The Great British Baking Show

A new season is on right now on pbs I tHink it's already aired in the UK but it's on here now.

Mary!

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It's like comfort food, safe and heartwarming. I usually enjoy a few episodes at the beginning of the season until I then forget it at some point. If there are hot guys I might last almost until the end. The show is being made in various countries but from the ones I've seen the UK one is the only that truly works perfectly.

I want one of Mary's walnut cakes

This was such a great season. The bakers were delightful, especially Tamal and Nadia.

Tamal is so wonderful. I want him inside me.

Is he a hot tamal?

The judges are so complimentary to the bakers, and seem genuinely crushed when they have to send someone home. The other bakers are practically in tears when someone else leaves.

I like how there are no prizes. It's all for the experience.

An American version would require cash, gifts and the promise of fame and glamour.

R9, it seems many of the earlier winners have turned the win into a career. Before the finale of this season The Daily Mail wrote the winner might end up earning up to £1M from all the work they'll be getting.

Its great to see everyday people turn their passion for baking into a career through book deals, newspaper columns, and tv appearances. And all the bakers are truly nice people, which makes a change from the fame-hungry/drama-creating contestants from the likes of Big Brother etc.

R11, yeah well I still wouldn't forget that this is a very controlled reality tv show you're seeing. One part of the script is that the contestants seem nice and normal. I'm not saying the contestants are exactly being fed the lines but they themselves know that they have to behave the certain way. And I'm not saying it's wrong at all and personally I enjoy watching this kind of show much more than the average reality competitions with aggressive contestants.

You see the "fake" niceness when you watch this show's foreign versions. Something feels a bit off in them. Like I said earlier the UK version is the only one that really has the perfect combination of niceness, comedy and steel cold evil (Paul and Mary at times) in it.

I want to audition for the American version, but I don't know if it's coming back again this year.

I'm a good baker, but there are some things I've never made before, like puff pastry.

They're so civilized!!

Fun recaps at NYMag

I like the types of food they bake - bread, cake, biscuits, desserts - but most of the bakers include too many ingredients that wouldn't appeal to me.

They're always mixing in apricots, nuts, onions, garlic, spices, or something that would dominate the flavor, like orange-flavored chocolate.

No joke, it is easily one of the best shows on television. There's a reason it's the number one show in the UK.

Crying over cheesecake. I get it.

I don't get the British need to turn most baked items into a gross fruit cake.

I love it. Some of the contestants should get blue ribbons for their jacked teeth as well.

Aww one of my favorites left. She was fun.

Back to back episodes! What a treat!

Ian for the win!

It always makes me feel hungry and desperate for cake or whatever they're making that day.

[quote]I want to audition for the American version, but I don't know if it's coming back again this year.

It is. They picked up a full American season and a second round of the the abbreviated Great Holiday Baking Show that aired last winter. It's going to be on ABC, filmed in the Tent in England, and judged by Mary.

They made cream horns this week. I'd like to taste Tamal's.

I work as a Brand Soecialist for KitchenAid in the UK. I've met a lot of these contestants dating back to Season 1 onward at trade shows and PR events and they are all, by and large, very nice. And it's not just the winner that benefits - at present usually three a series get book deals, sponsorships and columns in broadsheet newspapers. They do have to be genuinely passionate about baking.

The BBC usually revisits a series' contestants in a special programme the following year which is really fun. And KitchenAid - whom some consider to be the star of the show - is back on the bakers' work tops this year!

Paul Hollywood has the most beautiful eyes. I would love to cuddle with him all night.

It really could be titled "The Great British Fruitcake Baking Show"

The new season starts soon in the UK. Can't wait!

It's the realest reality show ever!

🎂🍮🍞🍝🍧🍨🍫🍪🍓🍡🍣🍇🍩🍚🍊🍡🍧🍻

And the very best part . . . . .

NO GORDON RAMSEY !

Gordon is the reason why I can't watch Masterchef anymore (TOO MUCH SHOUTING). R31

I would like to thrust my penis inside one of the many cakes!

R27 Been there, done that.

Like others have said, I usually watch the first few eps and then forget it's on until the end. Mary seems so terribly elegant, the kind of refinement one can only get from having a lifetime of so much privilege that you spend all your days thinking about the perfect crunch on cookies. I've read that if any one of the contestants bursts into tears or has a real meltdown, the hosts gather around them and start saying brand names and swear words so that the footage can't be used to embarrass them on TV, but I don't know how true that is. The lesbian host is just my type, though; she's adorable.

[quote]Mary seems so terribly elegant, the kind of refinement one can only get from having a lifetime of so much privilege that you spend all your days thinking about the perfect crunch on cookies.

Mary was hardly to the manor born. She started off as an appliance saleswoman.

[quote] She started off as an appliance saleswoman.

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

[quote]Is he a hot tamal?

I love this show; it's so refreshing to watch a reality production in which everyone is actually nice and professional.

The estate where they film it is so lovely. Everything about this program is a soothing escape.

Finally, I can't believe Flora was only 19 during filming! She was so composed; I assumed she was 26-28.

Martha, who was on the previous season, was even younger. I think she was 15.

LOL R36 there's no shame in that, but you know what I mean - she still seems elegant to me! I like the way she speaks to people. If someone's concoction is awful, she says so almost apologetically, as though she shares in their extreme disappointment. Or the glint she gets when she's talking about the perfect ganache or whatever. She always makes me smile.

When she was tasting Tamal's final project, she said she'd practiced "rude things" because she hadn't expected to turn out well. Then she found it delicious, and had to struggle for compliments.

She was also so proud of Nadiya that she herself teared up at the end.

I want her to be my grandma.

I want Mary to bake me a chocolate cake. Several chocolate cakes. And pies. And cinnamom buns. And macarons. And pumpkin spice bread. And lots of other things !

The new bakers. Who will be this season's hot Tamal(e)?

No hot ones on the new season. Rob in season 2 and Stuart in season 3 were both smoking hot. Rob is gay and Stuart is married but damn, both are hot.

Snoop Dogg is a huge fan. Who knew?

Mary probably wouldn't approve of Snoop's brownie recipe.

I should've watched this show before I went to London last month. Then I wouldn't have had to ask the clerk at Pret A Manger what a Bakewell Tart is.

Nadya for the win! Even though this Season's Bakers wasn't as strong as season's past. they still blow Americas bakers away by a mile

Anyone know why it's called The Great British Bake-Off in the UK? Like us dumb Americans won't know what a bake-off is?

Pillsbury has rights to the word "bake-off" in the U.S., apparently.

Speaking of rights, I hope PBS gets the rights to air the first three (four?) seasons of the show in the US. The first season aired here was, I think, the fifth season of the show.

Everyone is in a huge tizzy because the show is moving from the BBC to Channel 4. They're calling it #Breadxit on Twitter.

I had been catching bits and pieces here and there but finally sat down and watched all of the first season that was shown in the US (the one that Nancy won.) It was available on Netflix or Amazon (can't remember which one) for free, but the subsequent seasons were $2.99/episode! Is there somewhere where they can be seen for free?

Try PBS.org, although it may only be available there when the show is airing.

Mel and Sue have left the show so a new presenter needs to step in.

It should be someone cuddly who we could imagine eating cake. Maybe Dawn French or Stephen Fry?

This is the biggest thing wrong with the move:

[quote]The Great British Bake Off will be moving from the BBC to Channel 4 without hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

I've watched the show from maybe 4 or 5 countries and the Brit version is the only that truly works BECAUSE of the perfect balance of the four hosts.

BTW, the new season is at its fourth week currently in the UK.

It's the BBC's most popular programme and they should have forked out the money needed to keep it. Channel 4 will just stock it with the young and beautiful and that formula won't draw the same audience numbers. If they hire Davina McCall (as rumoured) that will send more people running for the hills (even worse would be Emma Willis or Caroline Flack).

Love Productions, the makers of TGBBO was bought by Rupert Murdoch in 2014. This is all his handiwork. Anything to piss on the BBC's parade even at the expense of this ratings winner.

He knew that the Beeb was financially constrained and so making the negotiations all about money now after several series was an easy spoiling tactic. The utter cunt.

I hate that it's leaving the Beeb. Now it will be awful adverts every 10 minutes. Are Mel & Sue definitely out or is it just that they haven't negotiated a C4 deal yet? I suspect any changes to the original formula will kill the ratings. IPersonally, don't think I could stand a season of Davina's squawking if she gets the deal. The only things worse would be Holly Willabooby or Emma Willis.

[quote]It's the BBC's most popular programme and they should have forked out the money needed to keep it.

Are you sure? The price quadrupled to £75M for three seasons. I doubt BBC would've managed to get that cost covered from the sales.

Looks like there might have been issues between Love Productions and the Beeb. I think Love Productions were reaching a bit.

And no, if Mel and Sue say they're out, they're out and no negotiations

I loved Tamal and I wish he had won, but I'm glad that the young woman won. I'm sure it will help her future endeavours more than any of the others.

I will send you all the announcement when Tamal and I get married. He is my perfect mate. And he's gay. He needs a husband who understands him and appreciates the lovely confections that he produces.

Mel and Sue have gone. I thought they would be part of the expensive package. Maybe Paul and Mary will go too. Have Ch4 just bought the rights to the location and set up?

R62 Back off. Tamal is MY cream-filled Twinkie!

I'm late to the party. But, I've watched a few seasons on YouTube (including Extra Slice). I LOVE this show! And, I don't even bake or cook. I really enjoy the positive vibe of the show.

I am sad that it's moving to ITV and Mel & Sue have quit. Very disappointed.

I think Michael is adorkable!

Also, Tom has beautiful eyes.

I doubt the show will work as well without Mel and Sue. Better enjoy season 7 while I can!

[quote]It should be someone cuddly who we could imagine eating cake. Maybe Dawn French or Stephen Fry?

I'm free! Just no icky bisexuals, please.

They want to do a celebrity bake off.

There has been annual celebrity shows for Red Nose Day in the UK R69

I just found Season 1 (which I don't think ever aired in the US) of the Bake-Off on YouTube and have watched the first two episodes. The format was somewhat different back then (the copyright date is 2010, so I guess that's when it was filmed.) They started out with ten bakers, but eliminate TWO each week. The judges don't rank the technical challenge competition from first to last like they do in the current version. And there's no "Star Baker" award. They also take the tent and the entire production to a different location in GB each week, which must have been a challenge.

And there are a lot of historical featurettes by Mel and Sue throughout the program, which I find fascinating. Mostly about the history of food and its connection to the locale they're visiting that week. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of Season 1 and then hopefully finding Season 2 (which also never aired in the US) on YouTube as well.

I watch periodically from Canada. Great show. Love the cooking tension as the clocks runs out then the judges each have their assessments. Very entertaining.

On one of the episodes I just watched, they zoomed in on one of the recipes for the technical challenge-- it said something like "one pound butter or stork." What the HELL is "stork" in this context?

Mary Berry loves margarine.

It's a brand of margarine? Hasn't anyone over there ever heard about hydrogenated fats?

We've found all the episodes on YouTube except for all of Season 4 which is a bit of a whiffy season anyway.

The seasons in order of my preference: 6, 5, 1, 3, 2, 4

So far, 7 is ok...but not as well cast as 6 and 5.

Without Sue and Mel, the show is gonna suck. If Paul and Mary leave, it's doomed.

[quote]I watch periodically from Canada. Great show. Love the cooking tension as the clocks runs out then the judges each have their assessments. Very entertaining.

I watched Season One of the Norwegian version. One of the cooks placed her cakes on a cooling rack on the floor by her station for some reason only for another contestant to tread all over them inadvertantly. It was even funnier than Dianagate.

I love this show and the breadxit is really frustrating. Mel and Sue are perfect , C4 will run the show into the ground that's for sure. Season 6 was the best so far.

I'm thirsty for the ginger Irish guy this season. He's so ugly-adorable.

R79, I concur. Andrew is a cute ginger in a dorky way. My favourite contestant this season is Val who is delightfully cuckoo. She's a former primary school Head Teacher so she has an answer to everything.

I also recommend "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice" with Jo Brand. The current season is available on YouTube. The show features the baker who has been eliminated for the week plus 3 different celebrity Bake Off fans.

Andrew

Eccentric Val

Is this the show with the woman Muslim baker? I loved her food and all the faces she would make.

Last weekend I caught a "spin-off" program for TGBBO... it's a masterclass program with just Paul and Mary. They re-create items that they gave the contestants to bake. Mary re-creates three recipes as does Paul. I really enjoyed the show. P&M seem genuinely entertained with each other. I think there was also some amusement/irritation at how the conduct themselves in the kitchen. The looks they throw at each other are entertaining. Paul's definitely a big ole bear; watch the first episode and see how he throws and beats the dough - g'rrrr.

Look for it on PBS or find it online.

I want paul Hollywood to be my dad.

Andrew is delish. I hope he wins. R83 if you mean Nadiya then yes, she was last year's winner. Her faces were the best!

Paul looks muscular and hot! He needs to wear tighter shirts.....

Everyone I know who watches this show says the same thing. It's refreshing, an honest, straight-forward, healthy competition without the juvenile snark and petty, demeaning drama. After a viewing, you feel good (and learn new things) instead of like you got dragged through a presentation of a cut-throat, degrading sewer that only demonstrates the ugly side of competition and humanity.

The 28 best British Bake Off innuendoes

What kind of name is "Giedroyc?"

Are they doing the American holiday version again this year?

Just finished watching the British Season 1. I noticed that nearly all of the contestants say "crème pâtisserie" when they're referring to "crème pâtissière." Is this a common usage in the UK? Seems sort of like one of those transposition errors that eventually become accepted (sort of like "chaise lounge" in the US for the correct "chaise longue.")

Surely Andrew is a transman?

Gutted about the breadxit, I'm far more interested in seeing Mel and Sue in a new show than another season of Bake Off without them.

[quote]We've found all the episodes on YouTube except for all of Season 4 which is a bit of a whiffy season anyway.

I can't find Season 2 - can you provide a link? I've only found one episode (5.)

I want Paul Hollywood to check my pie for doneness. Then I want Tamal to double-check.

I'm sure Paul will tell you that you have a soggy bottom.

Actually they seem to do a bit of "stunt casting". They usually have at least one person (usually female) who seems one anxiety attack away from a straight jacket and there's usually at least one males who appears to be a fish out of water--the fireman, the prison warden, etc.

Channel 4 will make it less about the bakes and more about the contestants, with manufactured romances amongst the cast.

More bad news if it's true.

It's very strange to always hear them use the word "bake" as a noun.

[quote]Sue’s statement, they concluded that they would ‘not go with the dough’ – a reference to the bread often baked on the show and a slang term for money.

Is "dough" not commonly known as money in the UK since the metro article had to explain that it's slang for money?

Polish via Lithuanian, R90, just like Gielgud.

Andrew has been robbed of Star Baker a few times and looks like next week he'll be having troubles with his oven. This show plays with my heart!

R93: I also 'read' Andrew as a transman, but I'm not entirely sure. What do other viewers think?

When you type in "bake off Andrew," Google's top suggestions are "bake off Andrew trans" and "bake off Andrew transgender". I also wondered if he may be T when we only had still pictures of the contestants, but after seeing his cock bread I think he's a male DLer.

Mary had a good one last night; something about Selasi having a massive space to put his pork.

It's Polish, r90.

The Great British Bake Off: Viewing rises by half a million

Damn, I didn't read Andrew as a transman but now that you're saying it I kinda see it. Don't want to sound like a transphobic cunt, but I hope he's not.

That's his twitter if anyone wants to search for any clues.

Nah R101, 'dough' isn't a British slang term. As far as food-related UK slang terms for currency go, you'd be more likely to hear 'bread' used. This comes from the Cockney Rhyming slang term 'bread and honey' (rhyming with 'money'), which may be where 'dough' originated.

'Bread' isn't a very common slang term either, though. IMO the most widely-heard terms (at least in London) are 'cash' (sometimes 'on-the-nail), 'quid' & 'dosh'. £100 is 'a ton', £1,000 can be 'a bag'. 'a big one' or 'a grand' (see The Streets album 'A Grand Don't Come For Free'). If you went back in time about 30 years, you'd also hear 'shrapnel' & 'brass' (for small change), or 'wedge' & 'wonga' (for large wads of notes).

To anyone interested, here are the GBBO Season 7 Episodes 1-4. Watch them before they are deleted.

R50 Its a pun on face-off

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R82 she's so sweet lol

R112 oh well.

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The Great British Bake Off: Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood 'offered big money by Channel 4' to stay with ex-BBC show

What We Lose When We Lose Mel And Sue

Great Article! It articulates very well why we love the GBBO.

We're available!

I think it's a disaster in the making. Mel and Sue were right to leave, and I presume Mary and Paul will follow. We've managed to find most of the different versions to watch. After Britain, South Africa came the closest. Ireland was okay, but America and Australia were awful. At least the American one had Mary Berry. The Australian version consisted of crass product placments, and loud tacky music cues. The British version works so well, mostle because of the chemistry between the two hosts and the two judges. Sorry to see it end.

[quote]At least the American one had Mary Berry.

Only the SECOND American version (the Holiday one) had Mary Berry, and that's because it was filmed in England. (Mary wouldn't travel to the US.) The first version had Paul H. and Marcela Valladolid (with whom Paul allegedly had an affair).

R120, nothing alleged about the affair, it happened. You only need a quick google to see it was a very public thing in Britain. Hollywood's wife left him for it but later returned to him.

I personally have no trouble believing Hollywood will stay with the franchise if he's paid enough. Nothing wrong with that, this is the biggest thing in his career and I'm sure he wants to see it till the end.

Is there anywhere to see Series 2 and 3?

'Dough' absolutely is a British slang term, meaning cash. It's gone out of favour with the youth, but was used a lot last century and is still used amongst 40 plus.

[quote]Only the SECOND American version (the Holiday one) had Mary Berry, and that's because it was filmed in England. (Mary wouldn't travel to the US.) The first version had Paul H. and Marcela Valladolid (with whom Paul allegedly had an affair).

There's going to be another holiday edition and a US series filmed in England. As far as I know, Mary is still one of the judges for both.

I don't know if they've replaced Nia Vardolos and Ian Gomez are the hosts, though.

[quote] 'Dough' absolutely is a British slang term, meaning cash.

Um, are you suggesting this isn't a common American slang?

The Great British Bake Off 2016 - Series/Season 7 - Episode 5 - Pastry Week

Oops, sorry, the video has been deleted. Just watched it.

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i'd rather watch a sparrow devour a big pile of cow flop.

The show shits itself to show diversity, and watching some head-covered Momad gal do tarts is just stupid. And the third-world back stories are just too fucking much.

R128, Hollywood thanked Mary later:

"'I want to thank the BBC and Mel and Sue for making my time in the tent great fun and really rewarding.'I'm staying in the tent with the bakers where I belong. I want to thank Mary. I'll miss her but she has made the right decision for her.'

Hollywood later said he and Berry remain 'great friends', and he explained why he did not mention his co-judge in his original statement.

'When I spoke about my news earlier on, I did not know what Mary was saying about her decision, and more importantly had not been able to speak to her,' he said."

That's the end of Bake Off.

Hollywood can't carry the show without Mary or Mel and Sue, as his short-lived US version demonstrated.

Ha ha ha!

Chuffed it's over, not before time. It was anodyne gutless shite from the jump, fuelled only by desperate camp & pandering.

The Beeb was just killing time until the return of the only decent programme they have right now, which is ofc 'Peaky Blinders' long-awaited 3rd series (starting in a few weeks time). Can't wait to see some talented actors handle good material.

Hollywood wants to be Simon Cowell

BREAKING NEWS: The tent has also quit the show!

Wow, Ruby does not mince words! I love her!

R138 Ruby's great! I love her on twitter. and she's a lesbian so bonus points

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Ruby was kind of a mental case, though. She was so easily depressed, and running herself down. She seemed on the verge of a nervous breakdown even when she did well. A total headcase.

[quote]Hollywood can't carry the show without Mary or Mel and Sue, as his short-lived US version demonstrated.

Paul couldn't keep it in his pants for the US version. I guess he didn't have that temptation with Mary.

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I really do not get the popularity of these shows.

R144 I don't like competitive baking or cooking shows but GBBO stands out for some reason, it's very lighthearted and any drama is intentionally portrayed as silly

I like GBBO more than any of the US competition shows because they don't seem to make an effort to cast crazy people or morons for "drama."

Davina McCall, the ex-host of Big Brother UK, is being considered as a replacement host.

Davina is far too low-rent for the GBBO. This would be more like Sandi Toksvig territory.

Isn't Sandi busy hosting QI? (And can we please get QI in the States, pleaseandthankyou? Copyrights, be damned.)

[quote] There were rumours Paul Hollywood favored her because of her looks.

Paul Hollywood seems to flirt with every sexy person in the show, female OR male. The show's sort of always played with him being a big slab of sexy man meat. The silverback gorilla joke has come up many times during the years, mostly from Sue.

I'm not surprised at all Ruby felt apparently sexually threatened by Hollywood even if there wasn't anything behind it, especially if she's really gay. She sounds a bit insufferable. She makes fun of Hollywood being a 'peacocking manchild' and this tweet from her really says all there is to know about her:

"this, from a man who turned up to work revving a rental lamborghini. or was it a ferrari. i don't remember, the air was thick w testosterone"

She obviously can't stand flashy and manly men, and that's exactly what you get with Paul Hollywood.

Davina is a terrible choice - she's a heavy handed presenter who doesn't have a light touch and is just too well known.

Oh my god who cares! I just need to know if my crush Andrew is a cis male please.

[quote] I can feel it thickening.

Andrew on his key lime curd

r152 - You must not be a superfan. I would give it to Andrew from the front OR back

[quote] More ginger. Love the ginger.

Andrew, while grating ginger

I'm watching the season with Ali, who will be my next husband.

Just found out Paul Hollywood is not gay. To hell with it, then.

What part of the UK is Paul Hollywood's accent from? He pronounces certain words (like "perfection") quite strangely.

Even Anna Kendrick is a fan of the show (but not Paul Hollywood).

When Hollywood got right up in Nadiya's face and looked into her eyes adoringly, I knew she was going to be the winner. I don't like it when competitions are determined based on judges' hormones.

Until then, I had enjoyed seeing the new and bizarre flavors the bakers would mix along with Mary's fussy categories.

Does anyone else watch TGBBO - Masterclass? It's a show where Mary and Paul re-create some of the recipes they had given the season 6 contestants. It's an easy hour of TV, Mary and Paul seem to get along quite well as friends who needle each other in a gentle manner.

Is this a program produced for PBS? I guess they won't produce anymore episodes with Breadxit...

R159: he has a Liverpool accent.

Tom is cute, but married to a woman.

Hollywood is the son of a baker, whereas Mary's background is a bit more posh--daughter of the mayor.

That Marcella V-whatever her name is on that's on FN's The Kitchen is pregnant again. Rumor has it that Paul is the father of her first child. I believe she's not married. Is Paul the father of baby #2?

R166 Her first child (Fausto) was born well before she met Paul H. She recently had child #2 (David) and is now pregnant with #3.

[quote] I'm a desserts' man through and through.

Andrew, star baker

I would like to know what goes on behind the scenes and have a lot of questions about the show. For one -- how do they get running water into the tent? Or do they have to go elsewhere for water?

Can't they just make a new show with Mary, Mel, and Sue and call it something different?

Ruby always seemed close to needing a straight jacket--yes Paul has vanities, but she seems a trifle over sensitive

r171 It's STRAITJACKET.

She's still teetering on the brink of insanity.

King Andrew should WIN this goddamn show

Finally finished watching the season with Ruby, Kimberley and Frances. Frances was a good choice, but I thought Kimberley was more consistent overall throughout the season. My PBS station doesn't indicate in the cable guide which season each show belongs to, and it gets kind of confusing trying to watch only the ones I haven't seen before. I hope the next batch they show is of the next season, because they're still interspersing their broadcasts with shows from the previous season as well.

Ruby is a nutjob.

It was sad to see the last episode on the BBC: without Mary Berry, Mel & Sue, there is no show as far as I'm concerned. The whole 'is Andrew trans?' debate seems to have been answered, though: they showed him as a young boy in family pictures.

Andrew was ROBBED. k he sucked and had a soggy bottom but I still wanted him to win ;C

Yes, I was very sad too, knowing that the show as we know it is over for good. And I really didn't care who won as I loved all three. But it was obvious after the third bake that Candice would win. And the idea of Andrew as a transman is ridiculous. All transmen have beards, everybody knows that! The question really is, is he gay?

i love andrew, he's so gay

My PBS station just started to show the season with my future husband Tamal. Was that the most recent one filmed, or is there a later one?

And a question for our British friends-- one of the contestants had a problem with the oven (she forgot to preheat) and said it was because at home she had an "aga," and implied that it was always on. I have no idea what an aga is, and why would someone have an oven that was on all the time? Wouldn't that be wasteful and unnecessarily heat up the kitchen?

it's a type of oven just google it

Candace WINS!!!!!

[bold]Last laugh for BBC as it retains rights to sell Great British Bake Off format abroad[/bold]

They may have lost the Great British Bake Off to Channel 4, but the BBC may have the last laugh after all. The ongoing deal is thought to be worth millions, and is unaffected by the change of broadcaster for the main UK series. Their commercial arm has confirmed it holds the rights to sell the format abroad until 2028. BBC Worldwide has already sold the show’s format to 23 countries, allowing them to create their own local versions while remunerating Love Productions and feeding money back to the BBC.

Tamal was in Season 6 R181. Season 7 is just finishing and the final episode is next week when we catch up with last year's bakers.

Candace was a gracious winner this year.

Watched the Class of 2015 last night. Worth catching up to see Nadiya bake a cake for the Queen (the other one, not Mary the Queen of Bakes).

It's kind of confusing, because I'm watching Season 6 (the Tamal season) on PBS, but I guess when they re-edit it to change the title and do some other edits they add a new copyright date based on when PBS aired/edited it-- it's showing a 2016 copyright, even though I guess in the UK it was shown in 2015.

I'm up through the Desserts episode (which is confusing for Americans, because we think of all sweet stuff as desserts.) Sandy just got eliminated.

I'm fascinated by the quality and diversity of the baked goods. I consider myself something of a foodie, but I've never heard of at least a third of the things they're baking (or some of the ingredients, like pontefract.) Has anyone in the US ever had a Spanische Windtorte?

Andrew was over 6 ft tall, definitely not trans. Transmen are rarely skinny and tend to be flabby and have as much facial hair as possible. He was more twinky.

I don't know whether to be shocked or not that so many of you queens are swooning over Andrew...a fellow queen.

Really? I mean, he's sweet but...skinny, androgynous twinks are your big turn on?

Especially since this season had the adorably hot sex god Selasi, with the sexy smirky smile and those bedroom eyes...

WOOF!

I saw a promo last night for the upcoming return of "The Great American Baking Show." Looks like it's Nia and Ian (just realized their names are anagrams of each other), Mary Berry, and Johnny Iuzzini (at least it looked like him.) And it appears to be in the UK once again. (I don't think Mary travels.)

After having watched several iterations of the British counterpart, I can predict I will be almost as ashamed of the American contestants as I was of the American election results. It's terrible they can't find better bakers for this show.

Tamal is SUCH a dreamboat! I just saw the episode where he got Star Baker. Gay, a physician, and cute -- my dream man.

New shows start today on my local PBS channel (NYC). Check your schedules, fellow baking fans.

It appears to be on Friday nights at 9 where I live, on regular PBS, not Create. I missed the new "Bread" episode. Thanks for the heads up, R193.

Lots of men on this new season. Of course, all of them are gay or closeted. The ginger may burst into flames at any moment.

Those Jeffrey cakes(?) that Mary had them make for the technical challenge looked nasty with the jelly.

Jaffa cakes R195 made with jaffa oranges are delicious

r195 "Jeffrey cakes"?

We don't have Jaffa cakes in the U.S.

Anyways, I'd rather taste Jeffrey's cakes.

From COOKING FOR JEFFREY, r198.

R198 Yes we do. I even bought some at DL's preferred shopping destination -- ALDI!

I'm always afraid to read these threads since some asshole always posts spoilers about episodes that haven't aired in the US yet.

I absolutely lived for that moment when Mary gave Hollywood a look and said "We don't do that in the South" as he dipped his Jaffa cake in his tea like a rube.

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As much as I liked the BBC's " The Great British Bake Off "I loved the new season of the show on England's channel 4. I watched the entire new season on line. Paul and the new hosts are wonderful and have gotten great reviews.

A ginger myself, I have never, EVER been attracted to another redhead in my life...

...until now. I would bury my face in Andrew's pasty Irish ass until I passed out from lack of oxygen.

[quote] I'm always afraid to read these threads since some asshole always posts spoilers about episodes that haven't aired in the US yet.

Spoiler alert! Someone doesn't leave the bake in tbe oven long enough and it's got a soggy bottom!

So, how does everybody feel about Prue and Noel? I wasn't prepared to like them because I loved the others so much, but I'm totally impressed. Noel is wonderful - silly and kind and does a fantastic job of keeping the mood light. Prue is no Mary Berry (how could she be), but she's interesting, and that jewelry is a trip. I even like the roly poly blond dyke. She interacts well with Noel. Paul is still just a vain, barrel-chested adulterer. Last week I saw him give out THREE handshakes during one show. That's bloody stupid.

Noel always seems like he's trans - does that kind of eccentric affectless Goth femme style read differently in a British context?

I just started watching season 5 on Netflix yesterday. I'm not enamored of the two comic hosts. That guy looks like a goth lesbian vampire. The woman is about as funny as a toothache. I have taken to Paul Hollywood's new co-host Prue. The blatant copying of the former comic host's style is off putting as well. Their '3 2 1 BAKE' imitations make them look sad. Couldn't the producers come up with something new for these two to make their own? I also think they told Hollywood to step up the handshakes.

I'll keep watching it, but I won't enjoy it as much as I did with the old crew.

Paul's ego is annoying. I bet he wanted Mary gone. This new judge finally started standing up to him by the last shows. I also thought he was jealous of the male contestant who won so many of the early shows this season.