to go

It's 'Paul on a plate'!!!

Fuck me, stones!! They ain't Pebbles Sarah.

Least there was nothing to put there and yuk in today's foods

The fish round has been shite all series

Hahaha re the scores.

Fuck me his fish scores. Lowwwww

Paul was his fangirl and he got binned!!

So disappointed in Susan - normally really like her and she's very quick on quizzes etc
But she seems to know nothing about cooking and her one joke: "I call it a pre-pudding pudding!" leaves my sides quite unsplit.

The egg made me feel queasy - practically raw egg white. Yuck!

And I wish they'd try to represent the books better; at least read the bits they claim to be influenced by.
And why do monkfish if the man was looking for a magic salmon?

They need to ditch the presenter. Her presence is just embarrassing which is a shame as she is very funny in other things. I like having two courses one day though. I also like having the final judging blind (I think they used to do that in much earlier series).

I also like having the final judging blind (I think they used to do that in much earlier series).

Absolutely agree - seemed very counterintuitive not to have it blind.
I think (during the time it wasn't blind) they also used to tell the critics what marks each dish had got, which would be a complete red rag to some of them to show how much more they know than an actual chef.

Always find it interesting to see how the critics receive a dish compared with the professional chefs; often very differently.

Evening.

Hello hello. DH loves these double-cooking-show days.

Those are dire scores, really. They'd better do well today.