My problem with the Blue Team winning is that I don't recall them ever taking the lead on a team cake, do you? I even recall Lia saying in one of the cut-in interviews that they were just letting Jose or whoever it was in that one take over and doing their work on the cake. Yes, their work was consistent (and, sorry, but Al/Manny was right, it was boring, until the Pagoda cake, every cake they made by themselves was a stacked wedding-type cake, just with different decorations) and clean and nice, but they never demonstrated management or leadership skills, they're followers. Were they one of the ones with their own bakery? I don't remember from the premiere. From the beginning, they were the only team who didn't seem to have a 'hook,' nothing to remember them for, they were white bread, they were the tortoise who just kept plugging along, slow and steady won the race (not saying Al & Manny should have won, though).
Pretty much no challenge Buddy asked of the teams had anything to do with *running* a bakery, working in, yes, and if these two are to be 'head baker' & 'lead decorator,' fine, they'll probably do well, doing a lot of it themselves, but leading people, delegating tasks, keeping an eye on the books, resolving employee disputes? Show me where they demonstrated those skills.
...and I guess they'll have to get over the whole 'not using fonDANT' thing...
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