Yan Tsou
@YannyBakes
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Geeky scientist and GBBO Baker 2017 Contact : [email protected]
Enfield, Norf London innit?
Joined April 2017
Dear 17 year old me about to go on her first London Pride March ever. Don’t worry, it’s going to be great. In 30 years you are going to be so comfortably gay you’re gonna shit rainbows. Happy Pride x. Love .Yanny x.
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My WORDLE’s not working properly and I seem to have booked 10 tickets for Mamma Mia
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This is singularly the best moment in British telly this year.
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My 12 year old niece just told me that Grease IS a great movie. But It’s just a shame Sandy has to change everything about her just so a boy will like her. And the SHE (my niece) would never do that. BOOM. That’s when I exploded with pride. #lovewhoyouare.
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I have had the most excellent experience in the #GBBO tent. The friends I have made I hope will stay a lifetime. On to the next adventure! X.
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Three years ago today I found out I was one of the 12 #GBBO contestants for the 2017 season. This is me finding out while I was in Lidl doing my weekly shop. How times have changed. look behind me . a shelf FULL of toilet roll!
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A few yrs ago I told my bosses I wasn’t coping well with the stresses of work. They did nothing to help, so I quit. I applied for GBBO & got a new job. I have never been happier. Remember Ur worst day can actually be the start of your best days. Never give up, never surrender X.
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Hello Chinese couple on the bus who recognised me but didn’t speak to me but spoke Cantonese in a bid to keep your conversation secret. I understood every single word and thank-you that’s very kind and I was in last year’s bake off.
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So today, I invited @kimjoyskitchen to my work and she only went and turned up! Love this lady!
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Ok, #GBBO spin off idea. 12 Ex-bakers train 12 amateur bakers to win in the tent. I want to call it the #hungergames but gather it's taken.
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I don’t usually post personal stuff on here, but delighted to announce the safe delivery of this bundle of joy. 16kg, sourdough mother doughing well 😏
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Dear 16 year old self who has just been told by a career’s advisor that you don’t have the academic qualities to become a scientific researcher. One day your name will be on a paper in The Lancet.
Our large cohort study on predictive value of latent tuberculosis tests out in Lancet ID.
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Me trying to work out how @britishgas doubled their prices because it was costing them more to supply because of the war in Ukraine but then announcing record breaking profits of £3billion
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I wrote a pie-ce for #huffingtonpostuk with a message for all those who have had a difficult year. Merry Christmas and a hopeful new year #hope #xmas
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I am overwhelmed by the incredible number of messages from you all. Not just last night but throughout the series. Thank you X.
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Head says Rahul, heart says Kim-Joy, stomach says Ruby. My body needs the shut the hell up, so I can enjoy the show. Go team bake off! #GBBOfinal.
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Lockdown weight gain - a haiku. Niece lies on my chest.Rolls twice, Stays on, She grows fast. But I grow faster.
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Family of meerkats selling you insurance ✔️. Family of metal aliens selling you dehydrated mashed potato✔️. But can’t relate to a black family celebrating a wholesome Christmas with delicious gravy. Am I having a cheese dream?.🤷🏻♀️.
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Guy: will I turn gay if I go to Pride on Saturday? . Me: you shouldn’t go. Guy: seriously? it will make me gay? . Me: no, you’re too stupid to go.
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Dear food thief at my work. I licked the food you stole from me. all of it. Enjoy x.
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My three year old niece drew a picture and my sister decided to crochet it. It was too good not to share. BTW when asked what it was, Lexi said “Princess Poopoo” I’ve never been so proud.
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My 2yr old niece has asked me for a cheese+tomato pizza for Christmas. She is the only one that can make me cry with despair and laughter 😭😂.
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To keep the cat off the cushions and throws in the living room, we stored them under the coffee table. worked out well 😒
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Walking home from work I pass people stripping the shelves bare and teens in the street pretending to vomit on each other and I’m not gonna lie, I’m wondering why we’re working so hard trying to save some of you. NHS staff have enough to do. Stay the fuck home you selfish pricks.
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When you’re at your elderly Asian parents’ house and none of their chopstick match
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Christmas Day was a very special one in our house. I gave my family the gift of an interactive bake off complete with signature, technical and showstopper to eat during the ad breaks. My brother says if I’m ever in silent witness, he might skip the watchalong.
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Spoiler you've been warned!. Big love to my baker Brother Liam. You made the most amazing bakes #GBBO will not be the same x.
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What my wife told me yesterday .“Yan, the doctor told me I have to cut out wheat and dairy from my diet”. What I hear.“We can’t hang out anymore”.
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Newsflash: the bakers HAVE NO SAY on who gets eliminated. Yes you are entitled to your opinion. But if you @ a baker and say they should have left is equivalent to ringing their doorbell and shouting it at them on the doorstep. And that’s not cool. #bekind.
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Mum just misheard the words jingle bells as Jing go bao. Which literally translates to steamed cake bun. And now I’ve heard it, I can’t un-hear it.
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Things they don’t warn you about when you go on #GBBO. You can never, ever again pick up a pack of @CadburyUK mini rolls in the supermarket without someone saying something like “surely you can make those now”- next season’s bakers- take note.
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Please #bekind to my fellow bakers they are my friends. Love to you all x . right off to dust off my spray cans #imnotbanksy.
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Hi, @hamishsteele, only ever say it if it's comfortable and safe. The real world is not always kind. But I am lucky I have the support there.
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Just went past a group of noisy teenage girls. Suddenly silence. 😳 Then one of them shouts I liked your trifle. ☺️#londonlife #GBBO.
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I took up running using the couch to 5k app. It’s the one where you can choose @SarahMillican75 to talk to you when you run. Its been great but It’s week 7 and I’m finding it a bit tougher and was wondering if there is a sweary version to get me motivated. #swearysarahmillican.
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I made some Wookiee cookies to celebrate #starwarsday . Why are they all Wookiee cookies? Because they’re a little Chewie. no you shut up #May the4thbewithyou
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When they say being gay is against nature but nature shows you a rainbow that leads to your heart of gold 👭🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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At the age of 48 I got my first unsolicited flap snap. Flap snap? You ask? . It’s like a dic pic. but not😳. 🤮.
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Right! I'm off to eat my own weight in samosas and watch fireworks round my friends' house. Happy #Diwali to all celebrating #goodevening x.
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As another #starwarsday passes, let’s look forward to the prequels ahead.“Yan Solo. A bake off story” . it’s true. all of it. #MayTheFouthBeWithYou #always
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Me: winter , finally! I don’t need to shave my legs . 2 year old niece : eyelashes? (Pointing at my toes) . Me: *sigh* Alexa, put Veet on my shopping list. Alexa: I have put feet on your shopping list. *Dies a little inside*.
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So at menopause I stop becoming a woman? Great, I look forward to my pay rise😏.
What is a woman?. A woman has a. Period.
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Stranger: Hi, how are you? .Me: I'm fine, how are you? Stranger: Good. How's the family?.M: oh,the same.Yours?.S:. um.M: you're trying to remember why you recognise me don't you?.S: No, I've got it. You're my yoga instructor. Lovely to see you again. 🤷🏻♀️.
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I didn’t know what t get the wife for our anniversary so I designed a dessert called “The Mrs Marian” .Crushed biscuit base, peanut butter caramel, fresh banana, plain chocolate swirls, vanilla chantilly cream and crushed honeycomb. Happy anniversary my love @mazsmatthews 😘
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I just pretended to be my own twin to avoid chatting to a really drunk man on the bus. FFS it’s only 11am!.
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I have an idea for a podcast where I interview guests whilst we eat their favourite sandwich, which I have made for them. I want to call it BITE CLUB. I think I might have said too much. #firstrule.
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Hmmm, or ahead of my time. I don’t buy what I don’t need, I travel using no carbon emissions. If by cheap you mean owning my own house in London, mortgage free and paying for it by working hard from a job in the NHS by the time I was 45, then ok. #youdontknowmeatall.
Yan comes across so cheap. Borrowing her nieces play-doh instead of buying her own & using a childs scooter to get to work. #GBBO
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FYI, homosexuals eat food not just @CadburyUK creme eggs. Good luck boycotting ALL FOOD, homophobic creme egg haters😏.#ilovecadburys.
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Catching up on the #extraslice with the hilarious and gorgeous @WeeMissBea . I lied and told her I made the cakes. 🙊
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Looked up a recipe for a spiced biscuits and ingredients included Belgian Candi sugar and Ceylon cinnamon. WTF? I’m using brown sugar and the bottle of mixed spice in the back of the cupboard with the questionable use by date(don’t judge me- we’ve all done it!).
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So I have an app to tell me when the bus is due, and an app to tell me when the train is due. I need an app to tell me when the ice cream van is due. #stillwaiting #99 #mrwhippy.
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Me: Just a casual Saturday night hanging out with some mates at a book launch of @kimjoyskitchen new book you know, no biggie. Also me: wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Super excited today as am due to see my Dad on the opening credits of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- He’s Henchman number 1 BBC1 18.25 (I haven’t hugged him since 9th March but FaceTime is always fun what with him being deaf and shouty)
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What is the weirdest coincidence you have ever experienced? .I haven’t seen my old school friend in over 40 years. Within a week of mentioning her name to my wife, I meet her at a random bus stop and find out we have lived within 5 minutes of each other for 4 years.#thematrix
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The cat coughed a fur ball in my shoe. I really wish I could say I found out before I put them on. yep really wish I could say that. #MondayBlues.
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@nocontextgbbo @yanclub a well trained BMS will always 1. Admit their mistake. 2. Notify the proper authorities. 3. Correct it job done #BMS.
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Just finished wrapping my little niece’s present. She’s only three and yet asked for furniture for her room. I hope she’s surprised when she opens it. It was a b’stard to wrap
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Does anybody else try to just eat the contents of their fridge and freezer and not buy anything new the week before their holiday? No? OK, Just me then ( just had half a cucumber and two tubs of ice cream for dinner).
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If you’re offered the CoVid vaccination ahead of their friends and family - stop feeling guilty- you’re saving our lives by NOT catching it and NOT passing it on. Stop being a prick and take one for the team 😂.
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No BS, dad was one of the henchmen. Sadly I inherited his sideburns in the looks department 😒
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Teaching my niece that she can be a princess but also choose to be #batman #strongwomen raise #stronggirls
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When I was a kid in the 70s, my ideal guy was the Milk Tray Man. Just because he brought the woman chocolate and then left her in peace to eat it.
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Very proud to announce that I am now represented by the lovely @Vivienneclore @CloreClients 🤗.
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So @LittleMix jade has made a multicoloured melted sugar screen and biscuits matching the skin tone of her and her band mates- . She is NOT an average baker! #GBBO #SU2C.
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The #GBBOfinal falls on Halloween. Anybody out there dressing up? I'm going with Zombie Steven from bake off. @SpongeCakeSqTin can you help?.
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Met the baking legend that is @chetnamakan for a coffee and a chat today. What a lovely lady x
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Hot cross buns sound so angry don't they? .Any objections to rebranding them to mildly ambivalent buns? . #Fridayramblings.
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For anybody that doesn't believe that animals understand the meaning of joy . Check this out
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Trump should now renamed Cleopatra. He may not be President of the United States but he is the Queen of Denial #TrumpMeltdown.
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Me at 9am: what a lovely Saturday morning, we must go out and do something. Also me (still at home and in my pyjamas) : how is it already 7pm?.
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“You’re that lady off bake off aren’t you? What’s your name again?”. Me: “yeah hi! I’m Sophie.”. “Yes! Now I remember!”. #truestory 😂😒@SophieFaldo.
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Perks of being of being a #GBBO baker- you message @RavSBansal to hang out and he doesn’t think you are a nut job and accepts!
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Me: I’ve eaten so much in the past two days maybe I’ll skip breakfast and just have cheese on toast for dinner. Also me: before 10am
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Me trying out my new touch control hob: Press button with finger. Nothing. Go and wash hands, wipe hob clean and try again. Nothing. Repeatedly jab ‘on’ button. Nothing. Accidentally graze button with my left boob whilst leaning over to get a closer look. *bleepbleep* on 😳.
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Turned 50 on Monday, got contacted by NHS on Wednesday, got vaccinated today. Great job @BEHMHTNHS @NHSuk.💪🏼#enfieldhealthcare.
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