Who's watching Bake Off?

Oo mcem I love Tom Allan's acerbic review of the past week. I find him refreshingly rude after all those gushy programmes where everyone is nice to and about everything! He often says what people are thinking but wouldn't dream of saying out loud. He has a sort of knowing twinkle in his eye.

Rahul has become a 'teachers' pet' and the judges evidently took his past achievements into consideration when they saved him. But he really made a pig's breakfast of his Danish pastries.

Kim Joy just really annoys me. Don't know why. I like Briony and Ruby.
I really thought Rahul was going home last night though. So did he!

As a non-baker I do enjoy Bake off and also Extra Slice but cannot take to Tom Allen.
I find him creepy and sarcastic and not remotely funny. Jo Brand and guests managed perfectly well without him and would again!

Yes Rahul should have gone. He comes over as a Mummy’s boy and a bit of a sad character really.

I have really warmed to Kim-Joy and hope she wins.

It is one of the few programmes I look forward to.

I'm finding Rahul quite creepy and he definitely should have gone last night.
I think Noel likes winding him up.

I loved the moment last night when Rahul gloomily said “Doomed!”. The look on his poor little face!

Also surprised at the leaver this week. I’m finding Rahul more than irritating, too much drama that doesn’t feel authentic. Probably doing him a disservice. It’s an enjoyable, undemanding watch.

It's either Kim Joy or Briony for me to win. Slowly going off Rahul with all the 'angsty' faces. The two girls show real happiness and sadness too depending on the situation. Love Ruby too, she is so funny at times and Paul is no match for her.

I agree that the wrong person went in this episode but did think that the star baker was a worthy winner. I really like Noel and Sandy and think that Prue is a good match for Paul. The programme is a pleasant relief from all the doom and gloom on the news channels. ?

I like all the bakers who appeared this evening, but was surprised at who went - it didn't seem fair when one of the others had three complete disasters and obviously expected to be the one to go.
I also thought the person who got star baker was the wrong one too.

I am really enjoying both Bake Off and an Extra Slice.

I thought it was in the bag for Rahul but could the wonderfully sweet Kim Joy be a winner? Probably not but I do like her style.

Everybody seems to rub along nicely and I think that makes it so enjoyable to watch.

Just wrote a long post about who went and who got star baker and then realised not everyone may have seen this week’s episode yet so stopped from posting just in time. Suffice it to say that on this week’s challenges, I think someone else should have gone but I am glad he/she didn’t.

Oh dear, I'm another of the innocents thinking what a nice friendly group it is this year. And I find Sandy and Noel such an improvement on Mel and Sue.

I haven't noticed any nastiness, but maybe I'm just naive. That biscuit chandelier they had to make last night was - to my mind - ridiculous, but, all credit to the majority of them who managed to create one, especially Kim Joy who thoroughly deserved her second Star Baker accolade. Love her little gingerbread house.

Loving this series, such a treat to watch. My faves are the quirky Kim Joy, breezy Briony and unconfident Rahul.
Their creativeness is inspiring. Finding Noel irritating though, and missing Mel and Sue’s humour.

I'd much rather have Sandi and Noel than the very unfunny Mel and Sue. Just my opinion obviously

Terry’s had a few disasters, like Karen, in previous weeks, but always managed to save themselves with one bake. I must be a bit insensitive because I hadn’t noticed any undercurrents and like all of them who are left in and will be sorry to see any of them go.

Yes I think there is a bit of nastiness going on at times with one of the men . The younger one with a daughter called Florence can be so bitter if some ones doing better than he is. Maybe it's just the way it's edited .
The chap who went out this week , was it Terry , I was sure he would go further but hey no , he had a bad week and he's gone . The woman who went this week I did not like very much , a bit bolshy for my liking plus she has had one too many catastrophes and deserved to go. I'm not very good with the names on this series am I?
I really like the lady with the downturned mouth who looks like Dora the Explorer!! She makes some great things but the winner in my eye is the lovely little Rahul??
I love that he bakes to make friends and he's grown on me and I'm hoping that the show improves his confidence .

I hope John and Dan go soon. They are so competitive and bring an undercurrent of spite (always phrased as a joke) that I never saw in previous series.

Yes, I much prefer this new Bake Off. I love Noel and Sandi. I have always liked both in former TV programmes and I think they are a good pairing - naturally warm and kind. Mel and Sue used to get on my nerves. I much prefer Prue too. Mary Berry was just too twee for me.

What fabulous creations the chocolate domes were! I loved planet turtle! I think the marking has been slightly unfair but as I haven't done the taste tests perhaps not. Am I the only one who thinks they are going to keep the young and very confident Ruby in at any cost? They are also seeing 'personality' as a programme plus methinks, which is a shame.

I watch it, but find my attention wanders, but DD was telling me this afternoon how ‘fired up’ my 11 year old GS gets about bake off. After watching some meringue creation coming together he said “Can we make that, do you think, Mum? What are we doing this weekend.” She could hardly keep a straight face! Noel is growing on me.

I do watch Bake Off, mainly as one of g.daughters love it and when she comes round we can talk about it. Record it these days, so that I can skip all the adverts. Find 'Extra Slice' is extremely 'padded out' in its new format.

I like Noel too. It seemed a strange choice at first but he has grown into it wonderfully and comes across as a very sweet man.

I like to record Bake off and Extra slice so I can fast forward through the adverts. I think it's them that make the programme seem so drawn out.