@wowfudge agree. When you look back at early series, the tasks are so much simpler. Now it seems to be a case of picking the most obscure ideas possible. The jelly injections last week were art, not baking, and frankly this week’s technical, the horn of plenty, looked like it would be pretty hard and unappealing even if constructed perfectly.
Much as I wanted hermine to stay, there was no way she could get through after producing inedible food. Her rum baba was underproved and her gelatine cubes looked awful. You could see way before the judging took place that she’d just lost the plot on this one. Whatever anyone thinks about Laura, the judges have said every week that her food tastes great. Even when her ice cream cake hadn’t set, you could see the judges found the taste far better than some of the better looking creations. Laura clearly knows her stuff with balance of ingredients and producing really tasty combinations
Ultimately I’d far rather eat a messy looking but delicious bake than something that looks like it’s out of a Parisian patisserie window but doesn’t taste great.
Of course, looking good as well as tasting good is best of all which is why it looks to be Peter for the win. But if it’s a decision between the two, flavour should win over tidiness.
I really wish they’d stop trying to push the boundaries by setting tasks which aren’t focused on actual baking. I’d rather see a superbly baked simpler showstopper than some weird construction. They’ve done things like a picnic basket of items or high tea in the final before. Something like that would be great... test their ability to create multiple items that taste really scrumptious.