Ooh,
wasn't this year's Bake Off good?
The
final had me on the edge of my seat, too close to call who the ultimate victor
was going to be.
I
thought Kim-Joy had edged it, but Rahul was crowned the winner in what must
have been the closest final in the show's history.
Rahul
appeared to genuinely not know how good he was throughout the series. How this was possible as time went on and he
received Hollywood handshakes almost every week is beyond me, but his lack of
self-confidence and his Eeyorish quality of doom-mongering and always
anticipating the worst outcome was endearing, if not a little stressful to
watch at times.
I
may take up Ruby's use of positive post-it notes - we saw a shot of her flat,
with messages like 'I am the Bake Off winner' etc on the fridge - and post
mantras such as 'You're doing your best' and 'Your food is almost always edible'
to give myself encouragement.
I
wasn't sure about the out-of-the-tent experience of camp fire cookery if I'm
honest, and I don't think adding a Bear Grylls element to Bake Off was necessary. Having said that, if I ever want to cook
pitta bread alfresco, I now have a better idea of the pitfalls that could await
me. Forewarned is forearmed, as they
say.
The
companion show Extra Slice with Jo Brand, provided a fun-filled hour of
out-takes, behind-the-scenes clips, discussions with the baker who'd been voted
off, and also an opportunity to see the culinary creations of the nation each
week.
Never
again will I be able to look at a hedgehog cake or Colin the Caterpillar in
quite the same light though. Some of the
photos sent in by viewers were bordering on frightening - I can only hope these
horrors were not presented to a child as their birthday cake otherwise years of
counselling will ensue!
So
that's GBBO over for another year, and I'm missing it already. At least we've got the Stand Up To Cancer
fundraising celeb version to look forward to - bring on the bakers!
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