Extra! Extra! Let's Cover Sad Showstoppers (S14-Ep11)

Lisa and Allison reiterate their disappointment over the most recent season finale.  Both girls reintroduce final showstopper challenges from previous bake off seasons and compare the difficulty and intensity of their showstoppers.   They discuss the decline of expectations, and hash up Lisa's old highschool classes on marriage and family. Lisa introduces the concept of brackets laden with bake-off contestants,  and, suggests that Rahul would be the ultimate baker of them all. 

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The girls get down to it, the 2023 finale! The girls discuss the eclair signature bake, and Lisa shares her banoffee pie bake after Matty's signature bannofee eclairs. The dated lardy cake technical has the girls musing about old fashioned lard jars, and their use besides in cake.

A less than show stopping final has the girls discussing who the real winner is, and if the outcome should've been different. Lisa offers to sing 'Final Countdown' one of her favorites to perform, and the girls foreshadow a surprise future guest!

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Only four bakers left to discuss this week as its the patisserie semi-final.  A perfectly decent signature of fancy financiers is discussed with Lisa stating she'd like to make them some day. The girls both agree that Dan's flavors are spot on, but is matcha really necessary? Allison shares the illegality of the Tonka bean here in the U.S.

And, praise is given for Dan's Hollywood handshake. 

The Mille-feuille final leaves both girls wondering who actually make this, and why did Tasha make her last bake so difficult? Josh impresses with his showstopper, and the girls are chuffed to bits for the final!

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A completely new theme is unveiled for the quarterfinal....  "PARTY"!

Bakers celebrate with their signature sausage rolls, and Lisa reminds us all of the American store-bought crescent roll, and pigs in a blanket. The girls discuss sausage and its iterations on American pizza, and share anecdotes of pizzas past. The somewhat strange caterpillar cake technical leads to its brief British history, and thoughts about it being much more representative of a 1970's kid cake.

The bakers are tasked with creating showstoppers that don't include "beige" items. The girls discuss the successes and failures of such a loose themed challenge.

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It's another dessert week, and Allison speaks to every episode feeling like dessert week. A creme carmel signature has Allison sharing about her serving days at an Italian restaurant. Lisa shares the ease at which she makes carmel, and also gives the bones of a recipe that uses just one ingredient. Both Lisa and Allison scold Paul as he continuously rakes the bakers over the coals in this episode's technical treacle pudding challenge. Kudos given to Christy for producing the girls' favorite meringue bombe, and a brief farewell for Lisa's favorite baker Saku. Dessert week!

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Catch this special holiday episode all about gingerbread!

Lisa's daughter Sophie joins the girls for all things related to building with dough. Lisa gives tips and advice based on her 15 years of baking gingerbread houses. Allison reminisces about GBBO season 7 and some of the girls' favorite former contestants.

Happy Holidays from the Soggy Bottom Girls!

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A botanical week challenges the bakers to make spiced buns in the signature.  Lisa and Allison discuss the overall lack of a botanical presence, and how most bakers seemed to rely just on cinnamon. One baker uses saffron and the girls discuss their anecdotal experiences with it in their own kitchens.  A lemon thyme drizzle cake technical inspires more home baking stories and preferences from Lisa. 
The bakers are challenged to create a floral dessert as a show stopper. Allison remarks on the similarities between the cake topping jelly art, and the glass encased roses at the grocery store. Baker Christy's tears over her ganache mold inspires the girls to discuss emotions historically in the tent. Dana creates a much appreciated isomalt botanical box, but its not enough to save her from elimination.  Botanical week!

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This episode, bakers tested their pastry skills whilst Lisa and Allison tested each other's taste for poached bacon. A spanikopita bake leads Lisa and Allison to reminisce about one of Lisa's first jobs, and Allison's introduction to baklava at Lisa's wedding. Both girls make multiple attempts at pronouncing the week's  technical challenge- "Daphinois Pithivier", then laud the use of blue cheese in any sauce. When the girls get to the 'display of decorative pies' showstopper, Allison waxes on about too much crust, and the absence of influence on American style pies. Another new star baker, and the girls weigh in on their picks for this season's final three.

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Lisa and Allison begin on a tangent as they lament the somewhat uninteresting challenges from this week's episode. Allison shares the  unsatisfying response she received from Hershey's regarding the location of all their cinnamon chips, and Lisa shared some early memories of Halloween candy. The girls discuss Tasha's controversial departure during the technical, and the unfamiliar concept of caramelizing chocolate. A chocolate box show stopper brings about a new star baker and the girls discuss the decision to not eliminate a baker.

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This episode, the girls get into a kinder, gentler bread week. Lisa and Allison discuss Paul Hollywood not only learning some sign language, but connecting on a 'BREAD LEVEL' with baking contestant Tasha.

The girls note the absence of sour dough this week, but have lots to say about the cottage loaf signature.  A "normal" technical is refreshing to Lisa, and she shares the success stories from her Facebook group. Allison continues to pull focus with stories from middle school home ec classes, but a star baker is finally named and then celebrated by the Soggy Bottom Girls. 

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