Great British Bake Off 2017

dee_mc

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

I think Kate and Liam are on a par with each other. She was much better in the earlier rounds, he has been better they last few weeks.

I'd much rather see someone who has improved in the final, than someone who has stagnated or disimproved over the weeks. Liam had shown progression and begun to thrive as the stakes got higher, whereas Kate has crumbled under the pressure time and time again - if his pie had been even a bit more cooked(!) this week, I think Kate would've gone.

wyrn

daisy123 wrote: »

I think you're right and that is the hardest decision that Hollywood was making in the preview!

Oh I missed the preview for next week. I rage quit the tv and went to refill my glass of wine!

miamee

miamee wrote: »

Kate is there by the skin of her teeth, her Liver Building effort looked absolutely dreadful and unfinished. The liver bird looked like a dragon! It was a bit too King-Kong for me

:O My electricity dropped out and I missed some so until I read this I thought it was a dragon!

It was disgraceful looking. I always ask myself 'if I walked into a bakery and saw that would I be impressed/tempted by it'? I never seem to feel that way about Kate or Stacey's.

wyrn

EagererBeaver wrote: »

I'll gladly take that bet.

I hope I'm wrong. Neither Stacey or Kate deserve to be in the final. Liam had a bit of a dodgy start but the last couple of weeks he's been doing extremely well. Love that Liam always had a really cool presentations for his bakes.

Meauldsegosha

Good to see Liam is looking to the future.

https://twitter.com/liamcbakes/status/920384592732966913

iamwhoiam

I am watching now as I recorded it . I like to sit and chill and watch Bake Off . Stacey is actually making me anxious watching her flap about and her hair hanging over the counter .

Must say all the show stoppers this series have been disappointing . Kates looked amateurish and boring

Stephen or Sophie for me as they look far better to me

I am not really outraged that Liam went but Stacey should have gone weeks ago

tea and coffee

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

This week Liam's techical bake was raw, his showstopper was underwhelming because he did take into consideration that the spun sugar would melt. His signature bake was his only good back this week.

I like Liam and he is a good baker but he wasn't good enough to win.

In fairness, that was the only mistake he made in the show stopper. Bad planning rather than bad baking, whereas Kate's was totally amateur. It looked like a child had made it in home ec. Not a week 8 show stopper!

EagererBeaver

It wasn't really his only mistake. It was a bit "informal" as Mary would have said. Not as bad as Kate but perhaps a touch worse than Sophie.

tea and coffee

EagererBeaver wrote: »

It wasn't really his only mistake. It was a bit "informal" as Mary would have said. Not as bad as Kate but perhaps a touch worse than Sophie.

Ok so if his show stopper was better and her technical was better, who's signature was better. ... I forget

EagererBeaver

It's not just one versus the other though - his technical was clearly the worst part of the whole episode. A real shame too as it looked set to be good and he just ran out of time.

justback83

I've gotta say - I think Noel and Sandi are such fantastic additions to the show. Sandi seems genuinely lovely and I don't think her heartbreak at announcing who's leaving is fake at all. I accidentally watched an episode from Season 7 last night and found Mel and Sue annoying!

HeidiHeidi

justback83 wrote: »

I've gotta say - I think Noel and Sandi are such fantastic additions to the show. Sandi seems genuinely lovely and I don't think her heartbreak at announcing who's leaving is fake at all. I accidentally watched an episode from Season 7 last night and found Mel and Sue annoying!

Yep, I've come right around from lamenting the loss of Mel & Sue (don't seem to have suffered the over-exposure of others who have watched all series) to really loving Sandy & Noel. They've bedded down brilliantly into it.

Now if we could just magic away the ads......

siblers

tea and coffee wrote: »

In fairness, that was the only mistake he made in the show stopper. Bad planning rather than bad baking, whereas Kate's was totally amateur. It looked like a child had made it in home ec. Not a week 8 show stopper!

There was no flavour in his showstopper, so it wasn't his only mistake

BetsyEllen

Very disappointed to see Liam go, he was such a great and likeable character. he had me laughing a lot.

I like all of the contestants, Stacey the least but I still think she's OK.

I would have thought Kate should go instead of Liam and was quite surprised she didn't. Her showstopper was laughable, it looked like something a child had made - I was astounded.

Haha they weren't impressed with Kates showstopper on an extra slice!

stargazer 68

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Haha they weren't impressed with Kates showstopper on an extra slice!

No. Great panel tonight. Better than previous shows

Dovies

Dovies wrote: »

No. Great panel tonight. Better than previous shows

Yeah I thought that girl Stacey wouldn't be able to string a sentence together she's so dim at times but she's great and pretty funny.

stargazer 68

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yeah I thought that girl Stacey wouldn't be able to string a sentence together she's so dim at times but she's great and pretty funny.

Oh I love Stacey. I'm not one for these reality celebs but she is great. Really natural

HeidiHeidi

Who's the hairy fella

stargazer 68

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Who's the hairy fella

Comedian. Usually on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown

HeidiHeidi

That clanger is brilliant :D

HeidiHeidi

Oi, Jo - porter cake is most certainly not a "forgotten bake":mad:

HeidiHeidi

I'm pretty sure I used to have a quilt cover made from Liam's shirt material!

Posy

I will miss Liam.

ShazGV

That was my first time to watch Extra Slice, purely because it was going to have Liam on it - and it was great! Had to laugh at Richard saying they could've been chatting to Kate instead.

HeidiHeidi

Awwww that compilation of funny bits was lovely

Posy

Posy wrote: »

I will miss Liam.

Me too

HeidiHeidi

Posy wrote: »

I will miss Liam.

Deleted User wrote: »

Me too

Me three :mad:

gmisk

Liam was great....i was shocked Kate didn't go this week.
Love extra slice think it's even better this series on channel 4

HeidiHeidi

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Awwww that compilation of funny bits was lovely

He has such an infectious giggle!

The cake at the end was brilliant! Some of them have been just a bit "meh" - but that one was class!