Do the winners get any money? - The Great British Bake Off (2014) Discussion

[–] dagr317 9 years ago

Great question. I've only seen the most recent season and I never heard mention of any money. I also checked the Wikipedia page for the show but also saw nothing about prize money. I'm guessing that the recognition and prestige are reward enough.

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[–] Cooly44 9 years ago

Seems a bit shabby to me; all that stress and hard work for a plate and flowers?

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[–] dagr317 9 years ago

Nobody forces them to apply for the show. I'm guessing that the potential contestants know beforehand that there's no money involved but they still want to do it. From watching this season, it sounded like the bakers go home and do their normal stuff (go to work, take care of the kids, etc.) and just do the competition on the weekends. So at least they're not away from their homes and families for weeks.

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[–] Cooly44 9 years ago

Well I kind of figured out that nobody forced them onto the show. Maybe I'm coming from the North American mentality that there should be a big prize at the end of a contest.

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[–] Latoija 9 years ago

The show is on BBC (originally BBC2) and BBC is paid for by TV licences so that my effect if they get cash prizes or not. The show being funded by public money and all.

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[–] JohannaMackay 9 years ago

I thought it was actually nice to not hear about the money all the time like on North American shows or to have them dance throwing their money around like one one particular show.

It seemed very classy and if I had the talent, I would do it for competitions sake; as well as what you would learn.

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[–] dagr317 9 years ago

Completely agree. It was also nice that the eliminated contestants, while sad to go, didn't seem bitter and, in fact, valued the friendships they'd made and the new skills they'd learned. I can't even imagine being given sparse directions and a set amount of time to make a dessert that none of them had even HEARD of before, let alone made. As far as I'm concerned, they were all winners just for volunteering to put themselves through that. Even Claire, who was the first one eliminated, gave it her best shot and probably had some fun along the way.

I do some baking but I'm nowhere near good enough to be in a competition. And I know I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of stress. That's why I love watching these types of shows... more fun to see someone else do it while I just sit on my couch being entertained and picking up tips myself.

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[–] noveltylibrary 8 years ago

>>>Completely agree. It was also nice that the eliminated contestants, while sad to go, didn't seem bitter and, in fact, valued the friendships they'd made

This is especially true in the finale this week. I teared up!

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[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

a little dancing is ok. 

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[–] hka-3 9 years ago

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 ...and it helps work off the food we bake.

Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

always! 

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[–] hka-3 9 years ago

Still haven't gotten to see this show! The first couple of weeks I was distracted by the holiday weekend and men's tennis finals . Last week I was all ready to watch this show during primetime, then realized they ran an episode at 2:00 in the afternoon. Now I have to remember it's on in the afternoon...

Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.

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[–] OmeOmi2 9 years ago

I happen to enjoy that show, although the dancing at the end seems less interesting than actual, realistic reactions would be...or even what they want to do with the money.

I do enjoy this more, though. I prefer a "reality" show that is more real and less staged. I like that these people aren't trash-talking each other, but are in it together. They're generally well-behaved. It's more real and more interesting.

It's pretty, too. :)

And they're BAKING! So woot on that. :)

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[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

baking is cool. yep.

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[–] IcingOnTheCake 8 years ago

The Americans are told to act overly excited. There's also little reality in many of the American so-called reality shows. The cliques and rivalries are spotlighted.

I enjoy programs like this one in which people want to help one another and are genuinely happy for them. There's a few American ones like that such as Dancing with the Stars. I bored though of it, especially now that the pro dancers are more well known than many of the contestants. It should be renamed Dancing with the Entertainers.

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[–] MysteryFan60 9 years ago

If you have a chance you should watch the "what are they doing now" episodes. I found four of them on You Tube. Many of these contestants have traded their appearances on The Great British Bake Off in on wonderful career opportunities. They have opened restaurants or food businesses of some kind, many have written cookbooks, they have local radio and television shows and one season's winner is attending Le Cordon Bleu. I think it's refreshing that so many of them want to win because they enjoy baking and are proud of their accomplishments and not because of money. It seems they get plenty of applications without having to offer anything more than a plate and some flowers. In case anyone is interested, the episodes I referred to above are called The Great British Bake Off Revisited Season 2 Episode 11 (contestants from season 1), the Great British Bake Off Revisited Season 3 Episode 12 (contestants from season 2), The Great British Bake Off Class of 2012 (contestants from season 3), and The Great British Bake Off Class of 2013 (contestants from season 4). It's fun to see all the contestants again and hear what they're up to.

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[–] Cooly44 9 years ago

Hey, thanks for this info. I'm going to check it out.

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[–] mille-91651 8 years ago

I wish you would have given a spoiler alert in the title of your thread. I'm watching this season and didn't know who won.

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[–] daisyfay13 8 years ago

No idea if they do or not. Read this post halfway through watching the season on Netflix. Thanks for ruining the outcome, jerkface.

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[–] Cooly_44 7 years ago

You're very welcome.

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