BP, I sopped watching the show when Mary Berry, et al left. Though it looks like the James you are looking for is from Season 3. If so, according to his wiki, he is 100 percent Scottish. I really miss that show.

Our PBS is airing Season 3. We get a bit confused when we see series that are old lol. I want to be Mary Berry, and like Paul and the hosts, too. But James, yes, it says he's Scottish but I wonder if he lived in the US? Went to college there?

He sounds Scottish to me -just not a thick Scottish brogue

I guess I don't know enough Scots!

I've only ever watched a couple of episodes so I'm not sure about that guy but I think it's a lovely show.

Yes this!

One aspect we like is that it's about the bake, not about someone's background story.

I hardly watch tv these days.

My kids love this show, especially my eight year old. I have had to break it to her more than once that I will not even attempt some of their creations.

I'm with you, crl_. The baking, the artistry, none of it is my talent.

EDITED: According to Wikipedia, "James Morton was born in Inverness, Scotland, but from the age of 3 grew up in the Shetland Islands. He was introduced to baking by his maternal grandmother, who taught him after school each day. He is the son of journalist and former Radio Scotland radio presenter Tom Morton. In the first Summer of his medical degree at the University of Glasgow, James worked washing dishes at a small Glasgow deli. A keen bread baker already, here he was exposed to the wide variation of bread production and results. From then on, he studied baking as a science rather than a craft, often preferring to read peer-review cereal journals than cookbooks. He watched The Great British Bake Off (Series 2) during 2011 and decided to apply following pressure from his university friends."

Off topic sort off, I was reading the Smitten Kitchen blog this morning which linked to this

https://alexandracooks.com/2012/11/07/my-mothers-peasant-bread-the-best-easiest-bread-you-will-ever-make/

which I think I had read at the time and then completely forgot about. But I think now as soon as it cools off I just might try this.

Wah, shouldn’t have read that link. Now I know who wins. I enjoy the show very much. Last night they made Frasiers, my favorite . I’d have gladly eaten the runny one.

I have no self-control. Even with Dedtired's warning, I read the link. Well, I'll still watch to see just how that all comes about.

I enjoy the things I learn, like about St. Honore. I've drawn on the show when solving puzzles! But I still don't bake.

Oh sorry, ded and bp, I didn't even think about that : ( .

I watch the show on CBC for the baking, not the competition.

Becky, I agree. So many competition shows are about the competition. That's why we enjoy the GBBS, it's not personal competition, it's the bake.

Mary is still on the one airing here now. I love it and will not open that link until after next Friday's final.

I watched the series as it aired in the UK, so I am all out of Mary Berry and the two women presenters.

cyn, I removed the link : ) .

I loved this show. I've watched all of the the Mary, Paul, Sue, Mel seasons. More than once! Tried to give it a chance after the debacle but Mel and Sue carried the humor, which was only second to the wonderful camaraderie the contestants had for each other. I really miss them all together.

Becky, I've made that bread several times...including this evening! It's wonderful for toast, which my kids are looking forward to topping with peanut butter and jelly tomorrow morning :) I think it'd make great French toast, too. I use Corningware larger than the sizes of her Pyrex, 1.5 and 1.75. Tonight it was a 2 qt. round for one loaf, instead of two. Freezes well.

Here's tonight's slice with some chicken noodle soup from Smitten Kitchen Every Day. I buttered, cooked on a sheet pan at 400 until the bottom toasted, turned and topped with a mix of grated fridge cheeses, and continued to bake until the bottom toasted.

Thanks for the info on the bread, alex. That looks, and sounds, wonderful!

We're just recovering from yet another heat wave, including two days (Thurs and Friday) of 95F, quite the temperatures for Alberta : ) . Our dinners for the past two nights have been homemade vichyssoise and peaches lol.

We had roast chicken last weekend and I froze the carcass for soup, so as soon as we get down to some reasonable temperatures I just might be following in your footsteps. Thank you again!

We had a cool front come through with the rain! Only got to 91 with 100% humidity. I hibernate in the A/C from April/May-Oct/Nov because I'm in the southern U.S. Soup in the summer is counterintuitive. Somehow, it was just right for the dreary day, in air conditioning ;) Definitely go for it when the weather cooperates. My first rise hung out in the laundry room while the machines were going, and loved it.