Bake off 2024 ... when will there be buns in the oven?

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Any news yet on when the new series is due to start?
can we expect the same presenting/ judging line up as last year?
Do we think the Hollywood handshake will return?
And please god no tacky theme weeks

With you on the pear hate @jay55

Nelly's reaction to the technical....oh bloody hell!

Nelly took that smash very well. I'd have been fuming at Noel!

Nellie loves Noel.

She did! I'd have been in tears I'm sure!

They all seem so similar in skill level at the moment that it's hard to see who is a potential finalist.

I would have been fuming with Noel if I was Nellie. Especially after Paul's comments on the caramel

Georgie def front runner at this point - other episodes she was one of the weakest ones

They're very good, are they? I'm wondering if the time limits are helping, they seem a bit less brutal than previous years.

If nellie goes because she didn't take her caramel far enough! Think Noel should have said something at that chinwag

@GetSetFake yes the better time scales are very much appreciated by me, hopefully the bakers too.

Does anyone else find the way Noel pronounces ‘almond’ really annoying?

I haven't noticed Noel and almonds. Will.listen closer.

I hope Dylan's come out OK as it sounds gorgeous.

Poor Mike the Farmer.....

I find Noel exceptionally annoying this week - even more than usual.
He's so bloody childish.
Anyway it's only my opinion..

Well done Nellie. That looked yummy.

Nelly is so lacking in self belief, it makes me sad for her

Oh dear. Is Sumayh in trouble?

I hadn't clocked that they must have given them all more time - we haven't seen any of the last minute blind panics of previous years and, consequently, the bakers are delivering to their standards. I love it.

I know it's heartbreaking when she says she doesn't think she's good enough. Her husband sounds amazing.

Andy and his cap have redeemed their self.

Think Mike is in trouble 😔

Yes mousse cake with no mousse

Ah poor Georgie, think she would have got Star Baker if she'd done a good cake.

Think so, it did look like congealed toothpaste

Sumayah or Mike.