Great British Baking Show S14

[snowyowl]

Season 11 for us Americans watching on Netflix.
I know Matt had his fans, but I’m SO happy Alison Hammond is on instead. Really like her.

[byjove]

Paul needs to get over his new favorite word “moreish.” I had to google. Is it hip new British slang?

[Lormor]

I’ve never seen Alison before, but I’m really enjoying her so far.

Moreish has been around forever. Not new slang, but probably British. I don’t like Paul’s: I don’t like it… I love it thing, but he’s done it now and hopefully won’t do it again soon.

I’m sad about the person who is out - I was looking forward to seeing more of them. I would have been okay with either of the other two who were close.

[tinyjoys]

We watched. I think this was probably my favorite technical of memory. It was so fun and a great success in that everyone did well.

I've been rewatching the original Mary Berry/Mel & Sue years and I miss them so much. I don't mind Noel, but I really didn't care for Sandy and I'm not a huge Prue fan.

[byjove]

Oct 2, 2023 22:50:46 GMT -6 Lormor said:

I’ve never seen Alison before, but I’m really enjoying her so far.

Moreish has been around forever. Not new slang, but probably British. I don’t like Paul’s: I don’t like it… I love it thing, but he’s done it now and hopefully won’t do it again soon.

I’m sad about the person who is out - I was looking forward to seeing more of them. I would have been okay with either of the other two who were close.

I just don't remember him ever saying it before and he said it about 6 times!

And I agree, I was hoping they'd stick around longer too.

[Yogurt]

One episode Paul said "concertina" like over and over. He does get stuck on repeat with a word sometimes

[willow]

I was bummed about the elimination too. But just happy to have the show back. I like the new host so far.

I apparently am the only person that didn't know about the missing raspberry because I always skip the intro lol.

[Yogurt]

He did say moreish way too many times

[Lormor]

Oct 3, 2023 14:01:21 GMT -6 willow said:

I was bummed about the elimination too. But just happy to have the show back. I like the new host so far.

I apparently am the only person that didn't know about the missing raspberry because I always skip the intro lol.

I don’t know- I think most of us skip the intro and only hard core fans knew about the missing raspberry! 😂

[tinyjoys]

I’m rewatching over lunch & Paul has said punchy no less than 4 times in the last 4 minutes during the signature.

[snowyowl]

Oct 2, 2023 22:50:46 GMT -6 Lormor said:

I’m sad about the person who is out - I was looking forward to seeing more of them. I would have been okay with either of the other two who were close.

Same, such a fun personality and was looking forward to seeing more of what they could do.
I was a little surprised by who they chose, though I knew that person had to be on the list. Early in the season I can’t keep track of who did well or crashed on all three challenges so it’s always a surprise though 😂

[byjove]

Paul did not say moreish once in episode 2! Ha.

[cakewench]

Anyone on the thread - I have a great book recommendation for you! It's a murder mystery set in a GBBS-style show - The Golden Spoon.

I listened to the audio book and it was fabulous.

[melohdy]

2 episodes in and there are still a few people that haven't introduced at all.

[byjove]

I wasn’t really sure who they were going to pick to go home this week!

[Lormor]

Oct 14, 2023 8:12:35 GMT -6 byjove said:

I wasn’t really sure who they were going to pick to go home this week!

I was a bit sad about the person who’s out- would have preferred one of the others.
Very pleased with star baker.

[byjove]

Oct 14, 2023 8:54:20 GMT -6 Lormor said:

Oct 14, 2023 8:12:35 GMT -6 byjove said:

I wasn’t really sure who they were going to pick to go home this week!

I was a bit sad about the person who’s out- would have preferred one of the others.
Very pleased with star baker.

Agree on both points! The winner’s show stopper was pretty amazing.

[tinyjoys]

H & I watch on Sundays and I really appreciate the non spoilers that happen in here and now I’m dying to watch. Maybe we’ll watch that tonight instead of in the morning.

[poptarts]

How many episodes have been released so far? I’m almost finished with bread week.

[byjove]

Oct 16, 2023 8:27:17 GMT -6 poptarts said:

How many episodes have been released so far? I’m almost finished with bread week.

Just the 3- bread week was the latest. New episodes come out on Fridays.

[cakewench]

Oct 16, 2023 8:49:31 GMT -6 byjove said:

Oct 16, 2023 8:27:17 GMT -6 poptarts said:

How many episodes have been released so far? I’m almost finished with bread week.

Just the 3- bread week was the latest. New episodes come out on Fridays.

Just be careful if you follow any of the social media accounts for GBBS, the new episodes air in the UK on Wednesdays and you can easily get spoiled. (Speaking from experience lol)

[byjove]

I hate to say it, but the with the contest who left early, and who was having a terrible baking day, I definitely wondered if they were milking it a bit... but I am a wilting flower in heat so also sympathetic and know how real that can be... So feeling like a awful person. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

[cakewench]

Oct 23, 2023 11:32:26 GMT -6 byjove said:

I hate to say it, but the with the contest who left early, and who was having a terrible baking day, I definitely wondered if they were milking it a bit... but I am a wilting flower in heat so also sympathetic and know how real that can be... So feeling like a awful person. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

I totally see how it looks sus. However, if she truly had a raging migraine the night before, it's entirely possible she still had it and combined with the heat... I could totally see it. I've had 3-day migraines that knock me on my ass, can't imagine adding heat + baking show stress on top of it and still being functional. 

[tinyjoys]

Oct 23, 2023 11:32:26 GMT -6 byjove said:

I hate to say it, but the with the contest who left early, and who was having a terrible baking day, I definitely wondered if they were milking it a bit... but I am a wilting flower in heat so also sympathetic and know how real that can be... So feeling like a awful person. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

I don't know, they said they had a migraine the previous day and tried to tough it out. Heat is a major trigger for my migraines personally, so I could see them having a migraine on Friday, feeling a little migraine hangover and hoping it would go away once they got to work on Saturday and then the heat making a full fledged migraine reappear Kool-aid Man style.

But, I could also see milking it while knowing they were having a bad week. Why do they always do chocolate on the HOTTEST days?

[byjove]

Oct 23, 2023 11:42:35 GMT -6 cakewench said:

Oct 23, 2023 11:32:26 GMT -6 byjove said:

I hate to say it, but the with the contest who left early, and who was having a terrible baking day, I definitely wondered if they were milking it a bit... but I am a wilting flower in heat so also sympathetic and know how real that can be... So feeling like a awful person. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

I totally see how it looks sus. However, if she truly had a raging migraine the night before, it's entirely possible she still had it and combined with the heat... I could totally see it. I've had 3-day migraines that knock me on my ass, can't imagine adding heat + baking show stress on top of it and still being functional. 

For sure! I absolutely can understand that being unbearable.

[byjove]

Oct 23, 2023 11:45:50 GMT -6 tinyjoys said:

Oct 23, 2023 11:32:26 GMT -6 byjove said:

I hate to say it, but the with the contest who left early, and who was having a terrible baking day, I definitely wondered if they were milking it a bit... but I am a wilting flower in heat so also sympathetic and know how real that can be... So feeling like a awful person. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

I don't know, they said they had a migraine the previous day and tried to tough it out. Heat is a major trigger for my migraines personally, so I could see them having a migraine on Friday, feeling a little migraine hangover and hoping it would go away once they got to work on Saturday and then the heat making a full fledged migraine reappear Kool-aid Man style.

But, I could also see milking it while knowing they were having a bad week. Why do they always do chocolate on the HOTTEST days?

Always! And Prue and Paul were in heavy coats in the intro. I was like how did that happen??

[cakewench]

Oct 23, 2023 11:45:50 GMT -6 tinyjoys said:

Oct 23, 2023 11:32:26 GMT -6 byjove said:

I hate to say it, but the with the contest who left early, and who was having a terrible baking day, I definitely wondered if they were milking it a bit... but I am a wilting flower in heat so also sympathetic and know how real that can be... So feeling like a awful person. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

I don't know, they said they had a migraine the previous day and tried to tough it out. Heat is a major trigger for my migraines personally, so I could see them having a migraine on Friday, feeling a little migraine hangover and hoping it would go away once they got to work on Saturday and then the heat making a full fledged migraine reappear Kool-aid Man style.

But, I could also see milking it while knowing they were having a bad week. Why do they always do chocolate on the HOTTEST days?

Seriously I swear they look at historical weather data and do it on purpose!

[snowyowl]

Oct 23, 2023 11:32:26 GMT -6 byjove said:

I hate to say it, but the with the contest who left early, and who was having a terrible baking day, I definitely wondered if they were milking it a bit... but I am a wilting flower in heat so also sympathetic and know how real that can be... So feeling like an awful person. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

I think it’s more likely the illness affected the baking they were doing and that’s why it wasn’t going well. And they looked pretty awful, very pale and blotchy.

[tinyjoys]

Oct 23, 2023 11:48:19 GMT -6 cakewench said:

Oct 23, 2023 11:45:50 GMT -6 tinyjoys said:

I don't know, they said they had a migraine the previous day and tried to tough it out. Heat is a major trigger for my migraines personally, so I could see them having a migraine on Friday, feeling a little migraine hangover and hoping it would go away once they got to work on Saturday and then the heat making a full fledged migraine reappear Kool-aid Man style.

But, I could also see milking it while knowing they were having a bad week. Why do they always do chocolate on the HOTTEST days?

Seriously I swear they look at historical weather data and do it on purpose!

Hottest week of the year? CHOCOLATE!

Hot AND rainy/humid? SUGAR WORK!!

[jubilantsquirrel]

Oct 3, 2023 14:01:21 GMT -6 willow said:

I was bummed about the elimination too. But just happy to have the show back. I like the new host so far.

I apparently am the only person that didn't know about the missing raspberry because I always skip the intro lol.

I finally started this last night and I also had no idea about the missing raspberry 😂