Prue Leith on Baking Show, Favorite Contestant, and Paul Hollywood’s Blue Eyes

Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen

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Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Prue Leith [Great British Baking Show, Great American Baking Show] joins Olivia, Rob and Rachel to talk about whether she gets sick of all the food she eats on the show, the ‘Baking Show’ recruitment process, and Prue’s favorite foods. They also discuss why they shoot ‘Baking Show’ in a tent, the difference between bakers and cooks, and whether Paul’s blue eyes and dark tan are “real”.

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:06.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.coad.uk-Uk.S. Wondery. That's audible.combe. UK slash Wondery.
0:17.2	Hi. Hey. Welcome to broad ideas.
0:21.6	Rachel and I are very excited for today's guest.
0:26.6	We're so excited.
0:27.6	And Olivia, we get introduced to someone near and dear to both of us.
0:32.6	Near and dear to our hearts and our mouth.
0:36.6	In our stomachs. Yeah, on stomachs.
0:38.3	That's the saying.
0:39.3	Mouth.
0:40.3	Whatever.
0:41.3	Prue from the Great British Bake Off, the Great American Baking Show.
0:48.3	I didn't want to get it wrong, guys, because, you know, similar but it's different.
0:51.3	Yeah.
0:52.3	The Great British Menu.
0:53.3	She is a legend, honestly. I love watching this show. It is like my comfort show. Mine too. It's so cozy. It was my COVID show. It was your COVID show. It was. Oh, yeah. It's so cozy. Oh, yeah. I had it on in the kitchen when I'm cooking, just even if it's in the background. It's soothing. I go to sleep every night with that show on. Do you? Are you serious? It is so tender, Rob. That is tender. It's tender. It's so tender. It's so tender. Like her cakes. Okay, anyway, the Great American Baking Show has their celebrity holiday episode. True story. We got to see it a little early. I was like very, very geeked out about that. I was like, I know who wins. Yeah, I want a biscuit. I want a biscuit. That's right. Do you want a biscuit? Let's find out what a biscuit is.
1:45.1	Everyone watch.
1:46.9	Okay, do you can.
1:48.4	Let's talk to Prue.
1:54.0	Sometimes when the world feels insane,
2:00.5	you can take a little peek inside of Rachel's little brain.
2:01.6	All these thoughts are swirling, round and round inside, to join us on this journey as we take a little ride.
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