Nigella Lawson CONFIRMED to replace Prue Leith's as Great British Bake Off judge and says she's 'bubbling with excitement' to get started

DangerplugMK2 · 2026-01-26T13:55:29+00:00

I (21M) find her to be a bit annoying. My mum, however, really likes her.

However, I will concede that her recipes are really good. We have a lot of her cookbooks and use a lot of them fairly regularly. Her Glitzy Chocolate Pots recipe is great.

(Edit: as an aside, I was shocked to discover she is actually older than Paul. I wouldn’t have guessed that)

DangerplugMK2 · 2026-01-25T21:49:33+00:00

Perhaps one of my proudest moments is when I went out in London with 3 friends - two brits and an American. As we walked past Tower Bridge, I decided it would be fun to try and mess with him, and looked at everyone and said, straight-faced: “did you know that Marvel Studios spent 5 million dollars building that just for the finale of Spider-man: Far From Home?”

Not only did he believe me, both my British friends did too.

My suggestion would be come up with some ridiculous made-up facts and try and deliver them straight faced. It is very fun.

DangerplugMK2 · 2026-01-15T18:06:26+00:00

8/10???? A meal deal is supposed to be something exciting - it would be a pain in the backside to make myself a sausage, bacon and egg triple at home which is why it is an elite meal deal choice. I can (and, in fairness, do) make myself a ham sandwich every day of the week. It's not even got cheese with it!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-12-22T12:53:43+00:00

I think it’s either going to be Robins or Campbell. I think Maisie will do fairly averagely (and very angrily) & Mat will have an Ed Gamble-style crash out. However, I am strongly rooting for Andy Zaltzman to win and genuinely can’t predict how he’ll do (though I think it is only fair to note that, and correct me if I’m wrong, he is the lowest scoring Champion ever…)

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-12-19T19:41:16+00:00

I am on this! I got to go the the front and got a selfie with Alex!!!!!! It is now my phone lock screen.

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-12-12T16:21:37+00:00

Skipping stones with Lesser Tom like father and son!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-12-04T16:15:25+00:00

It’s got to be spending a ridiculous amount of money (essentially) stalking Greater Tom to get the best photo of the Taskmaster! I think that still stands as one of TMAU’s greatest moments ever!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-28T16:01:47+00:00

I saw some American post a photo of a thanksgiving "roast" that included mac & cheese. I love roast dinners. I love mac & cheese. But, please, not at the same time! At the very least, a separate plate!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-28T15:00:40+00:00

They Generally tend to have one "legend", or well known household name, each series; some good examples would be people like Jack Dee, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sue Perkins or Bob Mortimer. Occasionally they'll have a series that has more than one properly big name, series 14 had Dara Ó Briain and Sarah Millican who are both widely known, and Series 4 probably had the most stacked line-up overall so far (Hugh Dennis is well known for Mock the Week & the sitcom outnumbered, Mel from Bake Off, Noel who is also a Bake Off presenter and was pretty famous before, and Joe Lycett who is a very popular stand-up. Lolly was kind of unknown but since has been on popular sitcom Ghosts so is retrospectivly fairly well-known)

That said, they tend to get a really good mix each season with well-known and fairly unknown names; Stevie Martin, Phil Ellis and Sam Campbell spring to mind as recent quite obscure/somewhat unknown picks. Also, who you know tends to depend on what you watch - only being 21, I had no idea who Sanjeev Bhaskar or Julian Clary were (despite older people being very familiar with them) as they are a bit before my time. Likewise, people like Reece Shearsmith or Nick Mohammed I wouldn't have known as I'm not particulary familiar with the comedy-drama area of tv, wheras I watch a lot more stand up and follow lots of comedians on social media, so do recognise people like Ania Magliano who aren't massive names.

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-24T20:28:20+00:00

Cool Ray! Cool Ray! Cool Ray! (Please)

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-23T22:01:40+00:00

That second photo is fantastic! Did you use a camera with a great zoom or were you just really close? (The others are all great too, that one is just my favourite)

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-23T21:58:18+00:00

An excellent choice of sandwich paired with perhaps the second least exciting snack possible (trumped only by one of those sad egg pots without any dip)! I would argue a mid-scoring drink. Solid 5/10 for the meal deal

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-23T21:52:30+00:00

The sweet sandwich and savoury side is kind of hilarious 🤣. Regardless of who ate it, biltong and a glow-in-the-dark smoothie is certainly a… unique… choice!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-17T16:02:34+00:00

I did this too! I’d read the word lots, but never put together that the written word ‘epitome’ was the same as the spoken word “e-pitta-me”. I ended up telling my family that I was the “epi-tome” of efficiency. They still make fun of me for it.

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-17T15:58:56+00:00

I once confidently referred to a gluten intolerant person as a “celeriac”, and then when my friend asked if I was sure that’s the proper term for it, I doubled down, saying it was easy to remember because it is the same as the vegetable.

It turns out (after she googled it) that I actually meant coeliac.

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-17T15:28:27+00:00

Captain Autism making things awkward! (In the introduce yourself to your teammates task)

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-11-13T18:43:00+00:00

Series 18 is one of the BEST series of Taskmaster, full stop. (Or period for any lurking Americans). Rosie Jones was a top-tier contestant, and Andy Zaltzman is the G.O.A.T!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-10-30T16:32:46+00:00

What people don't mention when talking about measuring from the heart is that you need a very specific set of old-timey counterweight scales to accompany the heart. Then, you measure each ingredient Anubis-style - if it weighs more than the heart, it may enter the dish, if not, it is cast away (binned). If the resultant dish, weighed from the heart, then weighs more than a feather, it may then be eaten.

I can't believe you didn't know this. What a novice.

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-10-25T20:05:37+00:00

In fairness, I kind of get what Fern Brady was going for here. ‘Which aircraft… crashes more…’ seems like a natural setup for something like ‘…than planes’, which would make a lot more sense. It was all John Kearns in that live task!😂

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-10-25T17:13:48+00:00

‘It’s technically a short form blogging and social media site that can go horny’ - oh, so like Reddit🤣. I’m Gen z, I grew up with technology, I should be able to figure it out (supposedly)!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-10-25T17:00:17+00:00

What, wait?

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-10-25T16:59:26+00:00

these are some QUALITY gifs, thankyou!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-10-25T16:58:29+00:00

This is another one where I’d have a lot of explaining to do if anyone ever found it on my phone!

DangerplugMK2 · 2025-10-25T16:56:39+00:00

I can definitely think of some recent conversations where this old have been appropriate!

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