Liverpool-born Lizzie Acker was the latest contestant to leave The Great British Bake Off on Tuesday night's show.
The Halewood baker left the tent after the quarter finals, which saw the remaining competitors create a selection of 'free-from' treats.
After receiving the news that she would not be going through to week nine of the competition, Lizzie told Paul Hollywood: “I can’t wait to go and walk my dog to be honest.”
And that’s exactly what she did after packing up her baking gear and leaving the tent where she’d enjoyed two months of learning, friendship, and cake.
She waved goodbye to one Pru, before driving straight home to her own in a much anticipated reunion, The Mirror reports.
Sharing an adorable photo cuddling the Bedlington, she said: “When I drove home from Bake Off, I drove straight to the park to see Prudence. She done a massive run to me which had me feeling like I was in a romcom.”
The clip that followed saw the curly haired pup bounding across a grassy field towards her owner, nearly bowling her over.
The two-year-old dog has her own Instagram account with more than 6,000 followers, and has been described as a 50 percent “lamb impersonator”, 35 per cent “attention seeker”, 10 per cent “mayhem causer” and five per cent “ball thief” by her loving owner.
The account’s most recent snap is a photo of Pru looking out of the window of her Halewood home, captioned: “Can you spot me this was the day my mum left me for bake off.”
Liverpudlian Lizzie left the show in week eight of the competition, during free-from week, after using her final showstopper to celebrate her neurodiversity.
Paul Hollywood described her dairy-free ice cream sandwiches as ‘good but messy’, while Pru Leith said she’d ‘never seen anything’ like her fuzzy free-from showstopper that celebrated Lizzie’s ADHD.
But her somewhat chaotic baking style is something she’s been able to learn to accept.
She told her 26.9k Instagram followers: “It was amazing to see such a positive response to Neurodiversity; 1 in 7 people in the UK are affected by it. I’m made up that people felt represented and could relate to my brain fuzz cake.
“I was lucky enough to be diagnosed whilst still in primary school, giving me years to adjust and be accepting of myself and accepting of the times I need to ask for help and accepting of my messy baking style.
“I honestly see my differences as a positive as they let me look at life in a different light. I hope people can start to see their differences as a positive too.”
