Great British Bake Off: 2019

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So it seems we had a few watching in the last season (Ruby and Manon :wub:) so here's an actual thread.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49396844

Contestants have been announced.

13 instead of 12 this year and it's a slightly younger than normal group as more than half are in their 20's with the oldest being 56.

[Manc]

This show needs some fucking edge.

[Pleb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NquMtptdmdk

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This show needs some fucking edge.

They've paid one of them to call Mary a cunt.

[randomlegend]

It absolute doesn't need some edge, it needs left alone to be the lovely fluffy twee little thing that it is.

Having said that I'd have lopped that old bitch's head off if I was Ian.

[Pleb]

Which one?

[randomlegend]

The one who took it out the freezer.

[Pleb]

The SEETHE at the time was real.

[phonics]

It was awful last year in comparison to the previous year (which had been my first year watching it).

You had heart in Liam and Julia and real jaw dropping talent with Steven, I didn't think last years quite matched up and I dropped off quite early.

Everyone on this years looks both incredibly young and insanely attractive (for British TV) in a clear play for that Netflix audience.

[randomlegend]

I reckon I'd have a decent run on bakeoff, if I put a bit of time into building up a half-decent knowledge base of the bits I don't have much experience with like bread.

[phonics]

RL, love you but you're not exactly an endearing personality.

[randomlegend]

I am in real life :(

[Pepe]

That's not what Lewis says.

[phonics]

That's not what Lewis says.

Let's not let Rainman judge other peoples personalities.

[Pleb]

Shame this is on next week Mahow otherwise this thread would be bouncing.

[Baz]

Amelia looks like she likes Odd Future.

[-james-]

:wub:ing women that are on The Great British Bake Off is the most mahow thing ever.

[Lewis]

That Muslim winning was basically like doping in sport. Her husband keeps her inside all day. What else is she meant to get good at?

[mugbull]

Machine learning?

[Pepe]

Don't foreigners always win in any British cooking show?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And we're off.

[Pleb]

Already an annoying bunch.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The vet (Suzie?) has a seriously annoying voice.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'd have paid more attention in Geography if my teacher looked as good as Alice and used cake to teach.

[Pleb]

:D

There all muppets.

[Giggles]

The Rocky Horror Show's one looked like I made it.

[Pleb]

I'd have paid more attention in Geography if my teacher looked as good as Alice and used cake to teach.

So she's through then.

[Pleb]

The baz lookalike is on a verge of a MELTDOWN here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He looks nothing like Baz.

[randomlegend]

Putting yourself forward as one of the best amateur bakers in the country when you can't make a genoise :face:

[Giggles]

He looks nothing like Baz.

That's what I was wondering, I was on the lookout for a Liam Gallagher head thinking I'd missed him.

[Giggles]

She looks more satanic altar than fairy garden.

[Pleb]

Forgetting the eggs :D

[Giggles]

How did that sugared up hyper child even get past the applications, let alone get on the televised bit?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

How did that sugared up hyper child even get past the applications, let alone get on the televised bit?

PERSONALITY.

They'd love another Liam type but this twat is not it.

[Giggles]

I'd have paid more attention in Geography if my teacher looked as good as Alice and used cake to teach.

She's a bit scary. You could picture her sabotaging things culminating with her dousing a full tent in petrol. "But Mummy says I should always win".

[Pleb]

Too much adverts for this if I'm fucking honest.

[Giggles]

Definitely thought Ladbantz was gone there. He could be dragged through it though like Mahow said.

[Pleb]

Seething.

[Pleb]

Channel 4 may have already fucked up by telling us the order of elimination.

If the list is anything to go by then I know who is next out :moop:

[Giggles]

Just watching the first bit now. Do Channel 4 not know what a biscuit is? They’re bars.

[niko_cee]

The whole thing is a victim of its own success. Whereas before it was endearing and a bit twee, it's now packed with wall to wall arseholes. That chicken though, that was really something.

[mugbull]

The contestants are definitely the best this season in terms of personalities. Used to be nearly 100% bores. But then you get people like Jamie who can't do anything, so who knows

[Spikey M]

Alice is possibly the most annoying person there has ever been.

[-james-]

Well I'm absolutely fuming at that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

How did Priya stay?

Also, Michael's constant tears are really pissing me off and Alice is seriously grating.

[-james-]

Priya is one of the only likeable ones in it, I presume that's how she's still in it. The standard of baking seems fairly shit this season, and them being comically shit at the technical challenge every week is boring. Also, dairy week? 20s week? Fuck off.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think David's my favourite and I didn't mind Helena only because of her interactions with her Goth Brethren Noel. Steph is ok too but a bit bland.

I'm also warming to Rosie I think. Saying "rabbits, they just want to die" was great.

[mo]

Slightly perturbed to read Alice and Henry are a couple now. He’s barely older than some of her students.

[mugbull]

Slightly perturbed to read Alice and Henry are a couple now. He’s barely older than some of her students.

No fucking way

[thommo]

I read that too, but I believe it has been quite quickly debunked by Alice herself.

I'm still getting over the fact that Phil the trucker was booted a week ago, when there were clearly worse bakers than him that week.

[mugbull]

I know, you could tell by his reaction he wasn’t expecting it either. I guess they just hated his showstopper so much, when really it was just boring and nothing less

[phonics]

Slightly perturbed to read Alice and Henry are a couple now. He’s barely older than some of her students.

Half her age + 7 would be 19. It's fair.

edit: I can't do math, it's actually 21. Disgusting paedophile.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Two weeks too late.

[Spikey M]

She's pregnant?

[mugbull]

Damn Priya was great. Goes to show they do take past performance into account more than they'll admit, I don't think she was the worst this week. Should've gone the past couple of times though

[Shindig]

She's pregnant?

Nah, she has a bun in the oven.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm really starting to like Rosie.

Her little exchanges with Noel are great.

[mugbull]

Henry was probably the best personality they've ever had on the show though I can kind of see him turning into a Rees-Mogg character as he gets older

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's utter horseshit.

[mugbull]

No you

[Shindig]

Well, he studies in Durham so one of the homeless is bound to knock him out outside of Greggs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

David :cool:

Steph properly bottled that by turning into Waterworks Michael.

[mo]

David :cool:

Steph properly bottled that by turning into Waterworks Michael.

She did. She should've won it really. Confidence tumbled (all because she used cold water!) and neat and tidy David had it in the bag then. He really rose to the occasion.

I'll leave you to decide if the pun was intentional or not.

[randomlegend]

I don't like how they often make them super pressurised for time, like they seemed to be for the technical this week. I want to see what they're really capable of, not what they can cobble cobble together in a rush. Like those souffles really weren't very difficult and I'm sure they could all have done then excellently given the time. I'd rather they gave them something super challenging and 4 hours to do it; that's what tells you who's really the best IMO. I get that it's because it makes for dramatic TV, but still.

I'm going to do a year locuming after F2, I'll probably chuck an application in that year.

[Spikey M]

'I am making a chocolate truffle bo...'

it's bread week

'A CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE BOMB and I shall prepare it with the knives I brought from home. Thank you.'

*advert for Autism Awareness Week*

[randomlegend]

:D fuck off.

[randomlegend]

Mahow on under a fake name.

[Ben]

The hobbit?

[randomlegend]

I thought he had a partial Beadle as well but now I'm not so sure

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I wont watch it until later.

Having looked at the contestants though, fuck you RL.

Also, Rebs is the only good looking woman this year.

[Manc]

Phwoar.

[randomlegend]

Mahowt In The First Round