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Post by cakewalk on Mar 23, 2018 22:59:41 GMT
I never bake pastry. It's a non starter for me. The excema on my hands to begin with plus very warm hands all the time are not conducive to a good pastry.
I wonder if that would wash if I were to compete on Come Dine With Me!
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Post by bidiein on Mar 24, 2018 9:49:52 GMT
St Delia once admitted to taking a tray of scones out her oven to find them as flat as coasters. Her husband, wandering by, remarked
"I thought you were making scones?" to which he received the reply
"They ARE scones!"
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Post by Miranda on Mar 27, 2018 22:33:11 GMT
Lee Mack is so quick-witted!
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Post by cakewalk on Mar 27, 2018 23:35:52 GMT
I thought Lee was fab in tonight's show. So funny when he caught the beaters of his electric beater in the flex
(no - don't laugh as my lads did - apparently nobody calls a cable a flex anymore!)
How did he even DO that!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 8:29:47 GMT
It's a worthy cause, but I do wish they'd show someone who survived cancer. Each week I hope and then the ending of the story is that the person has died and I get something in my eye which makes it weep. I wonder if it puts people off donating because they think there's no hope of a cure.
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Post by bidiein on Mar 30, 2018 17:03:11 GMT
I'm a horror, but I skip through the 'personal stories'. There needs to be a balance of survivors and those who sadly did not make it.
This weeks was the funniest yet (although Alan Carr is on next time....). Lee Mack was hysterical. First 2 challenges he was hopeless - why did no one tell him to blitz the walnuts in the blender? And as for his injuries.....I have always been scared of cheese graters.
LOL at his comment, when praised for his very good lemon drizzle cake
"Well I had the house to myself - my wife was out with Paul - so I thought it was time to get the job done".
The show stopper cakes were all outstanding, imo. Gryff worked so hard on his but gave himself too much to do, chocolate work wise. The bath tub was a work of art, even if the cake was a little dry.
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Post by linseed on Apr 1, 2018 18:01:45 GMT
Just watched this episode on the Sunday afternoon repeat. Hysterical! I do love Lee Mack.
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Post by bidiein on Apr 7, 2018 16:06:59 GMT
Teri Hatcher was almost a professional on this - and so nice and helpful to the other contestants.
Very enjoyable series.
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Post by Miranda on Apr 7, 2018 16:31:34 GMT
She was really good! She must bake at home a fair bit.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2018 20:42:32 GMT
I really enjoyed this. The gloss has been taken away however by the size of the salaries of the judges and presenters. They "apparently" donated part of their fee. Paul Hollywood got £117,000,and Prue £57,000.
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Post by cali4ster on Apr 7, 2018 22:02:57 GMT
I really enjoyed this. The gloss has been taken away however by the size of the salaries of the judges and presenters. They "apparently" donated part of their fee. Paul Hollywood got £117,000,and Prue £57,000. That's just extrapolated out from what is known about their contract for doing the regular show (which is X / No. of shows, and doesn't really tell the full story). Truth is no-one knows what they are paid for those particular shows or how much they did, or did not, donate to the charity (and, in any case, why should they?). And why should it matter if they were, or were not paid their ordinary rate? Why, when the word 'charity' is added is there an expectation that people not be paid for doing their jobs? |
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Post by cakewalk on Apr 7, 2018 22:10:51 GMT
I'd say that seems fair enough to me.
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Post by Miranda on Apr 8, 2018 8:29:03 GMT
And me too. It is a bit much to ask that people donate £117,000.
My question, if the above is true, is why is Paul getting paid more than twice what Prue is?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 8:34:13 GMT
He's a man - and I assume head judge, but that still doesn't justify such a huge difference (if true). Obviously his agent is better at negotiating than hers.
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Post by diziet sma on Apr 8, 2018 22:23:10 GMT
To be fair, he is the star, and a big part of what made the programme successful from the start. Pru doesn't really add much IMO; any number of people could do what she does.
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Anymore to come?
