Great British Bake Off Part 2

I'm disappointed that there really is only one mildly attractive guy this season.

I had seen a few episodes here and there but never really paid attention.

I saw this on Netflix and now I’m hooked!

I’ve been watching the first season ever as well.

Should I watch the Christmas episodes?

It’s better that the show focuses on the drama of trying to complete the challenge rather than interpersonal occurrences.

The Christmas episodes are fun, sort of an All Stars kinda thing. It gets your mind off.

And even he was fat and got booted last episode, R1.

There is a thread that was started earlier.

For those who want to see it earlier, here is episode 7.

Who ever heard of "finger donuts?" And how is it an 80s thing?

Finger Donuts are just crullers. Which was just as popular in the 70s and 90s.

Tough call between Laurie and goth Lottie. I can’t say who I’d have chosen, it was so close.

I felt very bad for the bakers in that hot tent, and the bad luck of weather in these challenges (deep frying and freezing must have been miserable under the conditions of that tent).

I like the hosts and cast and judges. Poor Noel really needs to see a stylist right away, and lose the leggings and high heeled boots. He could be so attractive but needs to lose the Silence of The Lambs vibe. Dressed as he is, I can easily see him singing “Goodbye Horses” in the mirror, but dressed normally he’d be fine.

[quote]Tough call between Laurie and goth Lottie.

Laura.

Did anyone catch Noel's reference to Grindr?

Lottie deserved to go over Laura. Didn't she practice at all? Paul told her that her plan wasn't going to work and she ignored him. Laura's disaster was mostly down to a stupid mistake, and it seemed to at least taste good. Looks like she's got more disaster coming next week, so I doubt she'll be there much longer anyway.

[quote]Should I watch the Christmas episodes?

Yes! They're fun and festive and low stakes - nobody is terribly stressed out. I watched all of them this summer when I was feeling particularly down, and they were great moodlifters. My favorite was the one with Val and Paul of lion bread sculpture fame.

I can’t look at that bald albino or Noel the semi trans , is he transitioning ? I’m not trying to be glib. He truly had the look of beginning to but never truly commits. The British urine colored teeth on the contestants is so oft putting. Paul is hot and Pru is delightful but two hosts is overkill especially when they’re equally unfunny and add nothing. Also the chick who just got booted, Hermine, her teeth were way too much for her mouth so it made her hard to understand.

[quote]Also the chick who just got booted, Hermine, her teeth were way too much for her mouth so it made her hard to understand.

Hermine didn't get booted -- she was the Star Baker this week.

[quote]He truly had the look of beginning to but never truly commits

You think Noel has been beginning to transition for 25+ years?

Noel's Wikipedia says that he's been on several Best Dressed lists.

Hermine did not get booted!

It was the chick with the annoying hair! My god, how could she bake or cook with those naps in her face? Jesus, I would not eat anything she made whilst her hair was in her face, which is all the time.

You’re right H didn’t get booted I meant to say I think she’s next to be booted even though she got star baker this week playing it safe as Pru indicated with classic dishes. But still her and Lottie with the long strands of hair during mixing, it’s gross. Why don’t they wear hair nets?

Hermine is pretty consistent. I think the final 3 might be Mark, Peter, and her.

Laura is the one tottering on the edge of going every week. They will prefer to keep at least one competent woman in the programme and at the moment that's looking like Hermine.

Noel has looked that way for years. That's his style. British Rocker. I think most of the people commenting on his look and contestants teeth are American. I'm American by the way, living in UK.

I still notice crazy teeth here, but Noel's style just seems pretty British rocker normal to me. (I know he's not a rocker, it's just his look). Also, his humour is very dry and I can see most Americans not really getting it. I probably wouldn't have gotten it either if I hadn't lived around the Brits for so many years. I think Noel is funny and sweet.

Hermine has been consistent and she doesn't need any favoritism to be one of the final three. I would be surprised if she doesn't make it that far, though of course it only takes one bad day. But she does need to step it up if she wants to take home that cake stand.

I posted this in the other thread, but since this thread seems to have become the official one, I just have to share again Steven's Dialing The Phone With a Pencil Cake. This was from one of the Christmas specials. (And I agree with R12, the specials are fun and worth a watch.)

R21 You must mean a style like the band The Darkness. I can see that. I can totally see that. Russell Brand, too.

For the last seasons Noel has been paired with a painfully unfunny woman. (Why they did not bring aboard the host of Extra Slce is beyond me. She would have been better than the one they had, being both warm and biting at the same time.)

So Noel was so welcome because he was the funny one.

Now with the bald guy, they have someone funnier and that brings Noel down a few pegs. But Noel's ability to connect to the contestants and be snarky about them to their face without being unkind is still an important part of the show.

Is Steven the one who was fucking Russell Tovey?

What would those two brawny alpha tops do with each other?

Hermine criticising other people's pronunciation is pretty hypocritical, given her own. She's often borderline unintelligible.

Shame we have to have two separate threads on the show, but here is Episode 8 - dessert week.

Once again, here is the other thread. It would be good to make a decision on which one to continue. The other one was started first.

You're right, R28 and R29 -- we should be using the other thread. I started this one only because I couldn't find another one in search, but the other one was definitely first.

Too much:

Passionfruit

Marzipan

Mango

Meringue

Alcohol

Jam

Lip fillers on women

Tried watching one of the holiday specials but Candice was making me physically ill with her face all deformed from fillers. I mean for God’s sake, you’re around food. Try *not* to look nauseating.

Candice should sue herself for facial deformation

Dave may have a pregnant gf, but he’s gay. Maybe she’s his hag who agreed to have a baby with him.

Yes, David is VERY gay. I find find to be adorable. Sad he hasn't come out .

Why does the the very young blonde guy have such red/dark circles around his eyes? I'm scared for him.

Hasn't it occurred to you that Dave may very well not be gay but is rather just British versus redneck American testosterone lug-nut? His recent baby would seem to indicate more is going on.

Pistachios.

They use way too many pistachios.

They certainly use too much passion fruit.

And apparently pickles.

Way too much lime and citrus zest.

Creme englaise & creme pat.

I can’t imagine eating these concoctions they come up with — a caramel chili tart with currants covered in a lime curry tahini, set on a base made of a coconut praline turmeric biscuit.

Those “game pies” just gross me out.

Urgh

Why are there still two separate threads? Even the OP on this one said to use the other.

Oh who the fuck cares r43?

[quote] Hasn't it occurred to you that Dave may very well not be gay but is rather just British

Since you haven’t noticed, I’ll pass this bit of information on to you:

They’re all British.

(And they’re not all gay. Only the gay British ones are.)

Just watched the new installment.

Was NOT expecting what happened.

This week was a “true Pru” pleasure to watch. I loved the four bakers who remained and the way they worked so hard but also encouraged each other. Hermine’s elimination was very sad but made sense. The way she responded was so impressive. She must be a very refined, mature person. The two males were both serious and composed. Dave was a gentleman when acknowledging Peter’s designation as star baker, and he seems to be taking in the competition as a life experience, and transparently growing through it. It’s very moving to see that. He’s just a delightful, telegenic presence. He smiles easily, and seems like just a super sweet bloke who tries and cares. Pru wears a red top with flared cuffs that fits her so nicely. Whoever styles her manages to use all these bright (sometimes shocking) colors, but it’s also oddly flattering. She is a great-looking older woman, and very smart, clear and precise in her commentary. The casting and production elements this season, and this segment in particular, are close to perfect. It’s really hard to do that, but they do. Even the creepy and odd comedic hosts don’t distract or take away from all the special elements of this program. I call that a win. Matt is so pale he actually glows in the dark, but he and Noel seem willing and able to let the baking be the program’s focus. The ensemble works, and it’s great.

This is the more active thread

Since the other thread is now “subscribers only” (thanks to the egregious troll cunt who posted 20 times about his idiot friends not understanding what “savory” means), the GBBO finale was satisfying, though I was rooting for Dave. With the massive flex of being the GBBO 2020 winner, Peter will finally get a dick up his ass other than his brother’s.

The final Extra Slice

R25 Nothing to see here folks...

For this weeks baking challenge: Sticky Buns

Peter's brother has strange teeth.

A truly shitty article about the finale. Of course, written by a woman, hinting at racism in the elimination of Hermine. No worse than the online abuse Laura's been taking recently.

Did you see David's giant bulge at the end when the camera moves up his body with his baby sleeping on him?

i saw his sociopathic eyes.

[Quote] i saw his sociopathic eyes.

He has ADD eyes. You can clearly see it.

The fat chick was the worst baker to ever make the finals. She's a fucking mess!

Laura's problem was the time element. I'm sure when she's at home and has a lot of time to bake, she can produce excellent goods. However, with the time constraints and the lack of practice opportunity, she panicked and embarrassed herself. I wonder how many of the bakers from other seasons could have done well without a week at home to practice?

r58 = Laura

Yhey all mentioned time to practice the bakes at home.

Laura was outranked by far. She was a very good home baker but just not of the same caliber of the other top finalists. I wish we could have seen Hermine in the top 3. Nonetheless I do think the right person won.

I was certain Hermine was going to be in the final, and then she imploded during pastry week, which strangely enough was her specialty.

Does anyone know where to watch the Christmas special outside of Netflix? It's not on HDClump, unfortunately.

I’ve just finished watching the latest GBBO Christmas special. Tom Heatherington is his usual neurotic and anxious self. But he’s gorgeous. 3 gay Christmas contestants this year.

This is Tom’s leaked cock pic.

HOT body, but why does his penis head look like a ball?

Is there a general thread for the series where you can discuss past seasons? Just started with the series after being mighty impressed by the latest one, and they are quite comforting and funny. Especially season two had some hilarious moments, like random full-frontal nudity from a squirrel and Paul Hollywood's annoyed "don't eat the dough" (when they were supposed to check the amount of salt in the dough and one of the hosts just ate it). The third season is pretty rough considering who wins and how he fucks his life up on his own.

We can discuss past seasons here, R66. The current season has finished anyway so there's not much else to talk about until next year.

R66

Watch them all from the beginning. In my opinion the earlier ones were much better (prior to the big changes when it moved off the BBC), but opinions differ.

In any case, they are all soothing and fun, with some really (seemingly) nice people as contestants. The whole series is "nice" and that's what's needed nowadays. It's comfort TV.

I envy you seeing them all for the first time.

When does the one with Derry Girls air?

I jUst watched the derry girls episode on Netflix- good fun!

Did they ever have an Extra Slice episode for 80s Week (when Lottie lost)? I think it was episode 7. I couldn't find one on HDClump.

No, they didn't for some reason.

I saw the Extra Slice with Lottie on it.

What is with Brits' obsession with nasty rhubarb? It's nothing more than sweet celery. Why would anyone wast their time with rhubarb when many other fabulous fruits exist?

I'm beginning to wonder if Brits eat nothing but rhubarb all day. No wonder their teeth are so messed up.

I think they eat more passionfruit than rhubarb.

I don’t know r74...why do Americans put cinnamon is everything, swill Mountain Dew and smear peanut butter on loads of stuff? No wonder Americans are so fat.

part 11. After the finale.

Our host Noel does Kate Bush...

Prue gets vaccine.

When (if ever) do we get this year's Holiday Bake-Off?

So I just got to series 7. I can only imagine young Henry got a lot of attention here.

Is he posh?

Christmas Bake-off

The Derry Girls one was so fun! I love all of them. So funny and natural.

That chav is cute! In a chavvy way.

Jamie is terrible...I don't understand why they brought him back. Wtf did those football helmets have to do with Christmas?

It was embarrassing how much better Rosie was than everyone else.

[quote]The Derry Girls one was so fun! I love all of them. So funny and natural.

Trixie and Katya watched it and got moist over Daddy Paul.

When did the Derry Girls one air? I can't find this SBBO special anywhere. However, I did find a GBBO kind of related special called Mary Berry Saves Christmas.

[quote]Jamie is terrible...I don't understand why they brought him back. Wtf did those football helmets have to do with Christmas?

Did you notice that both of Jamie's bakes that involved a choice (i.e., not the technical) were American-themed? The first was about American football (which he seems to think is played on a "pitch") and the second was based on KFC.

Dave is hot.

I loved how quickly Paul Hollywood jumped on the KFC thing as an opportunity to brag that he’d been to Japan.

It’s not 1987 and you’re not on a gap year. Having visited Japan when you’re a wealthy celeb isn’t really that impressive.

R91 "Having visited Japan when you’re a wealthy celeb isn’t really that impressive. "

I remember when Paul McCartney was arrested on Jan. 16, 1980 for bringing 8 ounces of marijuana into Japan. Now that was impressive.

R82 very generously provided a link R88 if you're looking for the GGBO 2020 holiday special

r93, thank you. I thought it was a recent Christmas special, but it was from last year. That's why I couldn't find it on my own.

The NY special airs in the UK tomorrow so presumably isn’t online anywhere yet.

Btw seen this?

Swipe to the second Insta pic for baker nudity.

David Atherton has a sexy ass. I want to fuck both him and his fiancée. Thank you for pointing us to it r96

David Atherton is gay. Why would he have a fiancée?

I've been wanting to see David's butt since his season, thanks r95.

Dylan Llewellyn on the Derry Girls episode looks like he knows he's hot and doesn't know he's hot, simultaneously. How is that done? My dough would rise for him in a big way.

R98 this is David Atherton’s fiancé, pedant dipshit

New Year's Bake-off.

Special Stand Up to Cancer celebrity episode featuring the very charming James McAvoy.

When did he get so hot, and why didn't anyone tell me?!

James McAvoy was always hot. You were just late to notice.

The Christmas episode with the IT'S A SIN cast aired.