Great British Bake Off 2021

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It was never the same for me after Mary, Mel and Sue left. I know they aren't to everyone's taste, but I've just never clicked with any of the presenters since or Prue.

Mel and Sue's style was stupid and innuendo, but in a light-hearted, easy way. I find the jokes too forced now and too planned.

I've only really kept coming back for contestants like Henry and Liam and the like. Nobody ever gonna steal my heart like Tamal did though. Not even Henry in his ties, who I absolutely adored. He was the cutest!
 
I really disliked Mel and Sue. And their destructive interviews where buns were smashed or ingredients moved or creations toppled.

I watched back some seasons I had missed from the early days where they hosted and found myself getting the rage.

Mary was all class but never needed the show/money.
 
I miss Sandy :( I didn't think I'd like her but actually, her and Noel worked so well together. I much prefer Prue/Noel & Sandy to the old presenters, but Matt is bleeping me right off, he's not funny and he doesn't suit the show at all. I don't find Noel that funny but he is at least personable and I love waiting to see what he is wearing this week :ROFLMAO: I do feel like the shows lost it's magic appeal though, I don't know what it is but C4 just can't seem to get the formatting right.

Just catching up now and my god, Giuseppe's focaccia is making my mouth water, how does he manage to make everything look so bloody professional?! bleeping Lizzie gets worse every week.
 
It has got a bit boring and repetitive now. I'm not sure how they could save it. Obviously no one really likes Paul but I dunno if replacing him would help or just make it even further removed from the original.
I've said before how I don't like the crazy challenges but I honestly think just going back to basics with things that people actually bake at home coupled with the more obscure technical challenge would make it a lot more watchable.
 
Sprezza said:
It has got a bit boring and repetitive now. I'm not sure how they could save it. Obviously no one really likes Paul but I dunno if replacing him would help or just make it even further removed from the original.
I've said before how I don't like the crazy challenges but I honestly think just going back to basics with things that people actually bake at home coupled with the more obscure technical challenge would make it a lot more watchable.
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I think this would make it so much more enjoyable. I don't like the challenges at all, I'd rather just watch someone craft the perfect scone lmao. For me the interest comes in all the different flavours people do, I don't care about aerodynamics. There's so much variety with recipes now that you don't need the fancy stuff anyway, like say cake week, you could easily have the challenge as say a 3 layer celebration cake, would still be less 'everyday' but without being daft and something people would actually try at home.
 
StephenTJackson said:
Brilliant. I loved Andrew, he was so adorable and unbelievably talented. Will have to give this a watch.
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It’s honestly really enjoyable, kind of like if Scrapheap Challenge and Bake-Off had a baby! Andrew is a great judge, as he bridges the gap between baking and engineering and comes across very well! He was pretty young on Bake-Off, late teens or early 20’s, I think, and has matured rather nicely! There are still a couple of episodes left to enjoy too, they come out next week! It has definitely filled the Bake-Off void for me!

ThePidge said:
Not sure if it’s been said as haven’t caught up, but I don’t miss mel and sue AND, can I just say, I do not miss the mid episode history lesson.
I really don’t care how scones were made during the Victorian era.
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I used to love the food history bits, I always found them super interesting and informative, but social history ( fashion, food and fun!) is the only aspect of history I enjoy!
I also loved Mel and Sue, so much silly innuendo, their friendship/rapport was fab to see, loved their interactions with the contestants even though they did steal ingredients etc.
Mary Berry going was a blow too, though I quite like Prue ( she is pretty goid at tempering Paul’s harshness with some kind words, but not quite as well as Mary Berry did). Sandy I liked as a presenter, but all Noel’s jokes about her height or lack thereof wore thin very quickly, as did the stupid puns! Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding work well together, but I don’t enjoy seeing them on screen for reasons I cannot pinpoint. I think it would be good to have a former contestant as a host, like Liam, who did Junior Bake-Off, which was rather enjoyable!
Thinking back to the first series, where the first challenge was to make and decorate a chocolate cake, I wish they would go back to bakes that inexperienced cooks could try at home and be successful.
 
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I can’t ever remember how many series we are at now but I think it might have peaked and it’s getting a bit boring. It was on bbc 2 as a sleeper hit when it was very charming and a bit amateurish and travelled around, then became a big thing on bbc 1 and gave us Nadiya who must be the biggest winner of bake off and then the channel 4 move to adverts took a bit of shine off and now it’s just hanging around. I like Prue - I think she’s a nicer person than Mary (controversial) but Paul is a parody and the other two don’t add anything.
 
Vanelope said:
I can’t ever remember how many series we are at now but I think it might have peaked and it’s getting a bit boring. It was on bbc 2 as a sleeper hit when it was very charming and a bit amateurish and travelled around, then became a big thing on bbc 1 and gave us Nadiya who must be the biggest winner of bake off and then the channel 4 move to adverts took a bit of shine off and now it’s just hanging around. I like Prue - I think she’s a nicer person than Mary (controversial) but Paul is a parody and the other two don’t add anything.
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I really love Prue, I never understood the hype with Mary, she was dull as dishwater :ROFLMAO:
 
Loubywoobywoo said:
It’s honestly really enjoyable, kind of like if Scrapheap Challenge and Bake-Off had a baby! Andrew is a great judge, as he bridges the gap between baking and engineering and comes across very well! He was pretty young on Bake-Off, late teens or early 20’s, I think, and has matured rather nicely! There are still a couple of episodes left to enjoy too, they come out next week! It has definitely filled the Bake-Off void for me!


I used to love the food history bits, I always found them super interesting and informative, but social history ( fashion, food and fun!) is the only aspect of history I enjoy!
I also loved Mel and Sue, so much silly innuendo, their friendship/rapport was fab to see, loved their interactions with the contestants even though they did steal ingredients etc.
Mary Berry going was a blow too, though I quite like Prue ( she is pretty goid at tempering Paul’s harshness with some kind words, but not quite as well as Mary Berry did). Sandy I liked as a presenter, but all Noel’s jokes about her height or lack thereof wore thin very quickly, as did the stupid puns! Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding work well together, but I don’t enjoy seeing them on screen for reasons I cannot pinpoint. I think it would be good to have a former contestant as a host, like Liam, who did Junior Bake-Off, which was rather enjoyable!
Thinking back to the first series, where the first challenge was to make and decorate a chocolate cake, I wish they would go back to bakes that inexperienced cooks could try at home and be successful.
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He was 25/26 in the show, he is 30/31 now
 
Loubywoobywoo said:
I think it would be good to have a former contestant as a host, like Liam,
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oh god not Liam. Him and Tom Allen host Bake Off the professionals and it’s PAINFUL at best.

ive got an unexplainable crush on Sue so I’m biased but it seemed like she had the best rapport with the contestants. For all her mucking around was fantastic when it mattered and the contestants were upset. There was some really lovely moments over the years I just can’t see happening with Matt or Noel.
 
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