Fans of The Great British Bake Off have been left furious after they spotted an 'evil' move by Dame Prue Leith in the latest episode. The hit baking show was back on Channel 4 on Tuesday night (October 11) and it was all about desserts.
The fifth episode of the Channel 4 show saw the contestants tasked with baking eight signature steamed puddings, a lemon meringue pie technical challenge and a mousse-based desert showstopper. And it was sadly supermarket cashier Carole who became the latest contestant to be eliminated from the competition after failing to impress the judges during dessert week.
Carole, 59, from Dorset, was given the boot from the amateur baking competition after her ginger and plum steamed puddings and poorly executed technical left judges Prue and Paul Hollywood disappointed.
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The first challenge saw the bakers create eight signature steamed puddings, served with an accompaniment of their choice, of which Paul, 56, warned the contestants: "The beauty of steamed puddings is the moisture, so the last thing you want to see is a dry sponge." In the technical challenge, the contestants were tasked with making a lemon meringue pie.
The challenge was set by Prue, 82, who told the contestants: "This is my favourite pud so please read the recipe very carefully." And last but by no means least, the showstopper saw the amateur bakers asked to create "a visually spectacular mousse-based desert with a surprise inside", which also needed at least another three dessert-based elements, one of which had to be baked.
But it was the technical challenge that caused outrage as, despite Prue warning the bakers to read the recipe carefully, there wasn't actually much for them to read. Normally in a technical, the bakers are given vague directions on what to do, usually lacking measurments and timing.
The latest set of instructions, however, simply told the contestants to "make a lemon meringue pie" alongside an oven temperature. And the move sent GBBO viewers into a frenzy and flocking to social media to comment. @KerbyES tweeted: "#GBBO technical instruction: no instruction. I thought PH was bad, PL is pure evil!"
@amypvsx said: "#GBBO May as well just have sent the bakers into the tent with blindfolds on to bake the technical." @magic_at_mungos fumed: "What is the point of a technical if you don’t actually give them any instructions? F**k off Pru #gbbo." @safesoundxswift shared: "Nah that technical is just cruel #GBBO."
@auntyel added: "That's the most ridiculous technical ever #GBBO." But @paddylopes argued: "This genuinely might be the best technical challenge in #GBBO history. The sheer nerve of it."
Meanwhile, it was good news for 30-year-old nanny Sandro who was awarded the coveted Star Baker title for the first time after impressing with his port and cherry crumble steamed puddings in the technical challenge and later wowing them with his It’s A Mousse World showstopper.
Also celebrating during Tuesday evening’s show was 31-year-old two-time Star Baker Janusz who secured the top spot in the technical challenge after nailing his lemon meringue pie. Next week’s episode will see the show's first-ever Halloween-themed week, which is set to feature a number of spooky treats.
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