Bake Off 2021, The Final: Seasick Walnut Whip
You know what they say, “A watched oven never heats up.”
Welcome to the final we’ve got fun AND SO MUCH ITALIAN STRESS.
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Bake Off 2021, Patisserie Week: Adopted Plum Children
The Union Jack bunting somehow makes this scene even more murdery.
It’s Patisserie Week in the tent which can only mean one thing: many, many distressing textures.
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Free-From Week: Der Offizielle Eisdielen-Inspektor
HE DID THE THING.
It’s Free-from week so really it only makes sense that the judging was free of logic.
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Caramel Week: A Flock of Baguettes
The Jurgenator has entered Sleep Mode.
This week we see the return of Caramel Week – a theme last seen on the inaugural Channel 4 series of Bake Off and there’s a bit of a reason it was banished for several years considering The Stroopwafel Incident of Yore.
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Pastry Week: Bacon-eating Cat Burglar
In order to save himself from elimination George uses an ingenious disguise to cloaks himself as Prue Leith.
It’s pastry week where obviously we have to ignore the years of general advice being “just buy the ready made stuff, Jus-Rol has perfected the artform.”
Read MoreBake Off 2021, German Week: Sophie Ellis-Bextor Realness
It’s no Statue of Liberty but I guess it’ll do.
Welcome to German Week where we do not have fun and games. But there’s a lot of biscuits, yeast and questionably problematic accent work going on. Clearly nobody learned anything from Japanese Week.
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Dessert Week: Catherine of Aragon From Next Door
Personally I’m only ever happy if Chigs is happy.
Dessert Week is upon us so expect some setting nightmares and would you care for more sin with your cake, dear Adam?
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Bread Week: Tentacles Were Rationed
The bloodshot eyes of Freya’s marzipan-filled starfish will haunt my dreams forever.
It’s Bread Week which does unfortunately mean Paul Hollywood is more insufferable than ever – how dare the bread be bready?
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Biscuit Week: Speculaas Euripides
If you wanted to know what Damiano David would look like if he ran a thrift shop in Brighton, now you know!
As it’s Biscuit Week, I can safely assume I need to up the stakes of my threats to make every week Cake Week.
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Cake Week: Britain’s Next Top Toulouse Goose
At last, we return to our regularly scheduled oven watching content.
I regret to inform everyone that Bake Off has not yet caved to my demands of having every week be Cake Week but as normal, we of course start off on the right foot.
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