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Scott Bryan
Last week we said goodbye to two bakers, as Tasha had to take some time out the week before. It does make you wonder whether this sudden reduction in the number of people in the tent will make the episodes frankly less enjoyable.
In case you forgot or missed last week’s episode, here’s a quick recap:
Cristy: A Hollywood Handshake! A Star Baker too! This is Cristy’s Bake Off dream. We’re all just living in it.
Dan: Two weeks ago he accidentally put his chocolate torte on an uneven wiring rack, resulting in the torte having a TILT. Last week he forgot to turn his oven on. The drama!
Dana: Achieved what seems like a Bake Off first: baking something in the signature, only to then bake it again in the technical. Weirder still, she had no idea what a dauphinoise was before she baked them in both the signature and the technical either.
Josh: “Oh and Josh’s sausage has shrunk,” I wrote during the middle of the challenge during his pastry signature. “What a joy to be writing this in the Guardian.”
Matty: He’s been subjected to the most innuendos. Last week he was at the receiving end of “How are you using your plums?” This came the week after Paul said to Matty: “Tell me about the proportion of your ball size.”
Saku: A week after making a torte and calling it ‘Saku’s Saku Torte’, she baked a pie and named it ‘Saku’s Pie Chart’. She’s clearly the People’s Champion.
Tasha: Her bake last week needed a glaze, looked a bit “rough and ready” and was deemed to be a bit ‘wet inside’ (ahem.) Look, it was pastry week. Innuendos are inevitable.
And we said goodbye to Rowan … whose bake last week contained a drawing of Eddie and Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous.
And Nicky … whowill be remembered for how often she said wee (I counted 15) and the numerous times her glasses got fogged up opening the oven door.
Scott Bryan
Hello babes and welcome to the Guardian’s Bake Off liveblog. I’m Scott Bryan. And in the tent it’s botanical week!
In case you have no idea what that means, it will celebrate floral flavours, spices and edible flowers. And whilst it feels new, it isn’t. It first debuted back in 2017.
And yes, if Abbi was still in the tent, this would have been her week. She would have foraged all the ingredients for weeks in advance.
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