Great British Bake Off 2023

[Redline]

Yes Matty! So happy for him! In your face, Dan!

 

[Rogue-rats]

Wouldn't have minded either Josh or Matty to win.
Just delighted that smug Dan didnt' get it. He's about to go and murder someone.

 

[unidentified]

I want to be Lara. He is so cute!

 

[Newbie2267]

"he was going home 6 times".... Not like those few times you should have gone eh Dan.

Made up for Matty, he improved so much over the course of the weeks

 

[bozlem3080]

Not been on this thread before but so happy Matty has won

 

[Doodlebug005]

What a sweetheart Matty is

 

[TigerTim]

Im not crying, you are

 

[Willow9999]

Even the since they finished Bake Off round up shows how tit they’ve been. It was just a reel of their social get togethers! It used to be how they’d progressed in their of their baking

 

[qwikti]

Sad for Josh, I’ll be honest. He just had that finesse that I liked, but didn’t manage to show it this week I guess.

I do wonder if personality goes some way into the decision - Josh was adorable too, but Matty had that certain spark that would work well for interviews and whatnot.

 

[StarrySkies]

I'm not sure why they bother with the technical challenge as it's never that successful for any of the bakers and the judges don't seem to take it into consideration at the end
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Sad for Josh, I’ll be honest. He just had that finesse that I liked, but didn’t manage to show it this week I guess.

I do wonder if personality goes some way into the decision - Josh was adorable too, but Matty had that certain spark that would work well for interviews and whatnot.

Definitely think personality sways the judges. I honestly got the vibe Paul wasn't keen on Josh

 

[aimzalicious]

Even the since they finished Bake Off round up shows how tit they’ve been. It was just a reel of their social get togethers! It used to be how they’d progressed in their of their baking

The round-up has always been social stuff and how the contestants stay in touch with each other, as well as how they have kept baking or progressing in stuff they mentioned in the show? Ever since the old series it always showed a mix of social and baking. I personally love seeing the social stuff!

 

[shugabug23]

My serotonin levels are high… Off to catch up on IAC so they should be significantly irritated back down to normal in about 3 mins

Thanks for Bake Off hangs y’all!! I love Jamie Lynn and I’m not ashamed

 

[StarrySkies]

I doubt many will go onto be successful bakers like previous contestants. They just weren't a strong bunch this year

 

[Vroomvroom]

Ahh so pleased Matty won!

 

[Yer_wha?!]

I doubt many will go onto be successful bakers like previous contestants. They just weren't a strong bunch this year

I couldn't make anything like any of these bakers have, but it's been a pretty uninspiring series. I think getting back to basics went too far back after some of the off the wall challenges over the last couple of years

 

[MsGilmore]

I really don’t get the Dan hate! That is just his smile! Don’t smile Dan, it offends people!

 

[yellowmellow]

So Pleased for Matty… did he propose when he won and they didn’t show it? Because he called Lara his girlfriend all the way through, then when she was talking it said “fiancé”… then he ran over like he was going to propose but they cut away and then at the end it said they’re getting married?!

 

[SheMyBestie]

So Pleased for Matty… did he propose when he won and they didn’t show it? Because he called Lara his girlfriend all the way through, then when she was talking it said “fiancé”… then he ran over like he was going to propose but they cut away and then at the end it said they’re getting married?!

that’s what I thought he said Lana, I need you and then they cut away.

 

[unwanted.opinions]

Oh wow, I can’t call it now! Josh’s looks the best! Paul is too up himself!

Josh’s looked the best from a distance. Just a shame his piping wasn’t up to scratch like it normally is. Glad Matty won I’d choose his chocolate cake over any of the other cakes in the final.

 

[Clover123]

Strange finale! It didn't feel like one in many ways. Lardy cake seemed fairly straightforward, albeit a faff, eclairs a very basic challenge and then a three tiered cake (Dan's just one flavour too?!) They all looked quite sloppy and fairly basic- Matty made a chocolate cake and both Josh's flavours were apple? It just seemed so bland and meh.

I'm an okay baker and have made three tier cakes before and it's challenging but doable to a much higher standard- I'm sure many better bakers than me were watching like ??? could totally do better than that! Usually on bakeoff you are kinda blown away by the standard they reach by the final and they're tested to the limit! This just felt like a random episode to be honest.

Glad Matty won, he seemed so sweet! But I don't think he would have won against almost any of the winners and finalists from previous years.