Bake-Off
I really enjoy the Great British Bake-Off and watch every year. I think I prefer it in its Channel 4 incarnation with Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig to the old BBC version, though Junior Bake-Off with Harry Hill is obviously the best iteration of the show.
In 2017, Desmond Fishman was a contestant on the show. You are perhaps aware of his relationship with Paul Hollywood (below). He would have probably entered again in 2018 , but I couldn't draw and watch TV while wearing the same pair of glasses any more. So that was that.
Below are some highlights from Des' run - he made it to the final. He actually holds the records for most "Hollywood handshakes" - though one imagines that rather grating feature of the programme will be retired post-Covid.
Features to note: Mueller Investigation themed cakes and the "naughty dog", a recurrent theme.
GODD LOCHHK EVERYONE!
Comments (5)
I love this. So. Much.
Are those 'hearty handclasps', in the Bank Dick mould?
It goes without saying! Yes!
That's no fair. Against Desmon no one can win.
Great fun! I started reading your work with Giant Days, and I had a recurring fantasy that either Susan or Daisy would be chosen as a contestant on the Great British Baking Show (as we know it over here, since "bake-off" is trademarked in the US). I think either one of them would be perfect contestants. My wife and I watch the show here religiously, as do innumerable American bakers. I have missed the Des episode here; I only know Des from a few GD episodes.