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Post by alece10 on Sept 21, 2021 19:16:08 GMT
Don't think there is a thread for this year. Admin please remove if there is one.
First impressions?
I know this is very shallow but no eye candy this year.
As for characters, early days but no one stands out so far.
But great to have the series back again.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 21, 2021 19:39:51 GMT
Jurgen and Guiseppe my faves at the moment
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Post by steve10086 on Sept 21, 2021 20:08:30 GMT
I know this is very shallow but no eye candy this year. There definitely is! CHIGS 😍 |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 21, 2021 20:15:10 GMT
Standards seem very low this year sadly. Lots of poor finishing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 20:18:06 GMT
So. Much. Fondant.
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Post by alece10 on Sept 21, 2021 20:54:43 GMT
I know this is very shallow but no eye candy this year. There definitely is! CHIGS 😍 Best of a bad bunch 😀 |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 21, 2021 20:55:08 GMT
Jurgen and Guiseppe my faves at the moment I'll 2nd that. |
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Post by marob on Sept 21, 2021 22:55:33 GMT
I know this is very shallow but no eye candy this year. That is terribly, terribly shallow! It was my first thought too, though. 😂 I really like Noel and Matt together, think they’re a much better pairing than Noel and Sandi, but that opening sketch made me cringe so much. Especially with Paul and Prue being roped into it. I actually felt a bit embarrassed for them watching it. |
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 22, 2021 11:47:35 GMT
I was unable to watch last nights episode- I will do on catch up.
Who knows, gay or straight, this years winner may too end up on Strictly in a year or so?
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Post by cheesy116 on Sept 23, 2021 0:48:25 GMT
I ADORE Guiseppe and Juergen! I don’t usually predict the winner until week 3 or 4 but I’m going for one of them. Don’t count Freya out either. I’ve guessed correct 4 out of the last 5 years 😂
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Post by sfsusan on Sept 23, 2021 14:38:23 GMT
As for characters, early days but no one stands out so far. Perhaps in an effort to avoid some of the aggressively wacky 'characters' of recent seasons, they've gone too far the opposite way and cast for blandness. Of course, until the field gets narrowed, it's harder to stand out without theatrics. They're trying hard to push Maggie (the Prue 'lookalike') and I can't tell what Lizzie's narrative is going to be. I was watching while recording via a DVR, and the sound was slightly out of sync with the picture, so the opening 'skit' was even more surreal than it should have been. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 7, 2021 8:14:57 GMT
I ADORE Guiseppe and Juergen! I don’t usually predict the winner until week 3 or 4 but I’m going for one of them. Don’t count Freya out either. I’ve guessed correct 4 out of the last 5 years 😂 Just caught up with this weeks episode. Good to see the Guiseppe/Juergen axis is still strong |
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Post by sfsusan on Oct 7, 2021 9:30:02 GMT
Lizzie is my biggest surprise, so far. After the first week, between her nerves and her poor performance, I thought she was going to crash and burn early, but she seems to be getting her bearings. Now I'm worried about Maggie, who appears to be moving in the other direction.
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Post by lynette on Oct 7, 2021 11:01:50 GMT
I thought that ultimately they go for taste but seems not. Maggie’s effort was deemed not tasting so good but she stayed. I’m a bit tired of the engineering skills tests; what I would like to see are beautiful and tasty cakes. The biscuit challenge did not showcase biscuits but only ginger bread ( with one other bland one) and the bread challenge had two Italian style breads. I thought they did a specific nationality week later in the series. I’m thinking they have slightly lost their way in this series, going along the Blue Peter route and not the baking expertise route. What I find amusing at least is they way they taste the cakes, so hesitantly as if they might actually be dangerous! And I know it was bread week, Paul’s so called speciality, but he commandeered the judging and made Pru look like an assistant.
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Post by sfsusan on Oct 7, 2021 22:28:03 GMT
I thought that ultimately they go for taste but seems not. I can't think of any televised cooking competition show that's decided solely on taste. They always evaluate the execution as well as how well the entry fits the brief. And unless each round is judged blind, personalities are going to come into it as well. It would be interesting to know how each aspect is weighted. |
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Post by kathryn on Oct 8, 2021 7:31:55 GMT
It’s the basic problem with all TV cookery competitions - we can see the creations but not taste them. So the format will naturally push the contestants to produce something that looks good on TV and we have to take the judge’s word for how it tasted.
Lots of ‘was that 4 and a half hours work?’ this week. The obvious answer being yes, of course it was - the show is as much about time management and multi-tasking as baking.
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Post by tmesis on Oct 8, 2021 16:27:15 GMT
I'm quite enjoying the contestants this year but Fielding and Lucas, who were OK to begin with, are now just appalling - strained attempts at humour that raise nary a titter and no genuine warmth of rapport with the bakers. Makes you realise how good Mel and Sue were.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 8, 2021 17:18:53 GMT
I'm quite enjoying the contestants this year but Fielding and Lucas, who were OK to begin with, are now just appalling - strained attempts at humour that raise nary a titter and no genuine warmth of rapport with the bakers. Makes you realise how good Mel and Sue were. I think interactions with bakers good. Those set pieces at the start of round bad, they're just not funny |
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Post by sfsusan on Oct 8, 2021 17:49:49 GMT
Fielding and Lucas, who were OK to begin with, are now just appalling Those set pieces at the start of round bad, they're just not funny They're beyond not funny, they're embarrassing! Noel does a better job of interacting with the bakers than Matt, but I'm tired of all the double-entendres (especially about Paul Hollywood). It reminds me of QI when Stephen Fry was host... but their smutty jokes were generally funny rather than cringe-worthy. |
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Post by lynette on Oct 9, 2021 20:03:44 GMT
I suppose the off jokes go over the heads of the children watching but honestly why bother. The adults prob all know Hollywood was a naughty boy, why give him credit for it? He isn’t someone I’d like to be stuck in a lift with.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 13, 2021 8:40:39 GMT
As Maggie said, you've got to laugh
I liked Maggie but her baking wasn't up to another week in the tent
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 13, 2021 12:57:39 GMT
They really could have done a double if not triple elimination this week.
There were some really weak efforts on display.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 13, 2021 13:01:15 GMT
They really could have done a double if not triple elimination this week. There were some really weak efforts on display. What a good idea. What show does double eliminations? Is a feature somewhere else |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 13, 2021 16:13:37 GMT
Bake Off has done double saves and double eliminations in the past.
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Post by karloscar on Oct 14, 2021 10:54:24 GMT
How did most of them get past the audition stage if they couldn't even manage to bake a sticky toffee pudding? I could do that at 10 years old.
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