The Irish Times

When TV cooking shows go wrong

After Masterchef UK's ‘Rendanggate’, Conor Pope looks at other chefs’ blunders

Thu Apr 05 2018 - 06:00

I love you, Paul Hollywood, I say, while spitting cake and crying icing sugar

Patrick Freyne: Ignore the mythical Beeby Sea: Great British Bake Off has always been on Channel 4

Sat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00

‘Any chance of a passport?’ asks the Queen while Lars Von Trier takes on Mrs Brown

Patrick Freyne previews this year’s Christmas TV and gives away some plot twists

Sat Dec 23 2017 - 05:00

Bake Off: I was appalled. But I wasn’t going to stop watching

Donald Clarke: No hiding place for ‘Bake Off’s’ poor Prue Leith even in Bhutan

Fri Nov 03 2017 - 17:32

National Bread Week: 10 brilliant recipes to get you baking

Sourdough loaves, tray-bake focaccia, oriental bao buns, and a best-ever banana bread to mark National Bread Week

Tue Sept 12 2017 - 06:00

New ingredients for ‘The Great British Bake Off’, but does it taste the same?

After its controversial move from the BBC to Channel 4 this year, the baking show returns

Tue Aug 29 2017 - 22:00

New ‘Great British Bake Off’ line-up revealed

Channel 4 announces replacements for Mary Berry, Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 21:29

Macnas brings magic to streets of Dublin on Halloween night

‘Great British Bake Off’ judge Paul Hollywood among thousands who attended parade

Tue Nov 01 2016 - 01:00

Renewal of ‘X Factor’ highlights dearth of big new TV ideas

Ratings have declined, but the familiar format is still regarded as a safer bet than most

Tue Sept 20 2016 - 06:00

The British ‘Bake Off’ is off. That’s not great

‘The Great British Bake Off’ is a terrible idea for a series. But it’s already an institution. Now it’s off to Channel 4 is the cream set to curdle?

Sat Sept 17 2016 - 07:00

The BBC will mourn the defection of Bake Off. But it will rise again

The show was precious to the corporation, but it will surely be replaced. The real threat is to GBBO itself The BBC will mourn the defection of Bake Off. But it will rise again

Wed Sept 14 2016 - 08:21

Channel 4 secures rights for ‘Great British Bake Off’

Current series will be last on BBC One as Love Productions ends talks on renewing deal

Mon Sept 12 2016 - 21:56

As flat as day-old glass of Babycham: Sharon Horgan's The Circuit

TV Review: There’s no fun to be had watching this dull series about a dinner party

Fri Aug 26 2016 - 14:00

Bake Off returns with perfect consistency

Paul Hollywood makes his come-to-bread eyes; Mary Berry’s hair is not for moving; this latest slice of Bake Off is exactly what you ordered

Thu Aug 25 2016 - 11:29

Great British Bake Off 2015: and the winner is . . .

In an emotional final, a great British wedding cake wins it

Thu Oct 08 2015 - 08:00

Q: What makes the Great British Bake Off so irresistible?

Interest in TV show in Ireland - if chatter on social media is an indicator - is quite intense

Sun Aug 09 2015 - 05:00

Mary Berry: Queen of puddings

Mary Berry tells of her journey from teaching people how to use their ovens to fronting one of the most popular programmes on British television.

Sat Mar 28 2015 - 19:00

It’s time for a sugar rush as Great British Bake Off reaches the semi-final stage

Four bakers face tonight’s patisserie week challenges

Wed Oct 01 2014 - 15:00

Television: Strong women? Tick. Baby stuff? Tick. Great television? Er . . .

A great cast can’t save ‘In the Club’ from its obvious plots, which lack the ingenuity of ‘The Honourable Woman’

Sat Aug 09 2014 - 01:00

Television: A spoiler alert for ‘Homeland’, and a crafty way of idealising Christmas

The spy thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis went out with a whammy, but the glut of festive craft and cookery programmes is sickening

Sat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00