It was caramel week and sadly George Aristidou got in a sticky situation and had to leave the Great British Bake Off.
The 34-year-old from London said he was proud of his final showstopper and thought his flavours had helped him get so far as he was slower than other bakers on the show and made mistakes.
Reflecting on his time on Bake Off, George said: "I had a terrible day and it was a flipping nightmare. In the first challenge my bake curdled and the cream decoration wasn’t great as my tart was still quite hot.
"I didn’t quite finish the Technical and they said my caramel was more like toffee. On my Showstopper Prue said she could eat a lot of it, and she thought the dome was beautiful.”
He added: “We have three small children, so It was a big ask to up and leave to go to Bake Off. My wife stepped up and without her commitment, love and support I don’t think I could really have thought about going into the tent.
"We both really enjoyed the experience when watching it on TV, it’s been such a laugh to watch the show back."
George hopes to use his experiences and will try to specialise his baking going forward.
He said: “In the Greek community in North London where I live they have all been really supportive, and I hope I have done them all proud. I want to really focus on Greek food and bakes from now as that is my strongest baking area.”
- Watch the Great British Bake Off on Channel 4 every Tuesday at 8pm
