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00:02Hi there, welcome to Hello Goes Live. I'm Emi. And I'm Philip. And we're going to talk
00:07about last night's episode of The Great British Bake Off, which was Pudding Week. If you watched
00:13it and you want to comment at all, leave it in the comment section and we'll get back to you.
00:18So Philip, what did you think? I quite like Pudding Week because I feel like puddings
00:24are so British. Oh yeah. It's the only thing that really they don't cook anywhere
00:30else, which I think is great. And this was a pretty exciting week. Yeah, yeah. I mean,
00:37with the whole British, quintessential Britishness of it, they started off with a
00:42steamed pudding, which is such a classic. So shall we start with that? What did you think of that
00:49challenge? I thought it was a good challenge. I enjoy a steamed pudding. I like a proper
00:54pudding. And they actually did pretty well. Yeah, it was really, really good. And there
01:00was a history of pudding because Sandy went to Cambridge to work out how to bake it. Yeah,
01:06which I actually really enjoyed. I enjoyed the history section for once. Oh, you enjoyed the
01:09history section this week? Just because it's Pudding Week, you know. But yeah, but then how did
01:15they do? Because they all did quite well with this challenge, I thought. Yeah. Yeah, I know,
01:20they did. We had two Cherry Bakewell. Oh yeah. Which is never really a problem because I love
01:27a good Cherry Bakewell. Yes. And they both did well. Yeah. Both of them were good. I don't
01:33think there was anybody that really stumbled. No, nobody really sort of screwed it up. Yeah.
01:39Although, can we talk about Paul Hollywood's handshakes? Because it has gone too far. I
01:45feel like he's giving out way too many handshakes. It's become, I don't know if the bakers are
01:49very good this year or if they've become too easy to get. That's the thing. And it's like
01:52the evolution of the handshake as well. It used to mean very little. And now it's like
01:57he's doing it in slow motion. Yeah. It's like there may as well be like music behind it.
02:01And yeah, three handshakes in one round. I know. And all the other bakers that didn't
02:07get a handshake are like, oh, he's handing out those handshakes. Like, there's such meaning
02:10to it now, I think. But no, he was very impressed by that challenge, I thought. Yeah. And then
02:17challenge number two was like very unusual. The technical. Yeah. Yeah. But I kind of want
02:22to make them now. Yes, me too. They sounded really good. They sounded absolutely amazing.
02:26Yeah. I was looking on Twitter and so many people were reacting to them putting their
02:32fork through and it all just oozing out. It's just, is there anything better? Yeah. It's
02:36like a melt in the middle. Oh, it looks so good. Oh, it looks amazing. But the way that
02:41they did it as well with the bakers being staggered. Yeah. So it was like Julia by herself to start
02:47with and then everybody else. What's the second time they've done that? Really? They did it
02:51two seasons ago. Right. It was the year Nadia won. Oh, right, yeah. They did, it was like
02:57the penultimate week, I think, they did chocolate soufflés. Okay. Where they staggered it. It's
03:03because you have to serve it straight away. Yeah, right. But I quite like when they do
03:09it staggered. I think it's interesting because, you know, it's such a friendly competition and
03:14I think they, sometimes the bakers do rely on seeing what each other are doing. Yeah. Yeah,
03:19they watch. And I mean, I think it was Stacey that said like, oh, I'm not sure if I whisk
03:22this or if I do it softly and I fold it. Yeah. And I feel like if it had just
03:27been everybody
03:27doing it at the same time. She would have just looked at other people. She wouldn't have
03:30had that problem. Yeah. Yeah. So I think you do have to have your wits about you more. Yeah,
03:33you do. When you're, and I felt a bit sorry for Julia being the first person. Yeah. I think
03:38she struggled this week. She did. She didn't have a great week. No, no. But I think part of that
03:43might
03:44be because puddings are so quintessentially British. She just hasn't. And she's Russian.
03:48She didn't have them growing up at all, did she? No. Yeah. No. So she doesn't have really
03:53a reference to go on. Yeah. Which is kind of an issue for this challenge. I suppose so. Yeah. I
03:59mean,
03:59especially because she was like every challenge, she was like, no, I've never had this before,
04:03you know, like she's relying on like her in-laws advice. And so yeah, it definitely wasn't an easy
04:08week for a lot of people, I think. But she's been, I think she's progressed so much as a baker.
04:13And
04:13then this week was maybe a bit of a down. She was a bit of a stumble. A bit of
04:17a stumble.
04:17But she still, she did okay. She did fine. Yeah. She, there were definitely people that
04:22did worse. Exactly. But also we had an issue with the bakes this week. Not many of them got
04:28it for the bake right. The showstoppers. Or the technical. For the technical. Yeah. I mean,
04:34I think a couple, they were impressed with a couple of them. Yeah. So obviously, who won the technical?
04:40I've just had a mind blank. Um, oh God, I can't. But anyway, but I know that because James's
04:48was very, yeah. Like there was one that was, there was one that had dipped and that was,
04:52yeah. And then, oh, and then I think Stephen's weren't the best either. I think he really struggled
04:59with it. They weren't great. I mean, it is hard to get it cooked because you don't, because
05:03normally when you're making cake, you put a skewer in and if it comes out clean, it's cooked.
05:07But you can't do that with this because it's got peanut butter in the middle. Exactly.
05:10It's never going to come out clean. Yeah. So you really just kind of have to guess.
05:14Yeah. Yeah. Um, oh, it was, um, Sophie. Yeah. So I think Sophie really came out of her shell
05:20this week. Yeah. I've always quite like, I feel like she's always been really steady.
05:23Yeah. But then this week she really pulled it out of the bag. She did very well. I like
05:27Sophie a lot. Yeah. She's great. I think she's adorable. She's so cool headed as well.
05:31You know, it seems like she's never really stressed out by anything. No. So, and it was
05:36funny watching them try and see what the judges were saying about their bakes whilst, um, you
05:42know, just like they can't tell. Yeah. Maybe watching it was the first time they actually
05:47heard comments on their, on their bakes. Um, so yeah. And then the showstopper. The showstoppers
05:54were. I also like a good trifle. Amazing. Oh my God. I love a trifle. I love trifle. I
05:59think what I liked about this week is that both steamed puddings and trifles have both come
06:03a bit out of fashion, but I really like both of them. Same, same. So I'm kind of happy that
06:08they're coming back. But they all seem to hate doing them. Yeah, I know. I don't think
06:13it's anybody's favourite doing a trifle. No, I don't think so. Um, but I mean, let's,
06:16let's talk about them. So Stephen's was amazing, like a work of art. Yeah. It was incredible.
06:23It looked incredible. So it was a American flag. He did an American flag and he got the stars
06:28in it. Yeah. Which is pretty impressive. He put buttercream piping. Yeah. For the white stripes.
06:34And then he had red jelly. Exactly. It was incredible. But. And he got a round of applause
06:39when they cut into it. It all worked. Yes. But. It didn't taste good. But it wasn't
06:43good. No. And they've said the whole way through this show, it has to taste good. Yeah.
06:49It has to taste good. Yeah. And it didn't. He went for style over substance. Yeah. Absolutely.
06:53And you could tell how disappointed he was. Yeah. And I think he was maybe a little embarrassed
06:57as well. Yeah. Because, you know, he, I think so much is expected of him in the Showstoppers.
07:03Yeah. I think so. Because he's, he had such a strong start. Yeah. And it looked amazing.
07:07And then, yeah, and it was just the flavours that really let him down. Yeah. Yeah. We had
07:10a lot of patriotic trifles actually. I mean, we had a, we had a, we had the American flag.
07:14Patriotic. We had a, we had a, well, we had a Union Jack. That was from James. Yeah.
07:19That was from James. Yeah. Which I thought looked beautiful. It did look pretty. And it wasn't the worst
07:24one because obviously, as you know, James got voted out. Yeah. Well, voted out. Left
07:29the tent this week. Yeah. But I don't think it was too bad. No. But maybe with the other
07:34two challenges, he just wasn't at their level. And I think we have been saying that he's been
07:39struggling for a while. He's been, he hasn't been keeping up with the pack. I don't think
07:44so. Yeah. And then we had Jan as well who did a, I thought Jan's was. You're obsessed with
07:49Jan's. I thought Jan's was amazing. Yeah. I mean, she had the chocolate around the side with
07:54the Hong Kong skyline and the London skyline. And then on top, she had a poppy made in
08:003D out of jelly. She made like a clear jelly. And then she injected different colours into
08:06it. It was incredible. Are you getting a bit emotional, Philip?
08:09Slightly. It was so good. It was so good. It was insanely good. And I mean, I think that
08:15is, it's a work of art. Yeah. I think, you know, these bakers, they always do something
08:19so creative, but hers was just another level. It was beautiful. Yeah, it was so good. And
08:24she got it finished. But I'm so sad that she didn't win Starbaker. I know. I know. Because
08:29I think it was worthy. I think if she'd done better in the other two, then she definitely
08:34would have gotten Starbaker. But I think, you know, it's not enough to just do brilliantly
08:41in the show stuff, but you have to be consistent all the way through. Exactly. She wasn't, sadly.
08:45Although, but for saying that, she did struggle quite a lot last week. Yeah. So I feel like,
08:50yeah, with the caramel. So I think that she has sort of reclaimed her space as one of the
08:55strongest bakers. Yeah, I think she's definitely redeemed herself from last week. Absolutely.
08:59And yeah, no, hopefully next week she'll pull it out the bag. I also think, shall we talk
09:05about James leaving the tent? Yes. Because I think this week was maybe the first time there
09:10wasn't a clear cut, like, loser. No. No. Like, you know, I really, and I think the bakers
09:16really didn't know who was going to go because it was sort of... There were a few people that
09:19it could have been. I think it was sort of between Julia, Liam. Yeah. Which is such a shame
09:26because I love Liam. I love Liam as well. And he did so well last week. I thought it was
09:31Liam's
09:31time to go. Yeah. So it was Liam, yeah, Liam, Julia and James were the three that were struggling.
09:37And Julia was just so emotional when she got to stay in. Yeah, she nearly had a breakdown.
09:43She really. It was like, oh, we haven't seen that in a while. She's so upset. I know. And actually,
09:47we had a, I think this was the week of emotional breakdowns because also Liam had a mini meltdown
09:53over his jelly that didn't set. Yeah, he did. He cried a couple. Yeah. I think it's because
09:57he, I think he was maybe so sure that it was going to go well. Yeah. And I, and it
10:02was just
10:02that the jelly wasn't setting in the freezer, which kind of reminded me of, um, the, um, baked Alaska.
10:08Oh, Bingate. Bingate. Yeah. And it's like, it's so hard for people not to lose it when stuff
10:15doesn't set properly. Well, setting is kind of the most difficult thing because there's nothing you can do.
10:19Yeah. It's beyond your control. Like what can you do? I mean, if it's underdone, you shove it back in
10:22the oven.
10:22I know. I know. But if it's not setting, you can't do anything. Exactly. And he was just like,
10:27I don't understand. Like I, it's always half an hour every time I do it. And I just, I did,
10:32my heart did break from him a little bit. I felt for him. But, but he's still in it. He's
10:36still in it.
10:36I'm hoping he's going to do well next week. Yeah. Fingers crossed. Um, because I mean,
10:42he's been very uneven actually. Yeah. Struggled a bit the first two weeks. Yeah. Really well
10:48last week. Yeah. And then this week. And then this week kind of struggled a little bit as well.
10:53So it's, it's, it's been a bit uneven. It's yeah. It's been a mixed bag. Yeah. And then obviously,
10:59yeah, Sophie won't stop it. Hooray. Yeah. Good for her. She did really well. She definitely deserved it.
11:04I like her a lot. And I love that they ate her entire cake afterwards as well. That's so funny.
11:09Yeah. It was so good. So what did you think of Paul and Prue this week? Because the reason I
11:16ask
11:16is because a lot of people have given Prue a hard time for being maybe a bit too harsh about
11:22some of
11:22the. Um, I don't think she's too harsh. I think the, so I think one of them was they put
11:28down,
11:29I think it might've been James's fakes. Yeah. And they were like, enjoy. And she said,
11:33oh, I don't think we will. And then another one, I think it was, um, Kate's,
11:39custard. And she said, oh, that's not custard. That's a, that's a mistake. And it was just
11:43like, oh, Prue. I kind of love it though. I mean, yeah, me too. It's like, uh, because
11:48I think normally Paul is the one to tell it how it is and then Prue will give it a
11:53strict
11:53of criticism. But I, yeah, I have to say, I think Paul's kind of being a bit of the nice
11:57guy this season. Yeah, yeah. And she's the toughie, which I kind of love. Yeah, me too.
12:01I, I, I like Prue a lot. Me too. No, me too. I think she's great. I remember when, when
12:04Mary was leaving, I thought, oh, that never replaced Mary. But I like Prue a lot. I think
12:09she's, I think she's great. Absolutely. Yeah. Same here. I think she has been such a good
12:14replacement for Mary Berry. Yeah, she has. For someone who you would think is, like, irreplaceable
12:18because everyone loves Mary Berry so much. I think she has done a really good job filling
12:22in her shoes. I think so too. Um, so who are the ones to watch next week? And who do
12:27you
12:27think is in trouble? Uh, Jan. I think Jan is one to watch. Jan might finally get the star
12:30baker. Fingers crossed. I think she might. Uh, I think Liam as well, because I think it will
12:35be interesting to see whether he recovers. Yeah. Um, and, uh, I think Stacey. Because Stacey
12:44also had a good week. Stacey's really good. Yeah. She's been almost there a lot of times.
12:50I am. I mean, her, her, she got a handshake for the signature this week. Yeah. Didn't
12:55she? And she did really well in the, um, showstopper. Yeah. They loved her. They loved
12:59her flavours. Yeah. She added, added chilli to a trifle. And it worked. What? And it worked.
13:04Yeah. Really clever. It's genius. Really, really clever. And, you know, and she, I did think
13:08this week that she had a good chance of getting star baker. I thought she had a good chance
13:11of getting star baker as well. So I think, you know, maybe she might have
13:13been a little disappointed. Yeah, I think so. That wasn't the case. So, yeah. So next
13:17week for sure. Yeah. One of the ones to watch. And who do you think needs a little work? Is
13:22maybe in trouble? Um, I'm kind of interested to see where Stephen goes. Yeah. Because
13:27he's, last week, not great. This week, not great. Yeah. No. So it's kind, I mean, I'm
13:36kind of wondering if he maybe peaked too soon. He has fumbled. He has, he's really
13:40stumbles. Yeah, for sure. Um, so I think it will be really interesting to see what his
13:45trajectory is. Absolutely. Um, because I mean, the first couple of weeks it was like, obviously
13:49he's going to win, he's doing amazingly. And now I think it's more like, not doing as
13:55well. Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of interesting. We haven't really seen this before. I'm also
13:59a little worried about Kate as well. Yeah. Because Kate struggled this week. I mean, she
14:05came last in the technical. Um, I don't think her steamed pudding went down well. She didn't
14:10do well with the steamed pudding either. Um, and then her showstoppers sort of saved her
14:13from, they were really. It saved her from elimination. Exactly. But I mean, for saying
14:18that last week she was star baker, it was, I think it was a big down, downward step for
14:23her. Yeah. Um, so I'm interested to see whether she gets it back next week. Like you said for
14:27Liam, you know, it'd be good to. Yeah. So next week is pastry. Pastry. I love pastry. Me
14:32too. I'm so excited. It's so good. I also, I love it when it's a savoury one. Yeah, because
14:36there has a, I mean, I suppose it's, um, baking. It's, there's not a lot. But I always, I always
14:42love the savoury weeks because I'm a big savoury person. Me too. I'm savoury of a sweet
14:46any day. Yeah. And, um, I love that next week is, is savoury. That's why I always love about
14:51bread week as well, is that it's mostly savoury. Yeah. Um, so yeah, I'm excited to see what
14:57they do. Me too. And then I know they're making pies in the preview. They're making pies.
15:01They're doing hot water crust pastry as well, I think. So I'm going to make sure I have
15:04a pie when I watch it. Yes. Yeah. How could you not? Um, okay. So shall we wrap things
15:09up? Yes. Thank you for joining us. Yes. Thank you so much for joining us. Um, leave all your
15:13thoughts and comments, um, in the comment section below and we'll see you next week. See you
15:17next week.