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Did you hear Leslie Grantham's quip on CBB the other day?
"I'm waiting for the ultimate game show - I'm a cake, get me out of the oven and send me to Essex"
Celebrity plug change
This could become a thread of its own, lol
Something to look forward to.
This year's 12 contestamts in sets of 4
Clockwise order from top left:
- Secondary school PE teacher Candice, 31, grew up in London in the pubs her parents ran. She now lives with boyfriend and pug in Bedfordshire. She was taught to bake by her nan and claims she usually bakes in her pyjamas.
- Tom, 26, grew up in Rochdale and moved to London after university. He now works for The Royal Society of Arts. Having lost 30kg (4st 10lb), he still enjoys baking but believes in everything in moderation.
- Garden designer Jane, 61, from Beckenham, south London, says she is up at 5am most mornings to bake bread. She learnt the art of baking from her father and grandfather, who owned a bakery in Hastings, Sussex.
- Originally from Ghana, 30-year-old Selasi moved to the UK with his family 15 years ago. He now lives with his girlfriend in London, where he works as a client service associate in the finance sector.
Clockwise order from top left:
- Val, 66, is a former primary school head teacher from Yorkshire who now lives with husband near Yeovil, Somerset. She took over her family's baking aged 15 and says she can make the classics with her eyes closed.
- At 20, Michael is the youngest of this year's contenders. He is from London but is currently studying politics and economics in Durham. His kitchen creations are also influenced by his family's Cypriot roots.
- Benjamina started baking nine years ago at the age of 14. She recently graduated with a first in economics and now fits her baking around a job as a teaching assistant in south London.
- Lee, who lives in Bolton, is the oldest contestant at 67. He began his career as a builder but switched careers and has worked in pastoral ministries for the past 30 years, most recently as pastor in a church in the Greater Manchester town.
Clockwise order from top left:
- Rav, 28, claims to be "adventurous and experimental" and likes to use unusual ingredients. He is especially inspired by far eastern cuisine and enjoys vegan baking. The 28-year-old works supporting students at City University in London.
- Kate, 37, is a nurse on an acute respiratory ward. Her passion for baking began as a child and she says she enjoys using the seasonal fruit she gathers with her children on her parents' farm in Norfolk.
- By day, Andrew, 25, works as an aerospace engineer designing jet engines for Rolls-Royce. He lives with friends in Derby and, in his spare time, tries to apply his engineering mentality to push the boundaries of baking.
- Cardiff hairdresser Louise, 46, really got into baking when making cakes for charity bake sales at work. She enjoys creating elaborate cake designs and experimenting with different flours and flavours in bread.
Starts tonight at 8 BBC1.
It's followed by the first part of a two part documentary where last year's winner Nadiya Hussain visits her family village in Bangladesh and uses local food and cooking techniques to make some of her favourite recipes. I doubt she will be getting there through the back of a wardrobe in The Chronicles of Nadiya.
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT
I know which one I fancy already
Evening Soggy Bottom watchers
Lol! Kaytee 
Hi all (and after)
Kaytee, Baz Pam and anyone else 
BOO !!!
Dame, Sprout, Baz and EC and all who follow
Yogi19 posted:
da Yogz
LOL! at them two!
Evening, I've got my pinny on ready to judge 'em.....
Evening all
Hi decided to watch
I hope someone uses Smarties.
Dame_Ann_Average posted:Yogi19 posted:
da Yogz
Hi Dame.
wish it would hurry up until I find someone to dislike
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT
I know which one I fancy already
I predict it's the nurse one - amend.. thinking of the wrong one. The PE teacher
I've not eaten yet, so just popping off to make up a sandviche
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
wish it would hurry up until I find someone to dislike
hang on it could be Val 
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
I hope someone uses Smarties.
Me too...I want that Stork cake
YES! YES! YES! Me too.
Oooh! I like the sound of that
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
I hope someone uses Smarties.
Me too...I want that Stork cake
Hubby has promised to make me one, once I'm off my diet.