As if the bakers weren’t stressed out already with the task to create a biscuit box and 36 biscuits to go with it, Sue Perkins added to it when she accidentally broke Nadiya’s biscuit box.
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Scottish grandmother Marie became the second to leave the competition, despite winning Star Baker last week, with a series of disappointing bakes – including a mishap with the oven, which left her in last place on the technical challenge. She also reportedly ran a school for chefs.
According to the Beeb the rules state that contestants cannot have had any professional training in the past decade, which is fine for Marie who trained over 30 years ago.
Her success lead to her being named one of the bookies favourites, but also faced a backlash when it was revealed that she had received formal training.
Marie said: “We had a great party for episode one with the children and grandchildren at my daughter’s house, and she had put up bunting and balloons”. A spokeswoman for the corporation said Marie still qualified for the show because she was never a professional baker.
They said: “There are strict criteria to taking part in the show and Marie met that criteria”.
Last year, when contestants used an ice-cream scoop to distribute even cake mix sales of the utensil shot up 10%.
‘The turning point came in her thirties when Marie moved to Paris with her family and was inspired by all the French Patisseries.
It’s not the first time the “Blank Space” star has been associated with the British baking phenomenon.
The “Bad Blood” hitmaker is said to be a massive fan of the BBC show after “binge-watching” the new series and is particularly keen on TV chef and judge Mary Berry. You’re not just going to pick it up in your kitchen’.
The Great British Bake Off is on BBC1 at 8pm on Wednesdays.
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Meanwhile 2012 victor John Whaite has called the furore “a load of fuss over nothing”.
