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Alexa repeat every single year

#gbbo 2024 #gbbo #great british bake off #bake off #I have my eyessss on you Paul and prue #will happily die on all hills that protect my cozy good vibes baking show #including the one named FINESSE IS NOT IMPORTANT #and its twin ITS THE TASTE THAT COUNTS #and its cousin they BAKE OUT OF LOVE NOT FOR A JOB #their 👏bakes 👏do 👏not 👏have 👏to👏look 👏perfect👏and👏by👏demanding👏perfection👏you👏are👏RUINING👏their👏love👏of👏baking #i vote for a coup at this point #kick paul and prue out #get mary berry mel and sue back in #and have a NO STRESS good vibes not even a competition bake off

Nelly vs. Finesse

#gbbo #gbbo 2024 #great british bake off #bake off #Nelly #peak relatability #her expressions are my expressions #she says what everyone is thinking #will die on the the emphasis on finesse is STUPID hill #relatable queen #she absolutely had the finesse to get star baker in week 3 #she was robbed

If Paddington Bear and the Beatrix Potter Universe were to compete on The Great British Bake Off

#gbbo #gbbo 2024 #great british bake off #bake off #Mike #gives off the same cozy but slightly chaotic joy vibes as paddington and the beatrix potter animals #mike: quiet; joyful; slightly chaotic; cup of tea and rain boots at the ready at all times #here for the vibes and nonplussed at paul and prue’s pickiness #rooting for him also all the way #also deserves the very best #can tell he has the perfect traditional bake off contestant energy #will absolutely lend a helping hand #lovely quintessential British storybook peacefulness

#gbbo 2024 #gbbo #great british bake off #Nelly is EVERYTHING #🥺🥺🥺🥺#charm wit laughter heart and soul all wrapped in one #she deserves only the very best #and a giant hug #✨✨✨✨✨#if she has a million fans I am one of them if she has no fans then I must no longer be alive #facial expression queen

Narration: This week on Bake Off it’s [Category] Week!

The bakers: I’m so excited about [Category]!

The hosts: I love [Category]! Always delicious!

Paul and Prue strutting into the tent: Actuallllyyyy… we are going to be testing you on all these skills instead *pulls out scroll*

#gbbo #gbbo 2024 #great british bake off #bake off #this week i.e. every week #more concentrated on unrelated specialized skills instead of the fundamentals of the category #looking at you tempered chocolate and biscuit construction?!!#bake nicely flavored biscuits that’s it #paul and prue grilling them on other things than the FOCUS OF THE ENTIRE WEEK #who is frequently or ever constructing a moving puppet show in their kitchen on a random Tuesday

Let me start off by saying I will always love Bake Off. It is the best baking show out there because of the cozy vibes and the way the bakers support one another. In Bake Off, competition itself isn’t the priority and the bakers restore a little of your faith in the goodness of humanity.

However, the start of this season signaled to me that it continues to move away from its bread and butter and is trying to mold itself into something it isn’t.

Don’t get me wrong, it has been on this track for a couple seasons now but I thought they would stop and readjust but they haven’t. This show was built on regular good hearted people. They didn’t have fancy jobs, they weren’t rolling in money, and they baked to feed the people around them and as a love language. What they baked during Bake Off was rough around the edges in presentation because that was the point. Nobody in their daily lives had the time to bother about the superficial appearance of their food as they juggled work and other responsibilities. As a bonus, there were baking history lessons to learn the ancient origins of modern everyday staples as it set itself further apart from hyper-competitive professional baking shows as a show for and about the regular working class person. Bake Off marketed itself as being down-to-earth and firmly rooted in community; celebrating people who went ignored by its competitors. And it found great success!

It doesn’t seem like Bake Off is for these salt of the earth bakers anymore. What is the value of hyper-realistic edible art for someone who grabs a few precious hours every week to bake in between working full time and trying to pay the bills?! What is the purpose of making an uncommon cake without a recipe?! What is the point of requiring equipment and techniques to succeed that cost a lot of money to acquire?! These challenges get more and more outlandish and the bakers are given less and less time AND FOR WHAT?! So that Paul and Prue can have the smuggest grins on their faces as they watch people struggle?!

People watch Bake Off because it isn’t Iron Chef or Sugar Rush. The appeal of this show is that they are not professional bakers so stop designing professional level challenges with professional level standards.

Stop consistently emphasizing finesse and appearance.

This show’s appeal was cemented years ago in the good old days and it remains because people are clinging to the few scraps of similarities left. This show is being destroyed while it acts as a vehicle for Paul and Prue’s ego trips.

Enough already. Stop before it’s too late and go back to your roots.

Please.

#gbbo #great british bake off #gbbo 2024 #gbbo commentary #a plea to gbbo to stop its track towards self destruction #the bakers are what make bake off #and I hope that these bakers are as supportive and encouraging of one another as in previous years #the MINUTE that is lost… bake off is RUINED #I don’t want professional perfection in bake off #I don’t want hypercompetitive bakers #they have no place in my cozy warm hearted baking show

I think at this point all the challenges should be judged blindfolded. So you make up your mind about the flavor (aka the most important part) before you see what it looks like (a bonus). Paul and Prue seem incapable of separating the two otherwise.

#gbbo #great british bake off #bake off #gbbo 2024

An American?!

#gbbo 2024 #gbbo #bake off #when the Brooklyn accent takes you out of the cozy immersion #nope no thank you #please exit stage left

It’s new season of GBBO time

#gbbo #great british bake off #bake off #gbbo 2024

I feel like Paul needs to be visited by the Spirit of Baking Past, the Spirit of Baking Present and the Sprit of Baking Future to get it drilled into his head that finesse has never truly mattered throughout history. It has never been finesse above all. It has been about baking as a love language and means to feed your loved ones. The flavor and the thought is what counts.

#gbbo #gbbo 2023 #great british bake off #still thinking that Party Week’s judging put too much emphasis on finesse #finesse has never been the most important thing in baking throughout history #especially if you are not doing it as a source of income but in the few hours you manage to steal in a busy day #I give you the Baking Carol #starring Paul Hollywood the miser who needs to get a clue #flavor and thought >>>> finesse #no one has the time #it should never be the priority #and people should not be made to feel guilty for NOT making it their priority

DID WE PRUE?! DID WE?!

#gbbo #gbbo 2023 #great british bake off #bake off #who is learning ANYTHING from the blank piece of paper that is their instructions?#it is a miracle they produce anything that all that even vaguely represents the example product #learnt a bit my left foot #in your dreams prue #give them DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS already #the technicals prove absolutely nothing regarding baking abilities every single time

And it is the bakers' duty to occasionally as frequently as possible make this duty as hard as possible. Make Paul suffer in his line of work! It is an act of public service!

#gbbo #great british bake off #gbbo 2023 #it may be his duty but who says it needs to be easy?!#it is in his contract apparently to eat the food #who says it needs to be cooked to his preferences and taste pallet?#his ego is on such a high horse i think it needs the occasional taste of something vile and raw and inedible #when i say occasional i do mean as frequently as possible #do it for all the bakers who came before you and were unfairly critiqued and eliminated #do it for everyone who was made to feel like paul and prue's approval was the only thing that determined their worth as bakers #oh everything above applies to prue #this disasterous duo needs a slice of comeupance pie

they are just like us

#gbbo #gbbo 2023 #great british bake off #the bakers are just like us #relatable human beings are in this tent #i do all of these on a regular basis #peak relatability in 2023

when things go so badly all you can do is laugh

I really enjoyed the technical for the singular reason that all the bakers found humor in the disasterous results. It went so badly for everyone that everybody just broke out laughing. It uplifted my spirits to see them find the funny side to everything instead of feeling terrible about themselves for failing to execute Paul's stupid demands. Because sometimes finding the humor in a situation is the only way to make it through.

They laughed and they laughed together.

I love this baking family who are becoming tight knit right before my eyes!

#gbbo #gbbo 2023 #great british bake off #laughter is the best medicine #when things go so badly all you can do is laugh #laughing together brings people closer #i love this group of bakers with all my heart and soul #glad they didn't take the disaster to heart #and chose to laugh about it instead #the bake off bakers are a family and I love it

I will miss the two of them together!

#gbbo 2023 #gbbo #great british bake off #saku #saku & allison #their humor bounced off each other so well #seeing them make each other laugh makes me so happy #will miss her so much

Love when the bakers are inspired by their family.

#gbbo #gbbo 2023 #great british bake off #when they are inspired by their family it is so meaningful #bake off is all about bakers who bake as a form of love for their dear ones #baking as a form of love

The look on Paul's face at the thought he might have to eat something disgusting made me cackle. He needs to go through this shock-horror-visible discomfort rollercoaster at least five times a week. It has the ability to make my day instantaneously!

Part of the job Paul, is eating things that don't allign with your taste buds and offering constructive feedback, gotta get better at that part Mr Hollywood!

#gbbo 2023 #gbbo #great british bake off #gbbo spoilers #schadenfreude joy was running through me at that moment #want to see Paul sufferrrrrr #his face was hilarious #wish it did absolutely taste like curry #go extreme and make him eat it (food poisoning is optional but ideal)

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