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Aulty

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  1. Well, week two was very much like last week. Maybe not as childish in design but with a side of sob stories. I really hope we're not in for a whole series of 'make a biscuit selfie' type challenges.
  2. I am not surprised, although I think is down to money, maybe age, not just his controversial remarks. 3 seasons for the farming show is plenty, I can't see how he thinks he can sustain that for much longer. TGT must be a nightmare to insure by now.
  3. Only for the first 2 seasons though. I love the episode where he chugs cooking sherry from a measuring jug. GCBS is worth a watch anyway, by Primetimer consent ist has the best Bake Off judges at the moment and the challenges are overall more reasonable than GBBO.
  4. Almost forgot this was on. I wasn't keen on those first offerings, everything was so majolica and there were so many childish, crude or busy designs. It just isn't what I like (aka Scandi style). With that said, the PotW did a proper job. I agree, Keith getting the old tear ducts overworked in the first episode already. Nice that they get Rose in on the comedy bits now, I want to see more of her.
  5. I think visually it was very very good (minus some CGI, I agree with you there @snickers , especially the Hyde - maybe they didn't want to risk getting a higher PG rating?) but the story wasn't on the same level. I was almost disappointed how 'by the way' some issues got resolved, like the shape shifting headmistress. The uncle Fester episode was a highlight.
  6. Edd Kimbers tray bakes book - I've tried quite a few recipes and nothing has turned out right. I also have the very first GBBO book (got it as a gift) and never used it because for the bakes that interest me, I have better recipes in other books. I will say though, that I have done a few things from Nadiya's BBC shows, and those were quite good. And I have Chetna's book, which I like, but it is about Indian streeet food, not baking.
  7. Have we mentioned yet that Giuseppe has a book out: Giuseppe's Italian Bakes: Over 60 Classic Cakes, Desserts & Savory Bakes I just stumbled over it, looks a bit old fashioned (judging by the cover and some pictures). If anyone gets hold of it, let us know if its worth buying. I've been burnt with former Bake Off contestant's book before.
  8. I'm going to leave this nugget of information here: I always assumed Esme was head-hunted for the Sewing Bee, but she auditioned for the job with 17 others (she mentioned that on the Antiques Roadtrip episode she did with Keith. I wonder what they had to do at auditions and if there was a chemistry test with Patrick) - the producers chose right. Also, in the UK Aldi sells Patrick Grant sewing kits, which are quite neat.
  9. Julien is all of us collectively rolling our eyes when Emily swoops in again to save the day, I love it. That agency could fire half their staff now they have Emily back.
  10. Here is a link for that story. Fingers crossed for the show redesigning their presenter situation and above all not bringing in a former contestant.
  11. I might have metioned this before, she's also done Recipes for The Guardian, they aren't paywalled either. Some of them seem pretty simple - I love the piggy bun for onion soup. The macaron snails are adorable.
  12. Episode 11 (S11E11) featuring Keith and Esme will air on Tuesday 13 Dec at 8 on BBC Two.
  13. I think these past couple of episodes the four girls have been proper friends, a real girl gang. And they behave like college girls, I thought that was missing a bit last season. Is selling you eggs a realistic thing and with that price tag?
  14. I liked the idea of pairing them with an experienced chef from the same niche, but I would've liked that introduced somewhere at the halfway point. Use the first episodes to learn about their cooking, strength and weaknesses and then work with someone at a point where it can make a bigger difference to their competition output, not just before the final, when they have planned the dishes already. Danielle - is that brunch, or just sticky buns? She is good, but to chose that for the finale of a brunch themed show? Congrats Daniel, a well deserved winner. Do we know how well this is doing for HBO? What are the chances of a second season? Personally, I am not yearning for one, just curious.
  15. How lovely was the signature - a straight forward challenge, no sculpture, 3D or multiples. And the results? Beautiful, tasty without gimmicky themes. Lovely trio of finalists, well deserved win for Lauren!
  16. It's fine to say it when you are about to eat/have brunch, but the show uses it as a catch phrase to get them to prepare/cook brunch. I assume that's the issue. Not a very elegant phrase. Doesn't bother me but I get your point.
  17. 2 observations: this is the coffee table book equivalent of a cooking show - all pretty pictures, no recipes everything goes with brunch. It feels like food truck challenge dishes, but with white tablecloths and proper silverware. And booze.
  18. Good grief. A themed finale? Remember, for the first couple of GBBO seasons (by UK reckoning) that picknick challenge was the showstopper in the finale, not the signature. Personally, I would not call a Devon lemon a seasonal, British produce. Its a niche product that is not available (or affordable) for most people. Another no bake technical. Using bread they made in the signature, thats a first. I recognised that technical challenge from a very old fashioned cookbook I have (Anne Wilson's Classic Essential: Desserts and Puddings) and I always though it doesn't look very appealing. Coincidentally, that book also has that weird Sussex pond pudding with the whole lemon in they had to do last (?) year. If that is the source material for the challenge creators I foresee molasses or orange pudding for next year. I hate the lack of instructions, but I think its fair to 'test' them on their agar agar knowledge because its a very common thing nowadays. The showstopper - visually a bit underwhelming. As sculpture challenges almost always are. Anyway, well done Syabira, and sorry to all the bakers that their season was so shite challenge-wise.
  19. Please don't drag Bruno and Kayla into the opening bits. Lovely little rainbow square on Bruno. I wonder if those two google themselves and know that they are firm favourites with Bake Off watchers around the world now.
  20. I love that they added a bartender (she is great, well cast), the judges are ordering cocktails and for some reason getting a bit sloshed during each episode. (I remember Dan jugging cooking-sherry from a measuring jug on Canadian Bake Off) Other than that its not reinventing the cooking show genre. It feels like a curation of elements from other shows - they want the camaraderie from the Great British Baking show (Bake Off), but added a big cash prize (for the contestant's "charity projects") so lets see if it gets cattier towards the final. They don't show much of the actual cooking, do they? They just ask a couple of chefs what they are cooking, which they then explain again during judging. The set looks great, the judges are alright and the Dan banter is warm. It confuses me a bit that this is Dan Levy's first follow-up on Schitt's Creek. Great excuse to eat and drink on the job though ;-)
  21. Well done, Lauren. Shame they all struggled a bit with the final task. I didn't catch that Chloe wasn't was woodworker but an art student before, but that explains a lot. She just doesn't have the skills (yet) to create her ambitious designs in the allowed time frame. The contestants had good chemistry this season. Especially Russell. In some of the mini challenges they looked like a bunch of overexcited school children.
  22. I finished the season, but I can't even remember who won - the dark haired lass. As I've feared, once you've seen a couple of episodes of this show, you really have seen them all. The final 2 episodes didn't have much that I thought was stunning, interesting or inspirational. Considering how many hair tutorials videos are popping up on my socials and pinterest at the moment, the MUA business seems to shift a bit further North at the moment (my hair product specialist friend HATES working with influencers), so maybe I am completely wrong and the show is totally on the money. Lets see if they do another series.
  23. Bake Off needs some serious re-engineering. Obviously, the challenges need to be scaled back to reasonable and aspiring to the average viewer. I don't know whether they need to rethink the judges or presenters, but something needs to change if they don't want this to run out of steam in the next 3 years. As for this week: a biscuit tower in patisserie week? Are the for real? Make that weird vertical tart a showstopper if you must and have run out of sensible ideas As a technical it is just face-palmingly stupid. I need Sandro's midi charlotte in my mouth, damn that looked delicious. I also need his banana sponge recipe. Losing Janusz is like losing Jurgen all over again. I the over-gesticulating a new think with Paul, or have I just never noticed it before? Looks like wannabe-magicians-tourette.
  24. I haven't seen this, and I don't think this story is doing much to convince me otherwise. I always though Sue Perkins' travel shows are a bit sub-par. Exoticism is a very fitting description, considering rumors about farmers and their sheep. And its not like they would stumble across that without her knowing. This is the kind of thing you'd expect to maybe come up on a more serious Simon Reeve programme.
  25. That was a really good trio of challenges - I maybe could've done without the mango caviar, but it didn't bother me. The showstopper was half baking, haft crafting challenge, but I am glad that they didn't expect the baklava to be the structural element. Baklava is one of my favourite desserts (preferably with hot lemon tea), but I hate that it is so rich that you can't (or shouldn't) have more than a couple (to keep Dr. Kayla happy)
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