1252 – The Final | Great British Baking Off to Sleep S10/C7 Ep10

Episode 1252 – The Final | Great British Baking Off to Sleep S10/C7 Ep10

 

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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, bakers, right? Is this…this is the final episode, the finale of bakers, or did we already…? I don't know what I’m baking up here, everybody, but I think this is the last episode of Great British Bake Off. If it’s not, it’s gonna be something different. Probably would be Ray, then. So, you’ll either…you’ll know, though, from the title, so you’ll…you already know something I don't know. I’m pretty sure it’s Episode 10 or 9…the finale of the Great British Bake Off, Collection 7? I don't know. If you’ve been listening…I don't want to spoil it, but we got three individual bakers in the final or the finale from the season we’ve been watching. So…oh, this is just a greeting, though. Welcome to Sleep With Me, the podcast that’s here to put you to sleep.

 

It’s really here to keep you company. No pressure to fall asleep. I’m gonna be here for over an hour, to be your friend in the deep, dark night in case you can't sleep or you got thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, or it’s just lonely. That’s why I make the show, is to cut through all that and keep you company. The show is very different, so give it a few tries. If you already loathe me and you say, I’m never gonna listen to you again, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou has other sleepy stuff on there, 'cause you still deserve a good night's sleep. So, check out the other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff on that website. But I’m glad you’re here.

 

What we got coming up is support; that’s how we get the show out free twice a week, then the long, meandering intro. I don't want you to miss out on that. It’s meant to ease you into bedtime, introduce the podcast, be a little bit fun but pretty boring…yeah, kinda a transition period. Then we’ll be either talking about the Great British Bake Off…I’m about 80% sure I didn’t record the intro already for the episode. If not, we’ll have…probably have a visit from our friend Ray, and that’s it. I make the show 'cause you deserve a good night's sleep. You deserve a place you could get some rest, and I’m so glad you’re here. Yeah, welcome to Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. Thanks for making it possible, my patron peeps.

 

INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake.

 

It could be thoughts, things on your mind that you’re thinking about, thoughts about the past, the present, the future, it could be physical sensations, anything coming up for you physically, or emotions, feelings…thoughts, feelings, feelings related to physical sensations or thoughts, feelings that are just there, it could be changes in time, temperature, routine, work schedule, you could have something coming up, you could have visitors, you could be going somewhere, you could be going through something, whatever it is. The reason I share all that, like I said at the beginning, is so you know you’re not alone in the deep, dark night. There’s other people listening, and the reason I make the show is 'cause I know how it feels. That’s why I list all that stuff. The other fact is that you deserve a good night's sleep.

 

You deserve a bedtime you don’t have to dread, a bedtime you could look forward to or feel neutral about, and you deserve the rest you need so your life is more manageable, and ideally that you could be out there flourishing. That means your world’s gonna be a better place; our world’s gonna be a better place. While I may not have gone through the exact same thing you’re going through right now, I can probably relate to how it feels and even if I can't, someone out there who’s listening right now can. There’s enough people listening that at least they can say, yeah, I’ve been through something similar. I know what that’s like and, yeah, I hope you can get some rest. So, that’s why I list all that stuff, so you know you’re not alone. That’s really what…in the end, that’s what this show is about.

 

What I do is I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and suferfluous…superfluous tangents, which means I’ll get mixed up, I’ll go off topic, I’ll repeat myself, I’ll have a lot of filler words. You know what they say…if Sleep With Me was a station and you were…you had a vehicle…I guess this would be on a cloud-based…you’d say, fill ‘er up with filler words, Scoots. I’d say, yeah, um…yeah, uh-huh. Mm. Yeah. Uh-huh. Then you say, okay, that’s good. All ready to go. You say, wow, you live in a world powered by filler words? Yeah. You don’t really go anywhere. You just kinda go around in circles and stuff, but at bedtime, it works. Sleep With Me; powered by…full of filler words.

 

We’re not sure what they do, but they definitely…in some sense we’re powered by filler words because a percentage of the show is filler words and that’s what powers the show, is words and pauses. So, anyway, that’s kinda the style of the show. It’s a little bit silly, a little bit goofy. It’s a podcast that takes some getting used to. For most regular listeners it took two or three tries, and that’s for a variety of reasons. One, if you get here and you’re anything like the regular…like a regular listener, you probably tried a ton of different stuff to fall asleep. You’re frustrated, you’re fed up. Maybe you searched for the show or somebody recommended it. You probably had a expectation of someone much more calm and soothing, and maybe some sort of bells or chimes.

 

So, yeah…so, yeah, that’s part of it, is that you probably had some sort of expectation, and this show is very different. It’s also a podcast you don’t really listen to. You just kinda barely listen kinda in the background. I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff, and…but just…you almost passively listen to me. Just like you said; uh-huh, uh-huh. You could fill me up with filler words or passively, actively listen and say, mm-hm, okay, yeah. Okay, interesting. Okay. So, it’s a podcast you just barely listen to. It’s also a podcast that doesn't really put you to sleep. I’m here to keep you company while you fall asleep, and what that means is that there’s no pressure to fall asleep at all. The shows are over an hour.

 

There’s over…there’s about…not over, but there’s about 600 free episodes in the archives, ad-supported, that you could pick and choose from, or depending on your podcast app, create a playlist out of them or set it…however you want to listen. But there’s no pressure to fall asleep because there’s people listening who can't sleep; either they need a break during the day or they’re dealing with something where they’re just not gonna get to sleep. So, I’m here to the very end for them and for you whether you’re awake or asleep, however you’re listening, wherever you are. I’m here whether…you don’t need to pay attention to me because I’m here for you. So, that’s…it takes some getting used to.

 

I’m here to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your bore-bestie, your neigh-bore, your bore-bor, your Borbie, your bores, whatever it is. I’m here to be your friend in the deep, dark night, your bore-bruh, as if we were on the beach. So, that’s it. I’m here to keep you company while you drift off, not so much to say, hey, just listen and I’ll count down and you’ll fall asleep, guaranteed. I can guarantee you I’m not gonna make a whole lot of sense but I’m here present for you, and the good thing is it’s digital, so you don’t have to worry about cleaning up after me or entertaining me or any kind of social compact or whatever. Compact? Is it a social compact? I don't know. So…packaged up, I guess, in a way, 'cause ‘compact’ means…you know, there’s different words…I don't know.

 

There’s so many different forms of ‘compact’; a compact car, there’s…there used to be a compact with a mirror, and I don't know if I only saw that in commercials or cartoons or movies, where you’d put on makeup or something. You say, let me get out my compact. Not much compact about the show, though. It goes on and on and on. We do have a website; I talked about it earlier but if you still…if you don’t like me, that’s a normal way to get to this show. Two out of three, maybe even more regular listeners, said when I first got to the show, I didn’t like you. I didn’t get it. I didn’t like the podcast, but then I gave it a few tries and I realized, oh, okay, this show really doesn't make any sense. So, just see how it goes, and then if the show definitely doesn't work for you, go to sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou.

 

There’s other sleep podcasts on there and other stuff you could check out. So, that’s that. The structure of the show also throws people off. It’s very intentional and I understand that it throws people off. That’s why I kinda run through it here. It starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and then I try to say something about whatever the episode’s gonna be about. Tonight I think it’s gonna be about Great British Bake Off. Now I really hope it is, though another part of me hopes it isn’t, 'cause then the regular listeners will get a kick out of it. But the greeting or the teaser, as we call it, is so you say, hey, I feel seen and welcomed in. I could check this podcast out and see how it goes.

 

Then there’s support which kinda goes along with that…is like, oh, and I don't have to pay for it. But there’s a lot of people who listen who benefit from the fact that it’s free for everybody, and the listeners who support the sponsors enable us to do that. Then there’s a long, meandering intro, which if you don’t like the support, please don’t lump the intro in with it, just 'cause I don't want you to miss out on it because it’s a show within a show and it’s meant to ease you into bedtime. You’ve already been listening to eight or ten minute…of the intro. The intro can be anywhere from ten to twenty minutes long. But not only does it kind of explain what the podcast is, but it creates a buffer between the evening and the nighttime or when you’re getting ready for bed to when you’re drifting off.

 

You could skip the intro or you could fall asleep during the intro, but for most people, it is a part of their wind-down routine, and wind-down routines have been shown to work because it kinda gets you ready for bed and it kinda creates a little bit of a thing to do that you say, oh yeah, this is part of what eases me into bedtime. It really is what works for me, too, so it’s not just something I read about. It works for me most of the time but no matter what, whether it works for me or not, it makes me enjoy that part of bedtime, mostly. Some part of me is like, I don't feel like doing any of this stuff. Then I say, yeah, but we mostly enjoy it. So, you could be getting ready for bed, you could be in bed getting comfortable, or you could be doing some sort of other chill activity.

 

That’s what the intro’s for, and also to introduce the podcast and for regular listeners to kinda see…they’ve listened long enough, like you, yeah…that it’s like, okay, Scoots is gonna try to do this stuff and he’s gonna get distracted and he’s gonna go off topic, and we’ll just see how it goes. It can be entertaining and it’s part of my bedtime routine. So, that’s the intro, then again there’s support so the show could be free and you can pay if you want a ad-free experience. Then there’s a bedtime story. Tonight will probably be our coverage of the finale of the Great British Bake Off. It’ll be slow and meandering and probably I’ll just be saying, huh, I wonder what that…okay, there’s that, or what’s…? Oh, I like that color. Huh, what…lamination again.

 

A lot of alliteration on the Great British Bake Off — obviously you just heard it — or the Great British Baking Show. So, a lot of commentary on that. You say, this is the most incorrect analysis of alliteration ever. Incorrect alliteration…that’s almost alliterative, maybe. I don't know. Not excellent alliteration, no, no, no. So…I mean, on the show it’s excellent. So, okay…so then there will be thank-yous at the end. So, that’s the structure of the show. I kinda went through why I make the show. I’m really glad you’re here. I work very hard at this show, and I really yearn and I strive and I really hope we can help you fall asleep. Thanks again for coming by, and here’s a couple ways we’re able to do it for you for free twice a week.

 

Alright, bakers, it’s time for the finale of the Great British Baking Bake Off Baking Show, Collection 7. This is it. This is the final final. I mean, this is the final or the finale. They call it a final, though, not finale, Scoots. Yeah, let’s see how it opens up. Let’s hit Play here with…oh, we gotta put the subtitles on, right? No, they’re on. Okay, thank you. Alright, we got…the title’s going by, then Sandi and Noel…now, a really good sequence, and I guess we might as well talk about this now. I paused it; I can’t read the sign. So, there’s a lighthouse-style slide, a swirly…what do you call that? I don't want what they call this. I don't think we have these in the US except on Roller Coaster Tycoon. So, I immediately recognized it. So, it looks like a lighthouse but there’s a slide going around the outside of the lighthouse, a corkscrew-style slide.

 

I’ve never been on one of these. I’d like to go on one, but I have placed them playing Roller Coaster Tycoon. Great one for Roller Coaster Tycoon, 'cause it’s inexpensive. This is a game, so just…this is all imaginary and also a old game, but it is on mobile now. It only takes up a small amount of space. You can create queues. You can also do more than one if it’s popular on different sides of the park. But you have Sandi and Noel. Noel has…it looks like cowboy boots on, and Sandi has something that looks like a giant drum thing, but it’s actually for…she says…and Noel has on a bike…like he’s gonna go on a bike ride, a helmet. But they go to this thing from the circus that you would do aerobatics from, and…not rocket science. She says, Noel, get in there. So, he goes up.

 

We don’t see him actually…we imagine and then she says, here we go. Noel flies off and says, oh, my shins. Sandi says, welcome to the Great British…oh, Baking Show. Maybe they had to do these because they had to change the name…Great British Baking Show, the final. Sandi? Noel? I’m in a tree. Okay, I’ll get you a ladder. When? Eventually. Then we have the exterior of the tent. In the beginning of our tenth year…and we see a lot of faces we haven’t seen in a while. Holy cow. Bakers dozen…I honestly forgot about some of these. Now it’s just David, Steph, and…I’m sorry, not Rosie…my mind has gone blank. Don't worry, it’ll fill…I’ll catch up with my mind in a little while. The Great British Baking Show, lighthouse slide, Roller Coaster Tycoon, shins, ten years, now three…and of course Alice is the person I can't…I don't know why, but we go to the talking heads.

 

They’re holding hands as they walk into the tent and chatting. Alice says, yeah, I woke up this morning…oh my goodness, it’s the final. It’s here. It’s gonna be a lot of flapping, and it’d be great to win. Steph says, this is it. Can’t believe it. Who doesn't want to win it? Come on, baking fairies, jump on my shoulders. David says, I’ve had daydreams about winning. I’m the underdog. Alice and Steph are sparkly Star Bakers, but I’m just gonna enjoy this weekend. If I win, I win. David may be as well-adjusted as Ray. This is the 2019 winner. He just has such self-awareness and confidence, but confidence in his competence. What is that joke? I missed that one. So, the final…can’t believe we made it, can’t believe we made it. No, I wrote lots of letters about it. The ultimate chocolate cake is the signature.

 

Grand, Mona Lisa of chocolate cakes. Noel says, with green something, her eyebrows…perfect eyebrows. Two hours. On your marks, get set, bake. Everybody starts going. Final; we’re in it. Okay…excited. Super fast in the oven, 'cause we got a lot of stuff to do. It sounds so simple, Prue says, but we don’t want to bog standard. We want a decadent, astonish…absolutely astonishing flavor worthy of winning the final, decorated…you could use cocoa, Paul says, but I’d like to see chocolate in there as well. We see David using both. It’s gotta be beautiful on the outside and the inside. No pressure, I guess. No room for error, he says. Two hours is tight. Steph’s making a rich cake, chocolate cake, though doesn't like chocolate cake, so…don’t taste like chocolate.

 

Chocolate…intensity of the sponge flavor…it should be moist and rich but texture, too. Now, Alice is just using cocoa powder, so it’ll be a bit fudgey. Then they go to David, the judges and Noel. Alright, tell us about your cake, David. Okay, well, my chocolate cake’s gonna be with some booze, Armagnac. 70% cocoa solids and cocoa powder as well, dark chocolate ganache…it’s gonna have prunes in there, tempered chocolate leaves, Armagnac cream soaked in Armagnac, and the prunes are gonna be in the sponge. David says, hopefully it’ll be in the sponge, 'cause Paul says, are they gonna be on the bottom or throughout it? Then they make a joke about prunes going to the bottom, I think. Alice is also using fruit; it looks like a pear. Not sure how many pears I’m gonna use…quite a few.

 

Pears in the batter and pears between the layers, poached pears on top. Interesting, Paul says. Gonna be interesting. Chocolate, pear, ginger, maple…dark chocolate ganache, dark chocolate, maple cream cheese buttercream, hazelnut brittle, poached pears. Gotta get those flavors spot on. Everybody’s a little nervous. Steph is trying to do a classic…so, she’s got cherries and Black Forest chocolate cake. A seventies’ dream, innit? Prawn cocktail, steak, cheese board, trolley, and trolley dolly…I don't know what that is. Black Forest chocolate cake, chocolate ganache, kirsch-spiked Chantilly cream, cherry jam, and probably the most important cake I’m gonna bake, Steph says. I gotta stay calm. Couldn’t have done it without my mum’s support.

 

So, then we get the family sequences; Steph and her mom looking at pictures…resting misery face, Steph says…Steph doing…what are those things called? Hurdles. Her mom and her are very close, Jane. I’ve been doing a lot of washing up, but she bakes. Last year wasn’t good for Steph, not knowing what to do with her life, and she started cooking, and baking’s changed it. How far she’s come as a person. Chiel is her step-grandmother, and then Steph’s serving a bunch of people in the garden, having tea and cake, and her step-grandmother gets teary-eyed thinking about how proud she is. Nerves are jangling, Steph says to Sandi. You don’t know who Sandi is, brain? Not right now. Steph talks about taking a tumble turn when she was going over the hurdles.

 

Twenty-three minutes in the oven for David, twenty-nine for Steph, twenty-five for Alice. A lot of butter…everybody’s making their toppings. Glossy…a mirror glaze, maybe, for David, ganache icing. Growing up…oh, David didn’t having icing on his cake, and usually it was a low-sugar household. Is David’s mom Judy? He’s been honing his baking skills from a early age. So, we have him and his…Richard and Judy, his parents. First class…he was gonna do art and design, but he didn’t want that so he turned to nursing. We’re very proud of him and we think he’s great. Then Nick is David’s partner. They’re decorating the backyard. Super driven…he’s gone for it. Then David’s brother…twin brother, Paul, to David, our baker. David’s putting the Armagnac in the ganache, and…not finished yet with the boozy booze.

 

Noel’s got sunglasses on. I gotta look cooler for the final. Then Sandi puts on giant gag sunglasses. Timothy Mallett…oh, I had to…I was gonna look that up. I don't know who that is. Timothy Mallett and a bumblebee, he says to Sandi, and she cracks up. T-I-M…how do you spell timothy? T-I-M…Timothy Mallett? Oh, Timothy Mallett. He’s a English TV presenter, broadcaster, author, and artist. Striking visual style, colorful glasses, colorful shirts, giant, pink, foam mallet. Mallett’s mallet. This guy sounds like a riot. His catchphrase is ‘utterly brilliant and blah’. Okay, career, let’s see. Started on the radio, then on television starting in ‘83; Saturday morning breakfast TV station, TV AM, the Wide Awake Club, a Saturday morning children’s program on TV AM with a bunch of different…future actor Michael Myers. Mike Myers?

 

Then TV AM found itself…oh, that was…okay, so…Wide Awake Club…oh, that was where he had his mallet, his pet cockatiel…wow, that’s…this is fun stuff. Then he’s been on other shows after that. So, yeah…but also done music, stage shows, other TV shows. Wide Awake Club; I’m gonna have to check YouTube for that. Okay, so then we go back. Everybody’s doing their checklists…make sure they’re on point with their cake-making, checking their sponges, everything…okay, it should be okay…checking their fillings. They gotta impress Paul and Prue. Paul’s staring at Alice. You make me nervous. Cakes have to be flawless and decadent. David’s making his leaves. Alice is working on…Alice makes…always makes a mess. That was one of the ongoing jokes.

 

Then we have Alice’s family thing, a young Alice making something, watching the videos with her parents of Alice baking. Baking and decorating cakes since she was a child…baking is her passion. Henry and Jane…she puts discipline in. We always have words for her to have good management. With good management, you don’t need good luck. She’s determined to win. Give it her absolute best and love her to bits. Wishing her lots and lots of good management. Then Noel’s making a comment on her workstation being a little messy, but that’s what I’m like, so…then we see the festival grounds. Steph’s praying to the baking fairies. The cakes are coming out of the ovens. Not sure if this is done. Is it baked properly? David can smell his Armagnac. Now you gotta get chilling time so that you can decorate the cake.

 

This is one of the things I’ve always forgotten; you gotta let that cake rest, man. More Armagnac. David, David, David, he forgot…something was boiling over on the stove. I’ll start it again. One of Alice’s cakes cracked, but trying to get it back together…then they do [inaudible] the scream as they call time, how much time is left. We start cake-building and decorating, but Alice is still trying to cool one of her cakes, one of her layers. David’s second mirror glaze in his life…got it down to thirty-two…I gotta get it to thirty-two. It’s at forty-seven. Can I get some ice, please? Noel says, who did you say ‘ice’ to? He was like, a producer, dude. Then they just laugh. Fifteen minutes left. David’s got ice. We start frosting or whatever. I don't know if they call it frosting, but…what do they…do they call it that? Frosting, right?

 

Alice’s cake is leaning. David’s cake is very mirror-like. Yeah, everybody’s got one minute, but high intensity now as they put them together. David’s cake got stuck on the cake board, but he gets it off. It did come close, though. Time is up. Place your chocolate cakes at the end of your benches. Everybody exhales. This is the one cake that matters, Alice says. I made a million in my life. Then we have a zooming outside the tent, and then it’s judgement time. Final signature challenge. David’s up first. We see his cake looks good. He exhales. Quite efficient, quite a shine. Leaves look nice, too. Let’s have a bite. Look at that, Prue says. It looks very good inside. You can smell the Armagnac. You wouldn’t miss that Armagnac. Is there enough? More than enough. When you do hit a prune, it’s delicious.

 

Textures are beautiful, but too much alcohol. Too boozy, so maybe have some ice cream with it or something. They all laugh. Thank you. David kinda…bummer, man. Then Alice is up next. They say, it looks a little wobbly, clumsy, but the dripping effect is nice. There’s some shine there. A lot going on on the top. Usually you’re more delicate. Let’s see how it tastes, eh? They say, wow, okay, texture’s lovely. Prue takes a bite…purple glasses. Mm, okay, very light. No real chocolate in there, though, but cocoa. Could it have been more chocolatey? Yeah, lacking chocolate. You got the maple, the ginger, the pear…it’s a great cake, but is it a great chocolate cake? Prue thinks it’s delicious, but a good balance. Prue’s problem with the way it looks, not how it tastes. Steph and David try to encourage her. Then Steph’s up.

 

They stare at the cake. They say, very seventies. Old-fashioned, but you knew what you were doing. Elegant. They take it out. Distinctive layers; okay. Cherry jam; okay. Black Forest gateau…works well together. Good balance, crumbly, slightly over-baked, though. Flavor is delicious, but nice cake, Steph. Steph says, that’s annoying. I wanted it to be perfect. I just gotta remember to enjoy it. David’s like, too much alcohol. I could have done…just done chocolate, but no. Then Alice is…what is this technical gonna be? I’m hoping they don’t throw a curve ball. We see the outside of the tent. Pressure’s about to rise because…everybody comes in. Technical challenge, final technical challenge. Paul said it; you have to be delicate. They send them off and everybody laughs. Wait, what did I miss?

 

‘Cause they laugh…let’s see, Noel says, you have to ask these kids…go off…oh, they don’t even…they pretend they’re robots. They don’t respond. They’re trying to be frozen, but Prue cracks up. She’s like, I couldn’t keep it up. She hugs Paul. Everybody’s laughing. Noel says, that was like a weird dream. Six twice-baked Stilton souffles is what you’re baking, though. Everybody’s like, what? They need to hold their shape…fluffy and delicate in texture…thin lavash cracker…an hour and ten. On your mark, get set, bake. David says, my friend was looking for a souffle. He made it in a pot dish or something. Steph’s shaking like a leaf, or maybe Alice is. We see some flowers outside. Table talk…twice-baked Stilton souffles. Looks good for breakfast.

 

Classic feel…tall, proud souffles, golden-brown color, cream and Parmesan…what could go wrong, though? Well, you gotta whisk your egg whites. Don’t over-whisk them, though, but they gotta carry the air. Be delicate. Don’t under-bake it. So, coat them…you gotta make sure to concentrate, watch your oven, and…it really looks tasty, like a little egg bite, almost. But it sounds like it has a lot of cheese, cream…at least it tastes good. Prue says, I think they’ll be lovely. So, first you gotta make a roux which is a white sauce; butter, flour, and thicken up your roux. People are like, how thick do you want your roux to be? David’s like, mine’s getting nice and thick. Alice is like, I don't think I did mine right. Never made a roux. Sandi’s like, you’ve never made a roux for lasagna or fish pie? Bechamel?

 

She said, lovely weather we’re having. Okay, then you add in Parmesan, chives and stuff, into the roux — okay, I’m following this for once — and then egg yolks, Stilton, and seasoning. Okay. It looks like a advert from the seventies. Noel sticks his finger in Steph’s. Then you gotta whisk your egg whites. The souffle doesn't have any raising agent, so everything comes from the egg whites. I guess you’re gonna fold them in? Yeah. After that, after you whisk them? But everybody’s like, did I over-whip? Did I do this…? Huh. Steph’s like, okay, well, this looks good enough. Then you have to put them in tins and put the tins in water. Apparently you gotta put it in cold water or room-temperature and not hot water, but I don't think it says it on the instructions. So, everybody’s…I mean, 'cause everybody’s…this is whatever you call it.

 

Steph fills hers to the top. Alice and David are like, well, they’re gonna rise. So, yeah, it’s like a bain-marie. Hot water or cold water? Oh no, I guess you gotta use hot water. Oh, so it doesn't have to heat up. I was wrong. Steph goes for cold water. But yeah, it’s gotta be hot water 'cause otherwise it’ll take longer to bake 'cause it’s gonna have to heat up the water, and they only had a hour and a half. Then they’re…we’re already halfway through. You gotta double-bake the crack…or double-bake…you also have to make the crackers and they have to be perfect triangles; plain meal, wholemeal flour, olive oil…paper thin. Paper thin triangles, eh? David’s is paper thin, like parchment, Sandi says. David says, I’d rather make paper-thin that than make souffles. You gotta do maths.

 

Somebody’s good at maths; I think David, but other people are like, what? David’s very calm and cool. They’re like, how is David so perfect? It’s catching up with some of the bakers. Steph’s watching hers. David’s like, okay, mine feel solid. Alice’s come out. David’s like, okay, will mine come out? Alice’s come out; they look a little raw. David’s come out; yeah, a little raw, too. A little bit left over, but formed. You gotta re-bake them, though. Steph’s come out and they’re still liquid, which I wish Steph would have just paused and put the rest back in the oven, but none of Steph’s are cooked. At this point Steph’s like, it’s just too late 'cause I gotta present something. So, that’s pretty tough 'cause…yeah, and it’s five minutes left. This is a tough timing. This is the second bake.

 

Everybody puts theirs back in the oven, but it’s…and they gotta put their crackers in and get everything in one oven. One minute left, so this is intense. It’s not a good situation, not a good situation for anybody. But Steph’s are kinda raw. Time is up. Then they have to bring them up and put them by their photograph. We know how that goes. So…with the crackers. They look over. First they come in and they say, okay, these are floppy biscuits, Alice’s. The souffle’s got some substance…stable, and it’s under-baked in the middle, though. Good flavor. Texture’s too gluey, but if it was served to me, Prue says, I’d eat it. Then they go to Steph’s. They go, this is more like a soup or a pancake, and the biscuits are too thick. This one had problems from the start. But it does taste delicious, but it’s more like a sauce.

 

Then they go to David’s; crackers are substantial, thin, but they have a snap. Nice color, baked through, not perfect but much better and delicious. Well baked. They gotta rank them worst to best. Third place is Steph. Sorry. Biscuits are too thick. Souffles, did they go in the oven? Cold water…oh, boy. Oh, Steph. Second place; Alice. A little bit raw, a little bit uneven. Could have done with more cooking…and in first place is David. Yeah, could have baked them…but not a bad effort. Steph says, I hope the baking fairies are back tomorrow. Alice is like, okay, this is not going…it’s mediocre for me. Tomorrow’s gotta be the best thing I ever made. Yeah, everybody’s gonna be…family and friends, that’s high pressure, David says. Then we see the parade grounds. They walk in. One more showstopper.

 

Carnival…special carnival party for family and friends, where we’ll find out the baking show champion. But Alice has got a call that her parents’ flight was canceled from Dublin. So, talk about logistics or whatever they were talking about, but Alice was like, I really wanted my parents to be here, so the thought that they’re not making it is not great. It’s gonna be hard. Then we go to table talk. Sandi says, consistency, but then it comes down to the showstopper. Steph did okay on the signature, but then Alice has been okay. David let himself down with too much booze but did a decent souffle. So, this is the one that’s gonna count. Sandi says, they need to concentrate. Family’s gonna be here…helter-skelter. Yeah. So, then we go to Dave…we see everybody’s faces. They get ready. Hello, bakers.

 

It’s time for your last-ever challenge, a deliciously deceptive feast; a picnic basket…in the form of a picnic basket, enriched bread and biscuits. Items should deceive the eyes, make like…look like one kind of food and be another. Eat with your eyes, you know, the old saying. This is your last chance, so you’re gonna have to display creativity and technical skills. Four and a half hours…on your mark, get set, bake. So, then Alice…say, I really hope my parents are gonna be here. I’m focusing. A lot of elements…carnage…bread that’s gonna look like a cake, a cake that’s gonna look like…a lot of confusion. The final challenge is about deception. A bread roll like a pork pie, cake like a banana, Paul says…taste and look fantastic.

 

Prue says, techniques, decorations, everything from the past ten weeks summed up in one showstopper. We want good cake, good biscuits. Twenty-nine down, one to go. This is the big one. May the best baker win. They start at David. Tell us about your picnic. A cheese board, a biscuit, cheeses out of lemon pound cake, breads to look like peaches, saffron orange blossom water…that’s the only spice I’m using, though. Edible illusion picnic…boozy fruit cup jellies, apricot, saffron, orange bread, lemon pound cake, fig rolls that look like sausage rolls. It was his partner Nick’s birthday this week, so this is his birthday picnic since I couldn't celebrate with him. David’s not the only one celebrating. Prosecco for Alice…I love this; school year celebration picnic, and maybe I’ll even pour myself a glass.

 

Prosecco jellies, raspberry macroons, cardamom ice cream bread buns and pork pie, chicken drumsticks and Scotch eggs, carrot…made from carrot cake. Sandi brings up her parents. She says, don’t make me cry again. They were at a wedding and I’m hoping they get back. So, I don't want to cry anymore. They say, okay. Maybe they’ll swim from Ireland. She says, I don't care. I just want them to be here. It’s the biggest day of my life and everything. So, yeah, they say, you two have been telling me about logistics my whole life and now your logistics are getting in the way of me needing support. So, Steph’s like, holy cow, this is it. I really gotta be my best. My dough already looks different than it’s supposed to. Picnic in the park for Steph; spiced orange bread buns, almond macroons that look like strawberries, and a burger made from lemon and poppy seed cake.

 

Steph’s trying to stay calm, but yesterday was touch and go. Carry on, Noel says. Steph’s proving her bread. As their bread dough proves, they got a lot to do. So much to do. Move on to picnic centerpieces, illusion cakes…lemon and poppy seed, lemon zest…zest for our lives. Paul and Prue talk about the final. Let’s see what they come up with. I’m worried about Alice, Prue says, about her parents, but if she’s just gonna focus on her baking. David’s…instead of zesting a lemon, he’s giving lemon drops. David’s calm, they say, and enjoying himself; the most chill of the three. Steph’s cake doesn't have enough lemon, so trying to add more lemon. They say, don’t have a crash out. There’s only one champion. No idea who’s gonna win.

 

Everybody…Steph’s not even sure of her tasting anymore, so she’s definitely kinda got in her own head. Alice’s workstation is a mess. Three hours left. Now they’re trying to re-prove their bread in the containers they’re gonna bake in, I think. The final picnic transformation…then Noel…or Paul’s like, you wouldn’t…using a wooden spoon, Alice? She goes, maybe I’ll get a spatula. David talks about Jamie using an egg wash on his sausage roll, so he’s like, I’m not gonna do that. Everybody talks about strawberries at a picnic, macroons…so, trying to bake those and rest them…and checking their lists, multitasking. You don’t want to rush. Steph’s cakes are coming out. Everybody’s cakes are coming out. David’s starting to cut his cake. Steph’s trying to get one of her cakes out and the bottom breaks off. It’s her burger bun one.

 

So dry…oh, no. Steph’s cake isn’t her only problem. Her macroons aren’t going to plan, either. Steph’s like, I can’t redo it. So, again gets hit by this thing that I can relate to. I gotta get through this…and then she gets caught with…what is that thing called? She’s got total overwhelm. Like, you did this four times. Come on, Steph. Stay calm. You can do it, you can do it, Noel says. Then we see the outside of the tent. Noel’s going down the slide. We even see he’s got a zoom camera. Sandi says, bakers, you’re halfway through. Steph starts piping the macroons. Nougatine is the next thing. Everybody says, that’s…I don't like…nougatine baskets. That’s a caramel, nuts, and seeds. David’s using sesame seeds. Gotta crystallize some sugar and…any news from your parents? Then Alice says, yeah…no, don’t make me cry.

 

Everybody’s spreading their nougatine out. It’s very sticky. I don't want it burnt. It’s very hot, too. So, they start shaping their nougatine into baskets. A lot of…interesting. You even have to have a handle and design. David’s is very symmetrical. Even Steph says, oh, my. Then we see the festival grounds again. Noel’s pretending to drive something. Sandi’s saying, took a wrong turn, and they’re in a bumper car indoors in the baking tent. Dodge ‘em car, they call them there, dodge ‘ems. That’s what they call them on…what do you call it? Roller Coaster Tycoon. Okay, then Alice is talking about her macroons and how they have to form, and maybe they’re not going good, but more good news; someone from the crew says, your parents are on their plane. Everybody’s running around.

 

Buns are gonna be coming out, round two. We’ll see how these go. Steph’s like, my macroons are pretty bad. Oh, no. Alice is like, my cake has to look like a pork pie. David’s making cheese. The dude is like…I can't believe how much his cheese…his cake looks like cheese. Steph’s making a bun. Alice is making a pie, and…but Noel even says, dude, that’s cheese. Then he’s like, watch this; I’m gonna paint it and make it blue cheese. He says, you’re not worried, are you? You’re going great. He goes, well, I’ll be back and check in later. Then a half-hour left. Everybody’s trying to get stuff done. Keep going. Never give up. Iced buns…peaches are under-proved, but they look like peaches. That’s David’s. Steph’s macaroons look good but I guess they’re not properly baked. Then the Scotch eggs of Alice look really good.

 

Steph feels like everything’s over-baked. Alice is worried about her macroons. Ten minutes left. David’s styling stuff. Steph’s starting to put hers together. Wax paper for the cheese…David puts a P and a P on his basket for Paul and Prue, and he starts assembling his picnic. It just looks amazing. I mean, his looks like a actual picnic. Then they’re done. Steph sits on the floor. Alice takes a big drink of water. They do a focus-pull for Steph, but hers looks pretty good. Then we see a party, full-swing, outside the tent; families, other bakers hanging. We see from them who they’re rooting for, how much they missed everybody, how proud they are. One vote for Alice, Dave, two votes for David, Steph, a vote for Steph, then an I don't know…all three of them; I don't know, I don't know. They’re all winners.

 

Then we go…it’s judgement time for the picnic illusions. Bring up your showstoppers. Alice is first. It’s pretty heavy, and Sandi even comes to help. They say, exceptional illusion. The Scotch eggs really look like Scotch eggs. The ice cream, maybe not, Prue says, but…then the buns…there’s a pear or apple bun, and they take a bite of it. Okay, this works, but the…they do look perfect. Carrot cake with lemon curd yolk…currant, lemon, cream cheese…lemon comes through. Good carrot cake. That’s exceptional. That illusion works and it’s funny. These macroons, they’re not quite strawberry-shaped. Strong flavor. Fresh fruit and orange and cardamom on the ice cream cones…a little bit of…a lot of zest. Good texture, zing…clever. Thank you, Alice. Very good effort.

 

I guess we didn’t see the pork pie, what that was, but then they go to David. David…I think…so, those are fake drinks, maybe, or frozen drinks? They go, it looks amazing. Baskets had our initials on it…the sausage rolls, the cheese, peach…let’s start with the peach. They…wow. They cut it open. It looks lovely. I like that. It tastes clever. The saffron works. You finally got it, David. Texture’s excellent. Nice zing with the fruit. Too chewy, though. Then they go to the fig rolls and cut those and take a bite. Very nice. Look fantastic. Then the blue cheese…and they take a bite of that. Soft on the mouth. Buttercream fondant works well together. Really delicious. Very, very clever. Everything here is so well thought-out. Exceptional. Bravo. Then we see Steph takes a big breath. Alice says to David, you nailed it. Steph comes up.

 

Now, her burger really looks like a burger. It’s just a giant burger, though. They go, your basket looks like it had some problems. I like the look of the burger, but you’ve had some issues today, huh? The bun toppings aren’t right. The strawberries aren’t glistening. They cut the first thing, a cupcake-looking thing. Nice hot-cross bun. I love the spice. Could prove more, though. A bit tight inside. Macroons aren’t round enough for strawberries; they’re flat. Chantilly kick…cherry liqueur overwhelming. Then they cut the burger cake. Wow, really good. Very, very clever. They take a bite. Not much flavor. Needs more lemon, and a bit over-baked. Steph gets upset and Paul says, never mind, Steph, never mind. So, a little bit of strong feelings. Paul even goes back and hugs…gives her a hug. Says, it doesn't matter, okay?

 

You did a good job. Everybody says, it’s okay, Steph. But really tough 'cause we all had a great affinity for Steph. Then we go back to the festival grounds and we go to table talk. Okay, what did you love the best? Alice and David’s. What happened to Steph? We’re not sure. There was issues in every element. It’s kinda heartbreaking. Yeah, heartbreaking. So, it is between Alice and David. David’s never been Star Baker, but his flavors and his textures didn’t add up until this week. Alice…but Alice has been very steady in every challenge. That Scotch egg was astonishing. You two have a lot to discuss, but let me snack on one of the sausage rolls, Sandi says. Then the bakers bring out the things to their families. Everybody’s cheering for them and saying, hey.

 

They put them down and they start to hug their family members and their loved ones, ecstatic. My family’s here. I can relax now, Alice says. I was worried they weren’t gonna make it. Thirty bakes for the Bake Off, and the last one went well, so I’m relieved. Then they hug other bakers. Steph’s hugging her mom. I’m proud of myself. It was above and beyond what I could have imagined. I did save my worst ‘til last, though. Ten weeks…one too many. Then David’s like, I felt…I never felt like I’ve done the best, so I feel…except for this week. But I’m gonna be happy no matter what. I’ll be ecstatic. We get a shot of the crowd, the applause, everybody…and then four of the judges and the hosts come out. The finalist step forward. They all hold hands and clap. The dodge ‘em cars are over there on the side.

 

Sandi says, thanks to all of you for coming to support this wonderful event. It’s lovely to see all the bakers back. Ten weeks of intense competition, and the winner is…and then of course there’s a long pause, a long, dramatic pause. David. Everybody cheers. Alice hugs David. Steph hugs both of them. You deserve it. Holy cow. Everybody’s hugging Paul. You smashed it at the right time. He gets the pie plate or whatever. Prue gives it to him. Well done. Sandi hugs him, then all the bakers run in, start hugging him. It was close, but yeah, everybody’s so happy for David. He’s really just totally solid the whole time and really kind. Always the underdog, but managed to get through to the final. It was a win for me. Unreal. Nailed it in the final…saved the best ‘til last. Yeah, Dave…Paul says, Dave, you came in the underdog.

 

Twice Alice won, four times Steph, but you won the whole thing. Priceless, absolutely priceless. You should be very proud…done an amazing job. Prue says, what are you gonna do next? He goes, I don't know. Then she says, he’s an extraordinary baker. So much admiration. Never lost his temper, neat, organized, and it was a question of the tortoise catching the hare. So, more hugging and more…his parents are proud of him. He gives his flowers to his mum. Alice is like, David just blew us out of the water. The best baker won. I’m so happy and proud. Gonna leave with my head held high. Best feeling…Steph kisses Prue and…yeah. But David went and kinda helped my day go by. Such an incredible experience. David says, it feels so good.

 

Been weeks and weeks of intensity, fatigue, intensity, and I finished it with this. Best feeling in the world. Then him and Nick get to hug and kiss. He’s still holding the thing. I’ve got the bread. I’m proud of you. Then we go, since last…since the baking show, we see Michael, Steph, and Alice having dinner together. Michael, Dan, and Amelia and David, Michael and Priya, Helena and Henry getting ready for Halloween, Michelle with Henry…it was going so fast. Henry with…wait, Priya with Michael, Henry with Helena, Henry, Michelle, and Michael, Rosie back with the cat, Phil biking and hanging with his family, Jamie and Michael in London, and then David and Nick moving in together and baking together, and that’s how it ends. So, another snoozy season comes to a close of the Great British Bake Off Baking Show, and yeah, I hope it carried you off into dreamland. Goodnight, everybody.

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Great British Baking Off to Sleep

 

The Rise of “Like”

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-evolution-of-like/507614/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/15/why-do-people-like-say-like-so-much-in-praise-of-an-underappreciated-word

https://time.com/5592953/use-like-too-much/

 

GBBO S10/C7 Ep10 Review

https://theartsdesk.com/tv/great-british-bake-series-10-finale-channel-4-review-bittersweet-end-divisive-series

https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-great-british-baking-show-season-10-finale-recap.html

https://jenrosewrites.blog/2019/10/30/the-great-british-bake-off-season-10-episode-10-my-thoughts/

 

Souffle

https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2011/11/23/antonin-caremes-souffle-rothschild

https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/food/2017/02/26/bit-souffl-history/98350006/

https://www.eater.com/2016/6/2/11833394/souffle-history

 

Scotch Eggs

https://www.fortnumandmason.com/stories/scotch-egg-archive

https://www.tastingtable.com/1007982/the-mysterious-origins-of-scotch-eggs/

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/the-contentious-history-of-the-scotch-egg

 

DOWN TO BUSINESS

I don’t know what I’m baking up here

You already know what episode this is and I don’t

Shoutout to sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou

 

Deep Dark Night United

Susie (Zocdoc)

 

PLUGS

NYC Mesh; Sean Casey Animal Rescue; Hand in Hand; The Midnight Mission; Trevor Project; Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; NAPAWF; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline; SleepPhones

 

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INTRO

Feelings related to physical thoughts

If you’re flourishing, our world is a better place

If SWM was a station, I’d fill ‘er up with filler words

Powered by filler words…and pauses

There’s really no pressure to fall asleep

Don’t worry you don’t have to clean up after me because this is digital

What is a social compact?

So Many Forms of Compact

If you don’t like the support, please don’t lump the intro in with that

Wind Down Routines have been shown to work

The Finale of Bake Off

The most incorrect analysis of alliteration ever

 

STORY

Time for the finale of Collection 7

Well, they call it final

A really great sequence between Sandi and Noel

Lighthouse-Style Swirly Slide

I’ve only ever seen this on Rollercoaster Tycoon

The corkscrew slide is a great cheap option in the game

Sandi has cowboy boots and a bike helmet

Oh, I guess they had to do these because they had to say the US name

A lot of faces we haven’t seen in a while

I forgot about some of these bakers

Sorry to Alice for forgetting her name

Holding hands as they enter the tent

The Final Tier

Steph prays to the baking fairies

David may be as well-adjusted as Ray

Signature – The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

The Grand Mona Lisa of Chocolate Cake

It must be decadent and astonishing

David is doing cocoa and chocolate

Steph tends to not like chocolate

Alice is just using cocoa powder so it’ll be a bit fudgy

David – armagnac cream, prunes in the sponge

Alice – pears in the batter, pears between layers, poached pears on top, ginger brittle

Steph – Black Forest chocolate cake with cherries, a 70’s dream

Family Sequences

Steph and Mom are very close

Steph has Resting Misery Face

Baking gave Steph direction

Steph’s step-grandmother is so proud of her

Steph used to run the hurdles

David might be doing a mirror glaze

David’s family was a low sugar household

David turned to nursing

Nick’s partner and David’s twin brother Paul are proud of him

Who’s Timothy Mallett?

Some Timothy Mallett facts

This guy seems like a riot

Checking sponges and fillings

Paul makes Alice nervous

Alice always makes a mess

Alice has baked since she was a child

With good management, you don’t need good luck

Cakes come out of ovens

David forgot something boiling on the stove

One of Alice’s cakes cracked

A Munch’s Scream for a time call

David’s second mirror glaze ever

Time to frost

Time’s up

Judgment Time

David – looks good, quite efficient, nice shine, looks great inside, more than enough armagnac, too boozy, good prunes

Alice – a little wobbly and clumsy, nice dripping effect, could be more delicate, lovely texture, very light, lacking chocolate, good flavor otherwise

Steph – Very 70’s, elegant, distinctive layers, good jam, good balance, slightly overbaked

Steph is annoyed that it wasn’t perfect

Technical

Prue and Paul can’t pretend to be robots

6 Twice-Baked Stilton Souffles

This looks good for breakfast

Be delicate and don’t underbake it

It looks like a little tasty egg bite

First make a roux

How thick should a roux be

Sandi can’t believe Alice has never made a roux

Okay, I’m actually following this recipe for once

The egg whites cause it to rise

Put them in tins of not hot water

Oh, wait, it’s supposed to be hot water so it doesn’t cook as long

Steph does cool water

You have to double bake lavash crackers

Paper Thin Triangles

I think David is good at maths while doing these triangles

Alice’s look a little raw

David’s look a little raw

Steph’s are still liquid, uh oh

Back into the oven to bake twice

That’s really tough for Steph

They put the cracker in for the second bake

Not a good situation for anybody

Time’s Up

Judgment Time

Alice – floppy biscuits, stable souffle, underbaked in the middle, good flavor, gluey texture

Steph – more like a soup and pancake, delicious taste, more like a sauce

David – substantial crackers, nice snap, baked through, not perfect, but well done

Steph is 3rd

Alice is 2nd

David wins the Technical!

Carnival Party with friends and family

Alice’s parents’ flight just got canceled from Dublin

Table Talk

Alice has been okay

David brought himself back with the souffle

Steph faltered in the Technical

Down to the Show Stopper

Show Stopper

Deceptive Picnic Basket of enriched doughs with surprising flavors

Bread that looks like cake, cake that looks like bread, etc

David – cheese board biscuit; cheese is lemon pound cake, bread that looks like peaches, a birthday picnic for his partner Nick

Alice – prosecco, Schoolyear Celebration Picnic; prosecco jellies, scotch eggs made from carrot cake

Alice will cry if her parents are there

Steph – Picnic in the Park, burger made from lemon poppyseed cake – her dough is already off somehow

Picnic Centerpieces while bread proofs

Zest for your lives!

David is doing lemondrops

David is calm and enjoying himself!

Why is Alice using a wooden spoon?

Should they do an egg wash on their fake sausage roll?

One of Steph’s cake breaks from being too dry

I can so relate to Steph being hit by all these things at once

Steph gets totally overwhelmed for a second

Halfway through

Time for nougatine

Caramel, nuts, and seeds

Shaping nougatine into baskets

David’s is very symmetrical

Noel and Sandi play on the festival grounds

Alice’s parents are on a flight!

David is making cheese

I can’t believe how much his cake looks like cheese

Keep going, don’t give up

Steph’s macarons look good, but I guess they’re not properly baked

Alice’s scotch eggs look good

David’s basket looks amazing

Time is up

Full swing party outside the tent

Who do you think is gonna win?

Judgment Time

Alice – pretty heavy, exceptional illusion, good carrot cake, macarons aren’t quite strawberries, a lot of zest, good texture and zing, clever

David – looks amazing, clever tastes, nice zing, a little chewy, blue cheese is very clever and delicious, exceptionally thought out

Steph – her burger looks great but is giant, basket has some problems, nice hot cross bun but a little tight, macarons aren’t quite strawberries, burger is great but not much flavor, Steph gets upset, Paul gives her a hug

Table Talk – Alice and David’s were great; heartbreaking for Steph

David peaked at the right time

Alice has been consistent throughout the season

They go to their friends and families

Steph is proud of herself but disappointed

Time to announce the winner

David wins!

Everybody is hugging

They’re all so happy for David

He saved the best for last

The tortoise caught the hare

The montage of what the bakers have been up to since the show

Henry saw a lot of people

David and Nick move in together and bake together

Thanks for listening to another snoozy season

 

SWM+ THANKS

Joe, Hannah, SRC, Angela, Erin, Lisa, Kendall, Rebecca, Cindy, Sofia, Kellen, Tawny, Katie, Jessie, Jennifer, Jacob, Christine

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1252

Title: The Final | Great British Baking Off to Sleep S10/C7 Ep10

Deep Dark Night United: Susie (Zocdoc)

Plugs: NYC Mesh; Sean Casey Animal Rescue; Hand in Hand; The Midnight Mission; Trevor Project; Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; NAPAWF; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline; SleepPhones

Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Polysleep; Odoo; Air Doctor Pro; Zocdoc; Progressive

SWM+ Thanks: Joe, Hannah, SRC, Angela, Erin, Lisa, Kendall, Rebecca, Cindy, Sofia, Kellen, Tawny, Katie, Jessie, Jennifer, Jacob, Christine

Notable Language:

• Superfluous
• Fill ‘er up with filler words
• Compact
• Lighthouse-Style Swirly Slide
• The Final Tier
• Resting Misery Face
• Low Sugar Household
• Mallett’s Mallet
• Paper Thin Triangles
• Nougatine
• Dodge ‘em Cars

 

Notable Culture:

• Great British Bake Off

• • Rollercoaster Tycoon

• The Mona Lisa

• • Timothy Mallett

• The Wide Awake Club

• The Scream – Edvard Munch

• Jamie Oliver

 

Notable Talking Points:

• Feelings related to physical thoughts
• If you’re flourishing, our world is a better place
• If SWM was a station, I’d fill ‘er up with filler words
• Powered by filler words…and pauses
• There’s really no pressure to fall asleep
• Don’t worry you don’t have to clean up after me because this is digital
• What is a social compact?
• So Many Forms of Compact
• If you don’t like the support, please don’t lump the intro in with that
• Wind Down Routines have been shown to work
• The Finale of Bake Off
• The most incorrect analysis of alliteration ever
• Time for the finale of Collection 7
• Well, they call it final
• A really great sequence between Sandi and Noel
• Lighthouse-Style Swirly Slide
• I’ve only ever seen this on Rollercoaster Tycoon
• The corkscrew slide is a great cheap option in the game
• Sandi has cowboy boots and a bike helmet
• Oh, I guess they had to do these because they had to say the US name
• A lot of faces we haven’t seen in a while
• I forgot about some of these bakers
• Sorry to Alice for forgetting her name
• Holding hands as they enter the tent
• The Final Tier
• Steph prays to the baking fairies
• David may be as well-adjusted as Ray
• Signature – The Ultimate Chocolate Cake
• The Grand Mona Lisa of Chocolate Cake
• It must be decadent and astonishing
• David is doing cocoa and chocolate
• Steph tends to not like chocolate
• Alice is just using cocoa powder so it’ll be a bit fudgy
• David – armagnac cream, prunes in the sponge
• Alice – pears in the batter, pears between layers, poached pears on top, ginger brittle
• Steph – Black Forest chocolate cake with cherries, a 70’s dream
• Family Sequences
• Steph and Mom are very close
• Steph has Resting Misery Face
• Baking gave Steph direction
• Steph’s step-grandmother is so proud of her
• Steph used to run the hurdles
• David might be doing a mirror glaze
• David’s family was a low sugar household
• David turned to nursing
• Nick’s partner and David’s twin brother Paul are proud of him
• Who’s Timothy Mallett?
• Some Timothy Mallett facts
• This guy seems like a riot
• Checking sponges and fillings
• Paul makes Alice nervous
• Alice always makes a mess
• Alice has baked since she was a child
• With good management, you don’t need good luck
• Cakes come out of ovens
• David forgot something boiling on the stove
• One of Alice’s cakes cracked
• A Munch’s Scream for a time call
• David’s second mirror glaze ever
• Time to frost
• Time’s up
• Judgment Time
• David – looks good, quite efficient, nice shine, looks great inside, more than enough armagnac, too boozy, good prunes
• Alice – a little wobbly and clumsy, nice dripping effect, could be more delicate, lovely texture, very light, lacking chocolate, good flavor otherwise
• Steph – Very 70’s, elegant, distinctive layers, good jam, good balance, slightly overbaked
• Steph is annoyed that it wasn’t perfect
• Technical
• Prue and Paul can’t pretend to be robots
• 6 Twice-Baked Stilton Souffles
• This looks good for breakfast
• Be delicate and don’t underbake it
• It looks like a little tasty egg bite
• First make a roux
• How thick should a roux be
• Sandi can’t believe Alice has never made a roux
• Okay, I’m actually following this recipe for once
• The egg whites cause it to rise
• Put them in tins of not hot water
• Oh, wait, it’s supposed to be hot water so it doesn’t cook as long
• Steph does cool water
• You have to double bake lavash crackers
• Paper Thin Triangles
• I think David is good at maths while doing these triangles
• Alice’s look a little raw
• David’s look a little raw
• Steph’s are still liquid, uh oh
• Back into the oven to bake twice
• That’s really tough for Steph
• They put the cracker in for the second bake
• Not a good situation for anybody
• Time’s Up
• Judgment Time
• Alice – floppy biscuits, stable souffle, underbaked in the middle, good flavor, gluey texture
• Steph – more like a soup and pancake, delicious taste, more like a sauce
• David – substantial crackers, nice snap, baked through, not perfect, but well done
• Steph is 3rd
• Alice is 2nd
• David wins the Technical!
• Carnival Party with friends and family
• Alice’s parents’ flight just got canceled from Dublin
• Table Talk
• Alice has been okay
• David brought himself back with the souffle
• Steph faltered in the Technical
• Down to the Show Stopper
• Show Stopper
• Deceptive Picnic Basket of enriched doughs with surprising flavors
• Bread that looks like cake, cake that looks like bread, etc
• David – cheese board biscuit; cheese is lemon pound cake, bread that looks like peaches, a birthday picnic for his partner Nick
• Alice – prosecco, Schoolyear Celebration Picnic; prosecco jellies, scotch eggs made from carrot cake
• Alice will cry if her parents are there
• Steph – Picnic in the Park, burger made from lemon poppyseed cake – her dough is already off somehow
• Picnic Centerpieces while bread proofs
• Zest for your lives!
• David is doing lemondrops
• David is calm and enjoying himself!
• Why is Alice using a wooden spoon?
• Should they do an egg wash on their fake sausage roll?
• One of Steph’s cake breaks from being too dry
• I can so relate to Steph being hit by all these things at once
• Steph gets totally overwhelmed for a second
• Halfway through
• Time for nougatine
• Caramel, nuts, and seeds
• Shaping nougatine into baskets
• David’s is very symmetrical
• Noel and Sandi play on the festival grounds
• Alice’s parents are on a flight!
• David is making cheese
• I can’t believe how much his cake looks like cheese
• Keep going, don’t give up
• Steph’s macarons look good, but I guess they’re not properly baked
• Alice’s scotch eggs look good
• David’s basket looks amazing
• Time is up
• Full swing party outside the tent
• Who do you think is gonna win?
• Judgment Time
• Alice – pretty heavy, exceptional illusion, good carrot cake, macarons aren’t quite strawberries, a lot of zest, good texture and zing, clever
• David – looks amazing, clever tastes, nice zing, a little chewy, blue cheese is very clever and delicious, exceptionally thought out
• Steph – her burger looks great but is giant, basket has some problems, nice hot cross bun but a little tight, macarons aren’t quite strawberries, burger is great but not much flavor, Steph gets upset, Paul gives her a hug
• Table Talk – Alice and David’s were great; heartbreaking for Steph
• David peaked at the right time
• Alice has been consistent throughout the season
• They go to their friends and families
• Steph is proud of herself but disappointed
• Time to announce the winner
• David wins!
• Everybody is hugging
• They’re all so happy for David
• He saved the best for last
• The tortoise caught the hare
• The montage of what the bakers have been up to since the show
• Henry saw a lot of people
• David and Nick move in together and bake together
• Thanks for listening to another snoozy season