The [Formerly] Great British Bake Off
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There's a petition to get Ainsley Harriott involved (I used to like him on Ready, Steady - Cook) and rumour has it that Jamie has ruled himself out.
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Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott? Dear god who next? The stars are supposed to be the contestants, not narcissistic obnoxious loudmouths with no baking skills! Scraping the barrel or what! It's going to be shite
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Many of the participants on this thread really do need to get out more....😉
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Mary Berry is a baking goddess of long standing. She's in her early 80s (I hadn't realised she was as venerable as all that!) and - although she has written and presented on general cookery topics as well - has been dealing with cake-related stuff for a living for sixty years or so. Neither Oliver nor Harriott have the baking chops to comment as incisively or from such a position of knowledge.
Hollywood, while his style can be a bit grating, is at least a baker of renown. His fellow judge needs to have equally as solid a background in baking. The presenting job is done by the other two; they are the viewers' surrogates, asking the dumb questions and expressing awe at the creations that emerge from the oven; they shouldn't be bakers. But the judges need to know exactly what they're talking about and be able to identify technical faults in the preparation techniques and baking skills of the contestants.
How about one of the previous series' winners coming back to judge the next one? It really doesn't need to be an established star (and, frankly, in the world of GBBO the previous winners are already stars anyway!)
ETA: I haven't watched any of the current season; I watched most of last summer's after my mum had persuaded us to find it on iPlayer while she visited... after she returned to the UK I found myself watching the last few episodes to see how it finished. It's a proper BBC show - unashamedly middle-class, a spirit of friendly competition, carries out the Reithian inform-educate-entertain thing well enough. Can't see how it fits C4's brand style at all. I suppose the production company will cut the cloth to fit the new frame...
Last edited by Oakvillian; Sep 23rd 2016 at 1:27 pm.
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They could re-brand it, get Gordon Ramsay on it, have him shouting "IT'S RAW!!!!!" and sell it to the US TV market lol.
I mean I hope to god they don't, but I think anything can happen when it's C4.
I mean I hope to god they don't, but I think anything can happen when it's C4.
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I hear Chris Evans might be available. He's done C4 before, so there's a feather in his cap. He ****ed up one great show, so why not continue a tradition.
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Oh and Paul Hollywood is a bit of alright IMO.
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Perhaps I should go for Mary's job. After all I did go to catering college and have a degree in Home Economics
#29
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I always thought that I would like to teach home economics.
#30
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for the fans of the show, season 7 has just ended - so do you want to watch it before it shown on PBS?
Project Free TV :: The Great British Bake Off Season 7
BTW, the winner is
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37786108
Project Free TV :: The Great British Bake Off Season 7
BTW, the winner is
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37786108