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Yes it was a classic TV moment wasn't it! Good job they only needed a couple of slices.
On a different theme, there seems to be a huge outpouring of cookery programmes at the moment. I came across another one on BBC2 last night by accident when I switched on, called Beat the take away. There seems to be quite a few aimed at making cooking easy for people who wouldn't normaly cook , which I think is great. Maybe we will gradually turn back into a nation that can cook again but this time influenced by all the other styles of international cuisines we have around us.

did you see paul rankin drop the bakewell tart yesterday! very funny! its lucky the contestant was good natured!

I agree, their fate to some extent lies in the hands of the tv chefs who are often rushing to put the dish together and can be a bit heavy handed with this ingredient or that whilst the contestants look on nervously. I am sure this has affected the outcome on a couple of ocassions, going by some of the judges remarks. I still really enjoy the show though.

i like the recipes on peoples cookbook, but i wish it was the contestants themselves that we saw cooking the recipes. after all, they've been cooking them for years. i think that it would be a better format for the contestants to cook, with AWT and paul rankin acting as sous chef.