Great British Bake off 2021

He overcooked them. Overcooked is always better than raw anything

happy for him, he was great all series apart from last weeks blip

Ah, delighted for Guiseppe!

It could have been anyone's in the end - well, until Crystelle's foccacia, I kinda figured it was a two-horse race after that.

Giuseppe was such a sweet character, I could listen to him talking all evening!

Those end titles were great as always, they always get me in the feels.

I delighted for Guiseppe although I thought Chiggs had it won. Either way they are all fantastic bakers and as GBBO finalists they will do well.

They seemed like a nice crew this year, fair play to them all

I was convinced Chigs had it in the bag.

He was definitely the best Baker tonight, however Giuseppe was best Baker during the overall series out of those three so deserved to win.

Actually in a way makes me even more annoyed that Jurgen went out last week based on one bad week!

I mean how many times did he win star Baker!!!!!!!

Should have had Jurgen in final. When I was watching last week I actually said to my husband they should break rules and have all four in final because you really couldn't call it last week, but they obviously didn't go for my brainwave idea!

Feels like Giuseppe won by his earlier performances in the earlier episodes but I wouldn't begrudge him.

Jurgen really should have been in that final though, left a slightly sour taste on a very good series

Realistically if they are choosing winners over the series then they should change the format to something like a points system where you have the best 8 or 10 bakers they can find and give them points for everything they do over a certain number of episodes. Would be by far the fairest way. The likes of Jurgen must be gutted watching that tonight - a class baker that had one bad week and he was out.

He didn't even have a bad week which makes it worse

I finally figured out how Chigs got so good so quickly last night when watching his knife skills - he's clearly someone who was already an excellent cook before he took up baking and the skills transferred across.

Really enjoyed this series, thought the contestants were lovely. Could not have called a winner in advance of the final, which is great, it's just a pity Jurgen wasn't in the final.

I thought Guiseppe let the pressure get to him a bit in the final, he seemed to panic when he made mistakes like the oven heating up and I thought he was going to snap at Noel/Matt when they were going around to them.

Crystelle - I can't understand how she served up that Foccattia (sp). She surely must have known that it didn't come out right? That lost the final for her. Had she baked foccattia before?

Chigs - I'm not convinced he's completely new to baking... He seems to have a very good understanding of how baking works, things like different doughs, pastries, creams etc. In the technical challenges which are designed to test how well you understand how baking works and going by instinct and experience as opposed to blindly following a recipe - he did well in them. But I do think he is a good baker and he should consider training in it if that how good he is from learning from youtube videos on his lay off from work.

Exactly - when she won the technical last night (at least I think she did) I thought I'd put my fist through the tv. Her faux shock and huffing and puffing throughout really annoyed me. So glad Giuseppe won, though I thought Chigs might have beaten him to it based on last night alone.

Giuseppe on Ray Darcy show presently.

I thought Guiseppe was really annoyed by Noel in last night's episode. He was over at him when he was frsutrated about the oven. And annoying him again when he was watching his danish buns which ended up getting over baked.

I do think the whole panel on Bake Off could be overhauled. I'm so over Paul Hollywood - he very much believes his own hype, thinks he knows it all and what he says goes. Prue doesn't add too much to it, if Paul wasn't the other judge I think she would come into her own a bit more. Matt I find quite annoying, I think he means well though. Noel I wasn't sure about him at first when he started with bake off but he grew on me. I agree he's not himself this season but I'd imagine that's down to the bake off crew and contestants isolating in a bubble for filming and him possibly not being able to see his family.

I always feel sorry for the bakers who leave in week 1 or 2. They're obviously very good bakers to have gotten thu the auditions to participate in the tent, but might just not be suited to the competition side of things.

I always wonder if there wasn't the pressure of having TV cameras watching every move, and no actual time restrictions would they be just as good a home baker as some of the others? No time constraints, no Noel or Mat winding them up, no Paul or Pru watching over their shoulders.

People under pressure act differently and might do a lot better doing the same bake at home in the kitchen.

Just spotted a Great Christmas Bake Off at 9pm on E4.

Presumably a repeat, but for anyone missing their Bake Off fix.....

These are oldies (Sandi is still there), but goodies.

Tonight's was the Derry Girls cast, and they just make me laugh, they're brilliant!!

I don't even understand what this showstopper instruction means 🤔

Their heads must have been absolutely wrecked with all the Christmas lights, Christmas tree, decorations, constant references to "first XX of 2022", first winner of the year...... and all the while, the sun was splitting the stones outside, and John was baking in shorts and t-shirt!

Serious sensory discombobulation!

I watched this last year and was surprised that I actually enjoyed Harry Hill on it. Usually can't stand him but he was great with the kids and actually made me laugh.

I love it too . Just read that Eliza is Natalie Cassidys daughter ( Sonia in Eastenders )