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Nov 15, 2022 22:33:17 GMT
Post by Reithian on Nov 15, 2022 22:33:17 GMT
For the first time I was not particularly interested in who won. All three had skills but also made errors. All the emphasis seems to be on flavours. I wonder if novelty trumped quality. The showstoppers at the end looked terrible compared to previous years where the final bakes had precision as well as flair.
Needs a thorough review by the production team to decide if it really wants to me Masterchef or a programme focussing on baking.
Perhaps it has run its course.
A worthy winner nonetheless.
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Nov 16, 2022 11:30:43 GMT
Post by marion on Nov 16, 2022 11:30:43 GMT
I would have liked Abdul to win but not upset at the result. In fact I thought she was the favourite. I agree there did seem to be an awful lot of mistakes this year. Prue and Paul always bang on about how it has to be perfect etc but it so often wasn’t. I still enjoyed the show though, but find the showstoppers a bit “out there” a lot of the time. A spectacular wedding cake wouldn’t go amiss one week for example.
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 16, 2022 13:21:30 GMT
I enjoyed it, but there did seem to be a lot of things going wrong and I didn't fancy any of the picnics. Perhaps the summer pudding with jelly and meringue mousse was just a step to far for four hours - none of them did a nice one, which must have meant nobody got a high score there. Sandro just tries to do too much and then hasn't got the time to finish everything. I do think his 'world' cake looked the best, despite them saying it was messy. The orang-u-tan cake was awful to look at.
I don't think a picnic, a summer pudding type of affair and a world cake was too much of a stretch for the final. I just think they had half an hour too little on every set. It was the final. I don't think it would have killed them to allow them that. But you know this is TV world, they need to have things going wrong for the duh-duh-duh moments on screen. It's not just about perfect baking it's also about TV moments. On that basis I think they probably like a disaster every week.
I also don't think that this time around the people's personalities came over as well. That's probably all in the editing too.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Nov 17, 2022 15:41:59 GMT
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Nov 17, 2022 16:02:13 GMT
Post by Miranda on Nov 17, 2022 16:02:13 GMT
Junior Bake Off is much better, I think. As mentioned in the article, it's a lot closer to the original ethos of the show. And much nicer to watch.
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Nov 17, 2022 18:23:17 GMT
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 17, 2022 18:23:17 GMT
Need to go back to the beginning homebaking amateurs making things with equipment most or at least keen bakers would have at home. Keep it simple. Make us want to try. I can't see many people trying a hanging Halloween piñata!!
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Nov 18, 2022 9:52:30 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2022 9:52:30 GMT
I totally agree with this article. We have now stopped watching because of this sort of nonsense. |
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 18, 2022 12:28:22 GMT
I agree too. It's not a patisserie show, it's about scrumptious pies you want to dive into, luscious cakes that make you go wow. It's about what we think it will taste like not what it looks like. There's way too much of that faffing about making a tower out of rice crispies and basically decorating a very normal sponge. I'm never going to model myself and my son out of sugar paste (probably not enough in one packet anyway), but I would drool over an apple crumble cake with fresh cream and poach apples through the middle. It's technically difficult to make a peach melba, but it's a very simple thing to look at and wouldn't you like to see them make something you can have a go at or at least trot along to Greggs and buy one. Do they even sell usu?? in Asda. Make it real again.
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Dec 7, 2022 11:44:02 GMT
Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Dec 7, 2022 11:44:02 GMT
{SPOILER:Click to Show}Matt Lucas is leaving. |
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Dec 7, 2022 16:05:07 GMT
Post by sleepyp on Dec 7, 2022 16:05:07 GMT
It’s in all the newspapers now, so I expect everyone knows  Giving up because he couldn’t commit the time as he has several projects on the go. Took me a while to get used to him, but he came across as a kind man who knew when contestants needed a friendly word In contrast to Noel, I really don’t see the point of him, he doesn’t know when his antics are inappropriate. Probably needs the job, I don’t think there’s a queue to employ him… It will be interesting to see who takes Matt’s place |
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Mar 17, 2023 17:17:15 GMT
Post by Miranda on Mar 17, 2023 17:17:15 GMT
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Post by sleepyp on Mar 17, 2023 18:00:38 GMT
Why is Noel still there? I don’t think he contributes anything useful - and on occasions in the last series he came perilously close to pushing stressed contestants over the edge  |
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Mar 17, 2023 18:10:26 GMT
Post by linseed on Mar 17, 2023 18:10:26 GMT
I think Alison Hammond will be good
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Mar 18, 2023 11:21:46 GMT
Post by Miranda on Mar 18, 2023 11:21:46 GMT
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Mar 18, 2023 19:31:37 GMT
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Post by kabuki on Mar 18, 2023 19:31:37 GMT
I am afraid I disagree. I would rather Noel hosted on his own
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Anymore to come?
