GBBO 2017

[vickster]

GBBO?

JFGI

 

[pplpilot]

JFGI

I was in fact being sarcastic...

 

[vickster]

So was I or perhaps just facetious

 

[TVC]

Just like Rocky and a few others, i see.

Rocky is a mate and we shared a joke. There will be plenty of people with no interest in this thread, but they had the grace not to shout their disaporoval of the subject matter.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

It's the ad breaks that I can't get the hang of.

That's when you go off to the kitchen and cut another big chunk of cake off your latest bake to munch when the adverts have finished

 

[TVC]

You have a mate?

I know, stretching a point....

Anyway, nice cakes tonight.

 

[smutchin]

It was basically exactly the same as before. Only the ad breaks were different.

Part of me was hoping it would be a bit more different but I guess they don't want to alienate the diehard fans.

I like Prue Leith. I especially liked her choice for the Technical challenge. I also think you need to give her time to grow into the role. Don't forget that the old team had seven series to develop their shtick. We've been watching some repeats of the very first series on Gold recently and the whole thing is very unpolished and lacking that sparkle.

 

[Piemaster]

Anyway, nice cakes tonight.

Or were they?
I like my cakes to look like cakes. It's GBBO, not that American Cake Wars travesty. Anything that requires serious amounts of fondant and modelling chocolate (whatever that is) at the expense of a moist sponge is just..wrong.

 

[S-Express]

First show and what do we think?

Noel and Sandi are working as a double act, Prue is no Mary - she lacks the humour and cheeky glint.

The standard of the contestants is very good, some of the show stoppers were as good as I've seen in a final before.

It's the ad breaks that I can't get the hang of.

Mrs S was a fan of the old prog - and likes the new prog too. Thinks Noel Fielding is great...

 

[lutonloony]

Not sure the right person went home

 

[raleighnut]

Cooking programmes
Decorating programmes
Gardening programmes
Dancing programmes
Singing/talent programmes
Reality TV
Soap operas

Fark knows why I've still got a TV coz there's not much else left to watch

There's always 'Tipping Point' to shout at.

 

[TVC]

It was basically exactly the same as before. Only the ad breaks were different.

Part of me was hoping it would be a bit more different but I guess they don't want to alienate the diehard fans.

I like Prue Leith. I especially liked her choice for the Technical challenge. I also think you need to give her time to grow into the role. Don't forget that the old team had seven series to develop their shtick. We've been watching some repeats of the very first series on Gold recently and the whole thing is very unpolished and lacking that sparkle.

I agree with all you say, it was deliberately familiar and the theme seemed to be continuity. We will see how the relationships develop and if the dynamic changes, but I wonder about Prue, I respect her knowledge and enjoy her work but she has a reputation for toughness so she is going to have to show a lighter, more smiley side.

 

[TVC]

Or were they?
I like my cakes to look like cakes. It's GBBO, not that American Cake Wars travesty. Anything that requires serious amounts of fondant and modelling chocolate (whatever that is) at the expense of a moist sponge is just..wrong.

That was the first time I've seen widespread use of airbrushing, I felt it did show off the artistic abilities of the contestants, but you are right, too much of that to hide technical failings and it just becomes about showing off.

 

[LarryDuff]

My thoughts were that Sandi and Noel were trying to be Mel and Sue too much. That or they have the same script writers for their adlib humour.

 

[TVC]

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