The Great British bake Off is back!
And we’re off! Tuesday saw the first of this year’s Great British Bake Off and, as always, it started with a bang. I’m slightly stumped by the Bake-Off team’s decision to open this year with the 30-year-old Billy-Ray Cyrus song (that nobody under 30 will even...
Celebrity Bake of SU2C final week
Last night saw the final Celebrity Bake off su2C of 2021, opening with Prue appearing to be dressed ready for an appearance in Dee-Lite’s Groove Is In the Heart 1990 video, and Matt Lucas now officially as round as a weeble. The contestants participating this...
Celebrity BAke Off SU2C week 4
This week’s Bake Off tent saw the arrival of 4 new celebrities, all ready to show us their baking skills (or lack of them), and to participate in the nation’s favourite baking show in aid of Channel 4’s Stand Up 2 Cancer charity. Strictly winner and...
Celebrity Bake off su2c 2021 Week 3
We’ve now reached the third and penultimate week of Celebrity Bake Off su2c. The celebrities competing for the coveted star baker pinny this week were Nick Grimshaw, Dizzee Rascal, Reece Shearsmith and Phillipa Perry (more widely known for being the wife of...
Sufc Bake Off Week 2
We’ve already reached week 2 of Celebrity Bake off Stand Up For Cancer and another round of celebrities purporting to have never baked before, eagerly took their places in the tent. This week we saw Professor X himself – James McAvoy, comedy has-been and...
Bake off – It’s back!
With the new series nowhere in sight, last night saw the return of Stand Up To Cancer Celebrity Bake Off, which for most Bake Off fans (like me) will definitely do, while we’re waiting for the real thing. Who knew that geeky Rob Beckett would be good at doing...
UK schools are told not to provide free meals for their students at half-term
Arguments have once again arised when it was found out that the government has told schools not to supply food vouchers, parcels and meals to disadvantaged children over February half-term. Teachers, parents and council leaders expressed their undeniable frustration...
Bake off or bog off?
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Caffeine, why drinking it may not be for everyone.
Your morning cup of coffee believe it or not is a psychoactive drug, one that is not controlled by the government and is widely available around the world. Caffeine is in fact the most widely consumed psychoactive substance on the planet. Although caffeine has no...
Great British Bake Off – the Final
Sadly, we’ve reached the Final of 2020’s Great British Bake Off. A slightly subdued undertone was apparent with the lack of usual family and friends in the beautiful gardens surrounding the tent, awaiting the outcome. This year the guests comprised of a combination of...
BGGO – It’s the semi final
So, this week has brought us, far too quickly, to the semi-final of this year’s GBBO. Unbelievably, we’ve seen Noel’s favourite lovely Lottie, Linda and Sura all leave the tent. Who could ever forget Rowan and his bizarre creations? The two Marks are now just a...
Chilli con carne 4 ways
Ingredients2 Red or white onions – 15p2–3 Cloves of garlic – 5p – 25p a bulb 1 Pepper – 18p 1/5 of a 90p pack 500g Mince beef £1.49 400g Tin of tomatoes 28p 400g Red kidney beans 33p 2 tbsp Tomato purée 5p – 27p a tube 1 Beef stock cube 11p –...
