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Lovely Bloke

BaZmO* wrote: »

I thought you were a gonner this week when they featured you at home awkwardly eating cake with your ol man.

most awkward shot ever.

ibarelycare

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

most awkward shot ever.

I thought it was sweet.

Chong

dee_mc wrote: »

Hi Will, I was wondering about the level of detail ye were given in the recipe for the technical challenge on last night's show. Were ye given a full ingredients list, full instructions and a cooking temperature and time guideline? The standard of bread seemed so high, I wondered did you and the other contestants feel ye were given too much direction or are ye just all excellent?

We given ingredients but the instructions are very scant, like how long to knead and proof for etc. Direction wise its very low indeed they also throw you with saying make on the bench rather than bowl that f'ed me up!

Chong

huskerdu wrote: »

Hi Chong, Congrats so far, and good luck with the rest of the series.

For the party bread recipe, 2.5 hours is not a lot if you are expected to do 2 proves. You obviously had to do quick proves and you had a warming oven. However, I notice some people proved the dough on the counter, in the tent.

Were you given instructions on the proving and timings, or did you have to work it out for yourselves.
Was it warm enough in the tent for the dough to double in an hour or less.

It looked like a great recipe. I have never done a non-sweet enriched bread, only sweet ones. I bet it tasted fab.

It was gorgeous to eat! RE: proof time for me anyways a bread of that nature should take 15 mins to make, 45 mins to proof first then knock back, then another 30 min proof, with 30 min bake.

Check out my latest breads here this week :

http://www.thecooksbelly.com/2013/10/bread-knot.html

Chong

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

most awkward shot ever.

Strange alright, was delighted to see my dad on it

huskerdu

Chong wrote: »

It was gorgeous to eat! RE: proof time for me anyways a bread of that nature should take 15 mins to make, 45 mins to proof first then knock back, then another 30 min proof, with 30 min bake.

Check out my latest breads here this week :

http://www.thecooksbelly.com/2013/10/bread-knot.html

Interesting. Do you typically use fresh yeast. I usually use dried active yeast and I find for ordinary bread, a long slow prove gives better textured bread then a faster warmer prove but I dont know if it makes a difference with enriched bread.

Chong

I have only fresh a handful of times, you may find it hard to get it though, I buy mine at Superquinn.

I be honest much prefer the fresh stuff.

MugMugs

Only got to watch this last night.

I was sitting there shouting at the screen "I'd OWN that Soda Bread one"

That's about the extent of it for me and bread though because yeast is TOUGH work and fresh yeast even tougher !

Fair play Chong ! You're hanging on in there !!!!

Dizzyblonde

I watched it tonight - well done Chong! I'm looking forward to the desserts next week

Northern Monkey

Chong, do you live in Portmarnock? Thought I saw you at the dart station this morning!

Chong

Ah here I dont mind hahaha I do live in Portmarnock, are you from the area

MurdyWurdy

They tell you where all the contestants are from on the show anyway!!

Don't worry Chong, none of us will stalk you ....





.... Yet!

Chong

Hello there,

Roll on tonight and I will be on here tomorrow as usual

Will

MugMugs

Chong wrote: »

Hello there,

Roll on tonight and I will be on here tomorrow as usual

Will

Looking forward to it.

Will be watching about 30 mins behind (to kill the ads) tonight.

Hope it goes well Will!

Lovely Bloke

Are you in touch with the other contestants? Are you going to remain friends with them? Are there one or two you hated?

Chong

In touch with mostly everyone bar Daire as he is not on social media, defo remain friends good bunch of people.

fitzcoff

Good luck tonight with the double elimination

Northern Monkey

Good man Will!

Loughc

Northern Monkey wrote: »

Good man Will!

Agreed! Well done Will, delighted for you!

I'm like you I love custard but my girlfriend hates it, they're missing out! haha!!

kerry4sam

I posted right here in the Reality TV forum, but looking forward to the mornings Q&A by you. That was a nice idea by you btw. Well Done to date Chong! I am Happy for you

Northern Monkey

Double well done!

ibarelycare

Well done Will

Mrs Fox

Yay Chong! ******stars all around***********
Well done!

fitzcoff

Well done, delighted for you.

Wish they would show more of your bakes

Dizzyblonde

Yay! Very well done Chong. I'd have loved to see all your desserts, I hate that they don't show all of them.

Loughc

Fantastic week to rightly earn baker of the week!

Your desserts looked fantastic, the tear and share sticky bread looked yum!

oscarBravo

Loughc wrote: »

Your desserts looked fantastic, the tear and share sticky bread looked yum!

Heh, yeah.

Will: "you're supposed to tear a bit off and pass it around the table..."

Biddy: "ooh, pass it over here!"

Chong

I love you all and I will be on in the morning

Chong

Morning all I am here for questions all day

ibarelycare

Well done again Will!

I was glad to see you get some air time last night. I said it a couple of times but you haven't seemed to have featured a huge amount compared to some of the others, so it was a nice surprise to see you spring from nowhere and have such a good night

I saw Paul giving some good tips out last night, did the judges do that a lot? I also saw him giving Jarek a bit of a pep talk at the end, which was lovely. He seems really keen to help people.

Are you watching the Great British Bakeoff? If so, what do you think of the contestants remaining and who do you want to win?

Chong

ibarelycare wrote: »

Well done again Will!

I was glad to see you get some air time last night. I said it a couple of times but you haven't seemed to have featured a huge amount compared to some of the others, so it was a nice surprise to see you spring from nowhere and have such a good night

I saw Paul giving some good tips out last night, did the judges do that a lot? I also saw him giving Jarek a bit of a pep talk at the end, which was lovely. He seems really keen to help people.

Are you watching the Great British Bakeoff? If so, what do you think of the contestants remaining and who do you want to win?

Thanks alot IBC

Tbh those tips were rare and in fact I never received any tips the whole way through the show or pep talks. Also I think Baldy may have mentioned on the thread about giving out dodgy tips on the custard, the advice I gave Steve was 100% correct in the method how to make custard, they made it seem like it wasn't. I was one of very few to have a good custard on the day. They only marked me down on the elderflower, simply because I didnt add enough, as I had never tasted it prior to the show.

I was a fan of the British Bake off but alot of my faves have left, but I want Kim or Beca to win now.

sweetie

Chong wrote: »

Thanks alot IBC

Tbh those tips were rare and in fact I never received any tips the whole way through the show or pep talks. Also I think Baldy may have mentioned on the thread about giving out dodgy tips on the custard, the advice I gave Steve was 100% correct in the method how to make custard, they made it seem like it wasn't. I was one of very few to have a good custard on the day. They only marked me down on the elderflower, simply because I didnt add enough, as I had never tasted it prior to the show.

I was a fan of the British Bake off but alot of my faves have left, but I want Kim or Beca to win now.

Delighted to see you get your dues last night, Good luck with the rest of it (I know it's already been shot)!

Also, those mixers look crap compared to the uk version!

Chong

Thanks alot Sweetie, the mixers meant nothing to me as I didnt have one at home bar a crappy little handwhisk I bought in Tesco.

Mrs Fox

You know, I was so rooting for you last night that I secretly hoped Stephen would drop his beautiful roulade. lol

Chong

You legend Mrs Fox, tell all your friends to support me too

dee_mc

Hi Will! Well done last night; did you get any apology for the fact they provided you with dried instead of fresh figs? Not gonna lie, I would've had a feckin fit :O

fitzcoff

Congrats again,

Was Mary Anne crying as much as the editing made it seem ?

Do ye have too much time to make stuff as in the British one there seems to be a lot more pressure, on the Irish one there is a lot more friendship and helping out.

Who do you think is your main rival at this stage?

Chong

dee_mc wrote: »

Hi Will! Well done last night; did you get any apology for the fact they provided you with dried instead of fresh figs? Not gonna lie, I would've had a feckin fit :O

Yup and you move on, turned out great in the end

Chong

fitzcoff wrote: »

Congrats again,

Was Mary Anne crying as much as the editing made it seem ?

Do ye have too much time to make stuff as in the British one there seems to be a lot more pressure, on the Irish one there is a lot more friendship and helping out.

Who do you think is your main rival at this stage?

Maryanne had a hard day and I cant remember too much as I was the opposite end of the tent. We have loads of time, most showstoppers are nearly 5 hours long. We are very bonded at this stage and all get on so well.

My main rival was myself and being nervous however I put pay to that.

Lovely Bloke

Heh, Don't worry Chong, I was joking last night about the custard!

Tar.Aldarion

Hmm . Have some catching up to do, sounds like you are doing great

confusticated

Oh well done Will! I watch on 3player so just seeing it now. Is it weird being congratulated on stuff now that you did months ago?

I'm so sorry to see Bridget and Steve go, they were two of the most fun I thought (I know it's seriously edited, but they usually seemed pretty jokey about things, even when they were going wrong).

I've eaten a whole pack of tangfastics watching that.

cofy

Well done on last nights show, your tear and share bread looked amazing, did ye get much of a chance to practice things like that (off screen) during the competition? Did ye all have separate ovens, if so how did you cope with the heat in the marquee?

I wish you all the best for next week.

Chong

confusticated wrote: »

Oh well done Will! I watch on 3player so just seeing it now. Is it weird being congratulated on stuff now that you did months ago?

I'm so sorry to see Bridget and Steve go, they were two of the most fun I thought (I know it's seriously edited, but they usually seemed pretty jokey about things, even when they were going wrong).

I've eaten a whole pack of tangfastics watching that.

It is actually quite weird, especially as I know the full result

Chong

cofy wrote: »

Well done on last nights show, your tear and share bread looked amazing, did ye get much of a chance to practice things like that (off screen) during the competition? Did ye all have separate ovens, if so how did you cope with the heat in the marquee?

I wish you all the best for next week.

We had I think 2 weeks prior to practice, and I practiced like a lunatic in that time for all the sigs and showstoppers.

We all had our own ovens, strangely it never seemed extremely hot.

oh and thank you!!

huskerdu

I made Paul Kellys Tear and Share bread at the weekend. It was fab, and really very easy.
Getting the shape right took a bit of effort, but it looked and tasted great. Well worth the effort.

http://www.tv3.ie/show_article.php?article=114997&locID=1.65.1000&request=thegreatirishbakeoff

Good luck this week, Will

MugMugs

Watched this last night !

Well done Will and go you for Star Baker !

Very impressed with your desserts !

Chong

Will be on tomorrow morning for my usual post bake off chat

Loughc

Chong wrote: »

Will be on tomorrow morning for my usual post bake off chat

Best of luck and I think I speak for everyone here when I say, mmmmmmmm chocolate.....

BaZmO*

Only got to watch last week's show last night. Well done Chong.