She enjoys making little figures from fondant or rice crispy marshmallow mix.ģ. It’s hard to tell what she’s doing until the last minute when she pulls it all together. Ironically, has to be censored at least once an episode and continuously hopes none of her students watch. Absolutely smashes any biscuit decoration.Ģ. He’s incredibly good at piping and often creates artworks on top of his bakes for decoration. It’s often joked about, and not helped by him spilling red food colouring on his apron early in the series. Zloy will doodle scenes from the tent during their downtime.ġ. They have a good balance of improvisation and planned skits. They’re a dynamic duo in front of the camera, riffing off each other and the contestants naturally. The Hosts are our recap boys, Pixelriffs and Zloy. They’ve both had long careers in the industry. They enjoy talking to the contestants about their bakes and lives outside the tent, both on and off camera. Biffa gives more thoroughĬriticism, but it helps the contestants improve a lot and is tailored towards the advice they need. Most of the contestants come to think of him as a grandad. He does his best to find positives in bakes, although he enjoys making jokes about things that go wrong. Also practiced over the week, though sometimes less due to the size of the bakes.
The aim is to create something of professional quality, that makes the judges go ‘wow’ and still tastes good.
I recommend googling or watching an episode of the show but a brief explanation of the challenges: The themes are often based around a certain kind of baking (pastry, bread, chocolate) but sometimes around time periods, places, or diets. Each week is themed, with the challenges fitting into that theme. On the Saturday they record the Signature Challenge and the Technical. It takes place over several weeks, with the recording happening at the weekend. The recording structure follows the usual routine. (Not that the winner matters, this is all about the shenanigans.) Further explanations and what role each hermit fills with a short bio is under the cut! The loser of each week does the washing up.
It’s Great British Bake Off, where the hermits take the place of the contestants, judges and some of the crew (with the recap boys as the hosts!) It follows the structure of the show, but to add maximum fluffiness, nobody leaves and the show works on a point system instead. Time to get emotional over bakers again.)
Big shout out to who helped me brainstorm nearly all of this (and accidentally got into the series sorry. With the start of a new series, I thought I’d compile this AU I came up with a while ago. (Or the Great British Baking Show outside the UK)