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Spring Baking Championship, Season 8
May. 10th, 2022 10:02 pmI rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreally dislike Molly Yeh as host this year. Never heard of her before this season of SBC, but that's not an issue for me at all. I didn't know who Jesse Palmer was when he started (my Giants fan of a husband did LOL) but instantly fell in love with him. Didn't know who Ali Khan was either and while I didn't love him, I didn't feel this strongly about him the way I do Molly.
She is cringeworthy. She comes off as very fake, the way she talks sometimes is childlike, opens her eyes super wide and her mouth in 'wonderment'. Exaggerated face reactions. Don't get me started on her hair and outfits, she dresses like a toddler. Jesse was debonair.
OH!!!! and WTF is up with cookie salad??!!! Since when does the host have a say in what the bakers have to make for judging? Did I miss something in previous seasons where this was a thing? It seems like it's the Molly Yeh show and ... this ain't it, fam. She said "this is a regional dish" when describing this dish buuuut the two Europeans on the show were horrified (rightfully so) to hear the term "cookie salad". I just wanted the judges to each say "just remember this doesn't represent the USA, I promise!"
AND!!! Another challenge was based off of pictures SHE took of her farm...like, really?...REALLY? Welcome to The Molly Show, I guess.
In another episode, she caused a contestant to burn whatever was in the oven because she was doing the interview with them. GRR. I could tell some of the contestants just tolerated her too, versus having a genuine rapport (Hi, Justin).
I had to put my laptop to the side today in the middle of typing this, but before I came back to this, I decided to Google her. This is from her Wikipedia page: "She took over as host of Spring Baking Championship for its eighth season, premiering February 28, 2022. Long-time fans of the show were disappointed with Yeh as the host claiming Yeh was a constant nuisance to the bakers asking too many personal questions. Fans also felt Yeh's recipes such as cookie salads and baking with sprinkles was just too amateurish for the many accomplished bakers on the show."
Ouch. At least I'm not the only one. I even found a Reddit post complaining about her and missing Jesse Palmer. He's just SO good as the host of Holiday Baking Championship, so why not host both?!
P.S. I like Kardea Brown, definitely want to see here again on SBC!
She is cringeworthy. She comes off as very fake, the way she talks sometimes is childlike, opens her eyes super wide and her mouth in 'wonderment'. Exaggerated face reactions. Don't get me started on her hair and outfits, she dresses like a toddler. Jesse was debonair.
OH!!!! and WTF is up with cookie salad??!!! Since when does the host have a say in what the bakers have to make for judging? Did I miss something in previous seasons where this was a thing? It seems like it's the Molly Yeh show and ... this ain't it, fam. She said "this is a regional dish" when describing this dish buuuut the two Europeans on the show were horrified (rightfully so) to hear the term "cookie salad". I just wanted the judges to each say "just remember this doesn't represent the USA, I promise!"
AND!!! Another challenge was based off of pictures SHE took of her farm...like, really?...REALLY? Welcome to The Molly Show, I guess.
In another episode, she caused a contestant to burn whatever was in the oven because she was doing the interview with them. GRR. I could tell some of the contestants just tolerated her too, versus having a genuine rapport (Hi, Justin).
I had to put my laptop to the side today in the middle of typing this, but before I came back to this, I decided to Google her. This is from her Wikipedia page: "She took over as host of Spring Baking Championship for its eighth season, premiering February 28, 2022. Long-time fans of the show were disappointed with Yeh as the host claiming Yeh was a constant nuisance to the bakers asking too many personal questions. Fans also felt Yeh's recipes such as cookie salads and baking with sprinkles was just too amateurish for the many accomplished bakers on the show."
Ouch. At least I'm not the only one. I even found a Reddit post complaining about her and missing Jesse Palmer. He's just SO good as the host of Holiday Baking Championship, so why not host both?!
P.S. I like Kardea Brown, definitely want to see here again on SBC!
