Holiday Baking Championship - General Discussion

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, MerBearHou said:

I simply tolerate Paul.  Not a fan.  Thoroughly enjoy Prue, Noel, Alison and adore GBBO so he's part of the package.  

Sorry to see Megan go before a couple of others on HBC I'm not fond of but she did not have a good night.  Happy for Steven and loved that the judges embraced his humor with the twist.  

I don't mind Nancy at all.  I like that there is someone judging from her "era" and I go way back with her to Farmhouse Rules so I'm used to her personality.  

I don't mind Paul and I don't mind Nancy (even though I do find her OTT). I agree that it is good to have someone from her era and someone her age. It is like Prue (and before that Mary Berry), it is nice to have someone older and more "experienced". 

[RealityCheck]

I thought Jessie wore a pretty ugly sweater.

 

For me, Nancy conducting when she likes the dessert is way past its expiration date.  I do not remember her using that gesture when Lorraine was the third judge.  I'm wondering if Carla's "duude" caused Nancy to stay up nights in the off season trying to come up with an equivalent signature mannerism.

[Rammchick]

I guess Duff's Chanukah sweater is the only nod to a different December holiday we're going to get this year.

[mlp]

I don't understand why the judges keep letting Courtney slide through.  Her gooey caramel dessert looked like a sloppy brown blob.  They praised her flavors and didn't say anything about how it looked when they've criticized others for better presentations.  I find her and Jer very annoying.

 

[Bumblebee84047]

Buzzed Carla is an adorable Carla.

[Starscream]

4 hours ago, mlp said:

I don't understand why the judges keep letting Courtney slide through.  Her gooey caramel dessert looked like a sloppy brown blob. 

 

Because the pre-heats have no bearing on whether or not a baker advances.  The most I'd say they matter is a baker might develop a good reputation with a lot of good pre-heats that might be beneficial in a bottom two situation against a baker who has a similarly bad bake but a worse overall reputation.

[mlp]

41 minutes ago, Starscream said:

Because the pre-heats have no bearing on whether or not a baker advances.

I realize that but I still think they've been easier on her all along for some reason.  Several of the bakers have been criticized for their decorating skills, a couple more than once, but they said nothing about Courtney's brown blobs.  Her trifle decoration was pretty bad too.  I guess one could argue that we don't really know if they said anything negative because comments could have been edited out.  That's true but, if so, I'd wonder why.

[dleighg]

4 hours ago, mlp said:

That's true but, if so, I'd wonder why.

Maybe the editors think the hair flipping is charming to the viewers. Personally I can't stand it.

[TVbitch]

I could never pin point which celebrity Megan was pinging for me. Was it Markie Post? Was it Christina Appelgate? Now I'll never figure it out.

I was also confused by them showing Rolos but never saying Rolo. Maybe they filmed the episode before they had locked down the sponser/contract.

Like Stephen, to this day I can't even so much as smell spiced rum due to an extremely unfortunate night of teenage debauchery with Captain Morgan.  

[tv echo]

I still think Megan looks like Jewel Staite (Firefly)...

   

[libgirl2]

32 minutes ago, TVbitch said:

I could never pin point which celebrity Megan was pinging for me. Was it Markie Post? Was it Christina Appelgate? Now I'll never figure it out.

I was also confused by them showing Rolos but never saying Rolo. Maybe they filmed the episode before they had locked down the sponser/contract.

Like Stephen, to this day I can't even so much as smell spiced rum due to an extremely unfortunate night of teenage debauchery with Captain Morgan.  

There were a few mentions about who she looked like. I think she looks a bit like Laura Linney. 

Not big on rum here either for similar reasons. Vacation in the Caribbean, went to a night club with my cousins. When you order a rum and coke, they gave you a bottle of each..... I can end it there. 

[tennisgurl]

It seems like Nancy was in a much better mood this week, must have been that ice slide shot! I'm surprised to see a Steven win, but he had a really good week. Where has that been this entire time exactly? I know that Jer can be a lot, but I like her enthusiasm and she had a really good week with her bakes. 

I was sad to see Megan go, she got stuck with a pretty rough bake, but I would have been pissed if Rolf went home this early because of one mediocre bake after leading the pack for so long. 

Some very tasty bakes this week, I really need to stop watching this show while hungry.

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, tennisgurl said:

I was sad to see Megan go, she got stuck with a pretty rough bake, but I would have been pissed if Rolf went home this early because of one mediocre bake after leading the pack for so long. 

 

I think in the first round, that topper was way too hard. In the second, that book was kind of sad looking. I  know twists can be a pain, but the others seemed to get it (except Courtney, I thought hers was lame). Maybe if she would have decorated the book up some? 

1 hour ago, tennisgurl said:

I know that Jer can be a lot, but I like her enthusiasm and she had a really good week with her bakes. 

 

I liked Jer from the beginning, she is really enjoying herself. Will she win? No, but I like watching her.