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Great British Bake Off 2018 MSE Sweepstake
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room512
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MSE Andrea has asked me to run a sweepstake for the Great British Bake Off this year. We had one, on this board, for a few years but not last year.
It is just a bit of fun and you receive a badge if the person whose team you are put in wins. There are 12 teams and each week one team will be eliminated.
If you wish to take part simply reply below and I will put people randomly into teams (will put people's name into a box and draw them out for each baker next Tuesday before the show and update this thread with which team you are in).
Signing up will close at 11.59pm on Monday 27th August 2018. Any people posting to join in after this will not be allocated a team.
Here's a short description of each baker (taken from the official site http://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/bakers/
[STRIKE]Antony Iammumtoone, whiteguineapig, midnightraven3
Age: 30
Describing himself as a “Bollywood baker”, Antony grew up in India, where he learned to bake with his father. It is his father who remains his inspiration – it’s thanks to him that Antony got serious about baking. Antony’s adventurous attitude to flavour profiling is the result of a willingness to try new foods, his determination to ask probing questions of established bakers, and – in particular – his cultural roots and his travels around the world.
His bold, inquisitive nature has enabled him to collect ideas and techniques that he is unafraid to use in his own creations, making his bakes at times unconventional and always interesting. He takes his research very seriously: he once tasted 50 choux buns during a single trip to Paris.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Briony I Love comps, room512, Bigjenny
Age: 33
Born and raised in Bristol, Briony is a self-taught baker, inspired by her Nan’s baking wisdom and motivated by her determination never to let anything defeat her. Using YouTube tutorials to help her learn specific techniques, Briony has been baking seriously since 2013.
She is a whizz with puff pastry – a weekly favourite at home with her husband and daughter – and has created several wedding cakes and stunning, intricately decorated novelty cakes for friends and family.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dan camelot1001, CruisingSaver, Nelski
Age: 36
For Dan, the pleasure of eating begins with what we see. A self-confessed perfectionist, Dan considers aesthetic one of the most important aspects of his bakes – he begins every creation with the aim of making it not just delicious, but also a thing of beauty. While that can cause stress during the cooking and making itself, he aims for well thought-through results, with every bake created with a genuine and knowledgeable appreciation for the process. He is a full-time father to two small children, so home-baking is part of his everyday life. He sees it as a means to create family memories, as well as family mealtimes.
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Imelda BucksLady, Islandmaid, tboo
Age: 33
Imelda is one of four siblings and grew up in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, where she learned to cook and bake from her mother, in their family home. Now juggling a busy job and family life, Imelda spends her evenings and weekends making soda breads, biscuits and treats for her father and son, and cakes that she takes into work to share with her colleagues.
She lives surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins, which means catering for friends and family at large sociable gatherings is just part of normal, everyday life.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Jon caronc, VfM4meplse, PollyWollyDoodle
Age: 47
Welshman Jon loves nothing more than spending quality family time with his wife and four children and bakes in the kitchen as a way to relax after a hard day’s work. He loves a showy bake – and a showy Hawaiian shirt, too – and loves wowing friends and family with his creations.
Jon loves to research new ideas and experiment with different techniques to try and achieve something unique in his baking.
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Karen Gem-gem, CRANKY40, nannywindow
Age: 60
Karen began her love affair with baking during the 15 years in which she and her husband owned a house in France. Although she had baked with her mum since she was little, it was the local French patisserie that really inspired her. Now, she can knock up profiteroles, Religieuse buns, tartes au citron, and even foot long eclairs to rival any French bakery.
Karen is unafraid to experiment in her baking and has even been known to go into baking “frenzies” whenever there is a party or a BBQ, baking everything she can think of and freezing as she goes.[/STRIKE]
Kim-Joy MandM90, Torry Quine, kathrynha
Age: 27
Kim-Joy’s birthday falls on World Baking Day, which she takes as the surest sign there can be that she was born to bake. Born in Belgium to an English father and Malaysian–Chinese mother, she grew up in London, studied in both Bristol and Leeds, and now lives in Leeds with her partner.
Her bustling, mixed-heritage background is reflected in her open attitude to all styles of baking, loving rustic baking just as much as she loves creating cute bakes with an emphasis on detail. Her baking passion, though, is bread – she has turned her hand to pretty much every style and type of bread there is.
[STRIKE]Luke Valli, SIRENS, BakingC
Age: 30
Some of Luke’s earliest memories are standing on a mini step ladder so that he could reach the worktop to help his Nan bake. He has been baking independently since he was a mere 10 years old, making Victoria sponges, fruit cobblers and chocolate cake for his family. Now, inspired by early morning cookery shows and his travels throughout Europe and North America, he has tried his hand at almost every baking discipline going. His minimal and clutter-free attitude to life is reflected in the things he creates – his bakes are clean and precise.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Manon tessie bear, TudorRose, nanto3girls
Age: 26
Born and raised in France, Manon learned to bake with her mother and grandmother, who made everything from scratch – from breads to desserts and biscuits. However, although she grew up in a foodie French family, it was in London that Manon found her passion for baking, arriving in the city to work as an au pair and being blown away by the style and variety of bakeries that the city has to offer.
Now she takes inspiration not only from her French heritage, and her London discoveries, but also from her travels around the world. She creates bakes that are pretty and precise and have bags of personality.[/STRIKE]
Rahul pepsi-kins, bexster1975, ariarnia
Age: 30
Rahul grew up in Kolkata, surrounded by his family, and moved to the UK on a university scholarship when he was 23. Once here, he discovered an abundance of new flavours and cuisines that have inspired his ‘East-meets-West’-style of baking. As a research scientist, Rahul’s instinct is to undertake every bake with a forensic attitude to research and an uncompromising attention to detail. He is fascinated by the science of baking, but also loves to ensure (or at least try) that his creations are beautiful, full of flavour and structurally elegant, too.
Ruby wort, Prinzessilein, NewShadow
Age: 29
Ruby’s love of baking is the result of having become everyone’s ‘mother’ when she went to University, taking seven male housemates under her wing, cooking and baking for them.
Growing up as part of an Indian family, the youngest of four children, Ruby remembers childhood baking being about her mum making Jalebi’s, an Indian sweet. Now she loves to gather friends and family together to indulge in her cakes and pastries, as well as her infamous spicy minced lamb pastry rolls. Her baking style is pretty relaxed and boozy and she will always try to sneak some into whatever she is making.
[STRIKE]Terry jackieblack, dumpling, kazwookie
Age: 56
Terry’s background as a prosthetic technician, as well as spoils from his own microbrewery and allotment, are all evident in his baking – particularly in the precision, science and flavour of his creations. The design and craftsmanship in Terry’s bakes are a testament to his background in fine art. However, it is family that lies at the heart of Terry’s baking journey.
As a small child Terry learned to bake with his grandmother; while his dad taught him how to bake bread and make pastry when he was only 10 years old. And it was his daughters, who finally encouraged him to take the plunge and apply for The Great British Bake Off.[/STRIKE]
It is just a bit of fun and you receive a badge if the person whose team you are put in wins. There are 12 teams and each week one team will be eliminated.
If you wish to take part simply reply below and I will put people randomly into teams (will put people's name into a box and draw them out for each baker next Tuesday before the show and update this thread with which team you are in).
Signing up will close at 11.59pm on Monday 27th August 2018. Any people posting to join in after this will not be allocated a team.
Here's a short description of each baker (taken from the official site http://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/bakers/
[STRIKE]Antony Iammumtoone, whiteguineapig, midnightraven3
Age: 30
Describing himself as a “Bollywood baker”, Antony grew up in India, where he learned to bake with his father. It is his father who remains his inspiration – it’s thanks to him that Antony got serious about baking. Antony’s adventurous attitude to flavour profiling is the result of a willingness to try new foods, his determination to ask probing questions of established bakers, and – in particular – his cultural roots and his travels around the world.
His bold, inquisitive nature has enabled him to collect ideas and techniques that he is unafraid to use in his own creations, making his bakes at times unconventional and always interesting. He takes his research very seriously: he once tasted 50 choux buns during a single trip to Paris.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Briony I Love comps, room512, Bigjenny
Age: 33
Born and raised in Bristol, Briony is a self-taught baker, inspired by her Nan’s baking wisdom and motivated by her determination never to let anything defeat her. Using YouTube tutorials to help her learn specific techniques, Briony has been baking seriously since 2013.
She is a whizz with puff pastry – a weekly favourite at home with her husband and daughter – and has created several wedding cakes and stunning, intricately decorated novelty cakes for friends and family.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dan camelot1001, CruisingSaver, Nelski
Age: 36
For Dan, the pleasure of eating begins with what we see. A self-confessed perfectionist, Dan considers aesthetic one of the most important aspects of his bakes – he begins every creation with the aim of making it not just delicious, but also a thing of beauty. While that can cause stress during the cooking and making itself, he aims for well thought-through results, with every bake created with a genuine and knowledgeable appreciation for the process. He is a full-time father to two small children, so home-baking is part of his everyday life. He sees it as a means to create family memories, as well as family mealtimes.
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Imelda BucksLady, Islandmaid, tboo
Age: 33
Imelda is one of four siblings and grew up in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, where she learned to cook and bake from her mother, in their family home. Now juggling a busy job and family life, Imelda spends her evenings and weekends making soda breads, biscuits and treats for her father and son, and cakes that she takes into work to share with her colleagues.
She lives surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins, which means catering for friends and family at large sociable gatherings is just part of normal, everyday life.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Jon caronc, VfM4meplse, PollyWollyDoodle
Age: 47
Welshman Jon loves nothing more than spending quality family time with his wife and four children and bakes in the kitchen as a way to relax after a hard day’s work. He loves a showy bake – and a showy Hawaiian shirt, too – and loves wowing friends and family with his creations.
Jon loves to research new ideas and experiment with different techniques to try and achieve something unique in his baking.
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Karen Gem-gem, CRANKY40, nannywindow
Age: 60
Karen began her love affair with baking during the 15 years in which she and her husband owned a house in France. Although she had baked with her mum since she was little, it was the local French patisserie that really inspired her. Now, she can knock up profiteroles, Religieuse buns, tartes au citron, and even foot long eclairs to rival any French bakery.
Karen is unafraid to experiment in her baking and has even been known to go into baking “frenzies” whenever there is a party or a BBQ, baking everything she can think of and freezing as she goes.[/STRIKE]
Kim-Joy MandM90, Torry Quine, kathrynha
Age: 27
Kim-Joy’s birthday falls on World Baking Day, which she takes as the surest sign there can be that she was born to bake. Born in Belgium to an English father and Malaysian–Chinese mother, she grew up in London, studied in both Bristol and Leeds, and now lives in Leeds with her partner.
Her bustling, mixed-heritage background is reflected in her open attitude to all styles of baking, loving rustic baking just as much as she loves creating cute bakes with an emphasis on detail. Her baking passion, though, is bread – she has turned her hand to pretty much every style and type of bread there is.
[STRIKE]Luke Valli, SIRENS, BakingC
Age: 30
Some of Luke’s earliest memories are standing on a mini step ladder so that he could reach the worktop to help his Nan bake. He has been baking independently since he was a mere 10 years old, making Victoria sponges, fruit cobblers and chocolate cake for his family. Now, inspired by early morning cookery shows and his travels throughout Europe and North America, he has tried his hand at almost every baking discipline going. His minimal and clutter-free attitude to life is reflected in the things he creates – his bakes are clean and precise.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Manon tessie bear, TudorRose, nanto3girls
Age: 26
Born and raised in France, Manon learned to bake with her mother and grandmother, who made everything from scratch – from breads to desserts and biscuits. However, although she grew up in a foodie French family, it was in London that Manon found her passion for baking, arriving in the city to work as an au pair and being blown away by the style and variety of bakeries that the city has to offer.
Now she takes inspiration not only from her French heritage, and her London discoveries, but also from her travels around the world. She creates bakes that are pretty and precise and have bags of personality.[/STRIKE]
Rahul pepsi-kins, bexster1975, ariarnia
Age: 30
Rahul grew up in Kolkata, surrounded by his family, and moved to the UK on a university scholarship when he was 23. Once here, he discovered an abundance of new flavours and cuisines that have inspired his ‘East-meets-West’-style of baking. As a research scientist, Rahul’s instinct is to undertake every bake with a forensic attitude to research and an uncompromising attention to detail. He is fascinated by the science of baking, but also loves to ensure (or at least try) that his creations are beautiful, full of flavour and structurally elegant, too.
Ruby wort, Prinzessilein, NewShadow
Age: 29
Ruby’s love of baking is the result of having become everyone’s ‘mother’ when she went to University, taking seven male housemates under her wing, cooking and baking for them.
Growing up as part of an Indian family, the youngest of four children, Ruby remembers childhood baking being about her mum making Jalebi’s, an Indian sweet. Now she loves to gather friends and family together to indulge in her cakes and pastries, as well as her infamous spicy minced lamb pastry rolls. Her baking style is pretty relaxed and boozy and she will always try to sneak some into whatever she is making.
[STRIKE]Terry jackieblack, dumpling, kazwookie
Age: 56
Terry’s background as a prosthetic technician, as well as spoils from his own microbrewery and allotment, are all evident in his baking – particularly in the precision, science and flavour of his creations. The design and craftsmanship in Terry’s bakes are a testament to his background in fine art. However, it is family that lies at the heart of Terry’s baking journey.
As a small child Terry learned to bake with his grandmother; while his dad taught him how to bake bread and make pastry when he was only 10 years old. And it was his daughters, who finally encouraged him to take the plunge and apply for The Great British Bake Off.[/STRIKE]
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Brill - thanks Roomy count me in please
Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!
£300/£1300 -
Count me OUT. Don't like sitting through 15 mins+ of ads a week just to see impossible bakes and stupid people.
I can say that with experience. I knew one of the bakers on the BBC series.The more I live, the more I learn.
The more I learn, the more I grow.
The more I grow, the more I see.
The more I see, the more I know.
The more I know, the more I see,
How little I know.!!
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will you sign me up please roomy, I love watching bake off0
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Sign me up please! (Although from the bio, my actual money's on Karen)
I watch it on catch up in the early Sunday morning hours, minus the ads. It's intended to be background but ends up being compulsive. It's all in the edit of course!Count me OUT. Don't like sitting through 15 mins+ of ads a week just to see impossible bakes and stupid people.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
Sign me up please.Lost my soulmate so life is empty.
I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have -
Diana Gabaldon, Outlander0 -
Yes please!Life is mainly froth and bubble: two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, courage in your own.0
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Count me in too2025 G/C Jan £264.82, Feb £249.68. Mar £372.66. Apr. £326.19. May £321.01. June £296.18 July £354.56. Nectar - Morrison’s - £ £ Boots - £3.63 Asda Rewards - £ Tesco - £0
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VfM4meplse wrote: »Sign me up please! (Although from the bio, my actual money's on Karen) I watch it on catch up in the early Sunday morning hours, minus the ads. It's intended to be background but ends up being compulsive. It's all in the edit of course!
As I said I know personally one of the bakers in one of the BBC series. The stories I could tell you.....;)The more I live, the more I learn.
The more I learn, the more I grow.
The more I grow, the more I see.
The more I see, the more I know.
The more I know, the more I see,
How little I know.!!0 -
Yes please0
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Sign me up please, I love this show.0
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