Great British Bake Off

I don't agree that it's been lacking in humour, Nadiya's expressions are priceless and Sandy added a lot of zany moments.
The best bit that made me smile was definitely the clip where Matt revealed his icing was yellow because it had been in the oven. Nadiya's comic timing on that was perfect.

There was the incident with the fanned plums, naughty Mel, and Freezer Flora's frequent freezer forays had me giggling for weeks.

Whoever wins will be a worthy winner, all have been Star Bakers, Tamal deserved it more than once for sure, so maybe some justice if he gets it? However, Nadiya is just wonderful, Ian was streets ahead until the others caught up...
Required viewing, anyway.

I would like a recipe for chocolate and peanut tart. It sounds a lovely combination.

I see the Daily Mail (Amanda Platell) has made sure we know that Tamal is the gay baker (as if that made a difference) and that Flora had to go because she was white and middle class! And there was me thinking one of the joys of the competition is the people who bring bits of their own culture to the dishes.

I have only just caught up on last week's episode, so ignored this thread!

I am not sure about Tamal - I don't think he pushes himself far enough. However, he is very easy on the eye so I'll look forward to watching him again.

I really like Nadiya, her facial expressions and her wit - loved the one about filing away the soufflé.

I did make a cheese soufflé once and it was very good - however DH isn't keen so I've never bothered since.

The recipes are all online and this is the link to Nadiya's chocolate tart with peanuts

www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/peanut_salted_caramel_64385

I agree this series has had plenty of humour and I missed Sandy when she went, but I think the conversation between Nadiya and Matt is probably my favourite funny moment ever on the show. Nadiya was priceless!

As for Amanda Platell ...

I make cheese soufflés quite often.They always rise OK. I think they get a bad press. We tend to eat them with new pots and salad.

I do not like the programme anymore. It has become boring, even going off saintly Mary. Think I am probably on my own though.

I've been so behind with this series and have only just caught up with it this evening, having watched the last four episodes over the last 4 or 5 days!

I'm not sure that I'll watch the next series. I still love the concept and all the different personalities amongst the contestants. BUT (and it is a big BUT), Sue Perkins is absolutely irritating the hell out of me. Every time she does that stupid '1,2,3, bake' in her ridiculous voice, I want to throw something at the TV.

What on earth is all that about? Why did someone ever think, "Oh I know, baking is hilarious isn't it, so why not have a stupid comedian presenting it and using all her funny (not) voices?" They don't have comedians presenting The Great British Sewing Bee or Masterchef.

Either she goes or I do

Think it's going to be me

indinana don't give them ideas. it would be awful if G.B.Sewing Bee had to be 'funny'

I don't know how Sue Perkins got that job in the first place. I will watch it to the end but those cruel silences until the results are announced I switch off. They copied that from Strictly. Normally its considerd polite to tell a loser kindly and quickly that they have lost.

GBSB has Claudia - that's bad enough!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't stand Sue Perkins. She is not funny, and I agree completely about that "123 BAKE" thing she does. I don't find her funny in anything she does; I remember her in a light hearted food documentary with Giles Coren and she was awful-crude and unfunny. I just don't understand what we're supposed to see in her.

I like Sue Perkins, but I agree with anno that Claudia is very annoying on GBSB. I swear that fringe changes length from one shot to the next as well...

I like Sue Perkins too (although her eye makeup/false eyelashes gets on my nerves because it makes her eyes look droopy - hope it's not due to her brain tumour), but I suspect she's on the show simply because she's part of the Mel and Sue comedy duo. They are part of the show for me, although I thought they were a waste of space at first.

Actually if anyone has got on my nerves this series, it's Paul. I think he's going out of his way to be more negative, to the point where Mary is obviously trying to compensate for him. It's always been a good cop bad cop partnership, but this series he seems to be pushing the Simon Cowell impression too far.

Oh I like Claudia on the GBSB. At least she doesn't put on any silly voices and try to be funny. Some may not like her manner, but she is a presenter and that's what she does - she presents the show. Sue Perkins, OTOH, is not a presenter, she is a comedian and she spends the whole time trying to turn the programme into a comedy show.

Sue Perkins has presented many other programmes not just GBBO. Her comedic style is her trade mark. I regard her as a presenter first and a comedian second.

Without the larking about I think GBBO would be utterly boring and predictable.

Sue has been presenting for years now and I'm not sure if she even does 'pure' comedy with or without Mel these days. If you read her Wikipedia page you can see how varied her career has been. She's one smart woman.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Perkins

Smart, yes. Funny-no, imho.

I like the program but I cannot abide any catch phrases. Such as "lets bake!" Said in a stupid voice. They make me squirm with embarrassment to hear them they are so utterly cheesy.
I dare say the production team have been asked to put the catch phrase in to please the groundlings.

'groundlings'?

Ok, I'll concede Sue Perkins is more than just a comedian and that she has presented many times before. And to be fair, I don't really dislike the 'larking about', as the show does need to have a lighter side and it must go a long way to help ease the tension felt by the contestants.

I just wish the bl@@dy woman would stop saying "123 Bake" in that stupid voice

I must listen out for the 'stupid voice' tonight. I've never noticed it before, I thought that was her normal one!

Ana The groundlings in Shakespeares time were the uneducated poor who paid very little and stood to watch the plays. They were very much looked down upon. Somewhere, possibly in Hamlet, there is a line about doing something to amuse the Groundlings.

Can any of you lot clarify the reference. It was about 50 years ago I did it for A level.

Hamlet Act3 Scene 2.
"To split the ears of the groundlings,who for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise.
Well I nearly got it right!
TG for a complete works of WS.

Well, I didn't know that Nelliemoser! You have added to my sum of knowledge (never did like Shakespeare at school )