The Great British Bake Off - An Extra Slice (2014) s05e03 Episode Script
Bread Week
It was bread week in the tent .
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the pressure was on .
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the gloves were off .
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and Sandi had a very unusual request.
Please place your naan behind your photograph.
You all right there? Got your knitting.
What's that? No, you can't watch Countdown! It's time for an Extra Slice! Hello, and welcome.
Did we all enjoy Bread Week? Yes! This, of course, is Paul's speciality, and he wasn't mincing his words when it came to the bakers.
If they're too thick, they're not going to bake.
Of course, the highlight of Bread Week, for many people, was the korovai Showstopper, but for me, it was Karen's beret.
I wonder if that's in homage to baking icon Mary BERET.
All right, all right.
Or perhaps it's a style she developed when she was working on covert surveillance for the French Resistance.
I noticed she still can't help employing her skills in the tent, like here were she's listening in on various conversations.
But sadly, it seems that Karen's double life combining baker and spy has taken its toll.
Here she is behaving rather strangely after the judging of her signature Chelsea buns.
Oh! Mmm! As ever, each week, I'll be joined by the latest baker to leave the tent, and this week it was Anthony.
Aw! The great news is that Anthony will be joining us later in the show.
Also coming up, pictures of your baking at home, and Tom Allen will be taking a closer look at some of the delightful bread bakes you've brought along to the studio.
Show us your buns! Joining me to chew over the events of Bread Week, I've got a brilliant panel of celebrity guests.
Will you please welcome, first of all, Jonathan Ross? Comedian Rose Matefeo! And Jamie Laing! Hello! Hello.
Hello.
Hi.
Jonathan Yes? .
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are you a healthy brown or more of a white slice kind of man? I'm Well, I hate to start the show in a combative way, but, Jo, I'm neither.
Jonathan! I favour a baguette.
I'm, like, French in that way.
You know when you go to France and you see people walking in the street and they've all got a baguette? It's almost like that's their version of a handbag or a phone.
Now, Rose, you're from New Zealand.
Yes.
What's going on there, bread-wise? Well, you'd be surprised how much people ask me this.
No, we've got lots of bread in New Zealand.
We've got different types of breads.
Maori bread, Rewena bread.
There's a type of Samoan bun called pani popo - and I know it sounds like I'm making that up, but it's true.
It's a delicious coconut bun.
I make it quite often.
Jamie, presumably, you only eat artisan bread from Fortnum & Mason.
Mm-hm.
Occasionally Harrods.
Occasionally Harrods.
Cos you've actually baked in the tent Mm-hm.
I have.
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as part of Stand Up To Cancer, and your banana loaf, don't know if you remember, made Bake Off history.
Let's take a look.
It was unbelievable.
This is the fun part.
Can't be this hard! It can't be this hard! Why are you using that mixer? Because my mum used it.
I have no idea.
Is that wrong? Yeah.
I promise you, when you taste this, you'll go, "You know what? "This is absolutely delicious.
" Oh, my Lord, that's Oh! Wow.
It looks like pork pie! That's delicious.
It's disgusting! So disgusting.
Absolutely vile.
Oh, God! That has got to be the worst cake that's ever been baked in the tent.
Ever.
Yeah.
I'm not taking any advice from you.
But you see, baking is a science, and cooking is not.
Mm-hm.
So you have to follow the instructions.
And I went on the instructions, and it said "tsp" and "tbs", and I went, "Pff, spelling mistake.
" And it was "tablespoon" and "teaspoon", so that's why it came out like a pork pie.
Oh, dear.
Yeah.
Let's actually just get back to the tent now and remind ourselves what happened when the bakers braved Bread Week.
Bread Week .
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and Paul was on the prowl.
He can mess with your head, can't he? It's a bit of a speciality of mine.
The bakers needed to pull out all the stops Oh, my God.
It's very hot.
Oh! .
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in the Chelsea bun Signature I think that's delicious.
It's not enough.
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before tackling a Technical Naan breads.
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in just 60 minutes.
God in heaven! There was cause for celebration in the Showstopper.
It really is a showstopper.
Well, for some.
It looks very basic.
It's massively under-proved.
Everything inside is wrong.
It was Anthony's turn to leave the tent, and Rahul was crowned Star Baker for the second time.
OK, let's start with the Showstopper.
We saw some beautifully decorated korovais.
There was Manon's, with its intricate lattice work and Faberge egg inspired topping Dan's exquisite flower decorations and then there was John's.
It was like someone's white van, they just bunged a flag on top.
So, that's my problem with John, is he seems like a lovely guy, but I think design-wise, he's falling behind the rest.
You're such a harsh critic.
That was harsh.
No, I like Other people, I like a lot.
Oh, I know what you're saying that.
Because I know that YOU'RE an idiot.
Let's move on to Terry, cos I've discovered lots of interesting facts about him.
So, here are my top four Terry facts.
At number four I like bread.
At number three I do like bread.
At number two I love bread.
But my favourite fact at number one I've met Debbie McGee and Paul Daniels.
Great.
Sadly for Terry, disaster was lurking when he got his korovai snagged on his cloche.
Never stuck before ever.
Now it's stuck.
Oh, dammit.
What did you guys make of Terry's terra-cotta cloche? Well, cos he brought it in from home, didn't he? Yeah.
I would've thought if you are going to bring something like that in, you really want to be certain, 100% positive, that it's going to work great, not that something is going to get stuck in it.
So, I mean, Terry should have maybe, you know, tested that cloche a little bit more thoroughly.
Yeah.
He looks like he's constantly in disguise with that moustache and the glasses.
I love that.
But he's such a sweetheart.
But also, making bread, or baking bread, is super-hard.
When you Getting things stuck to stuff, that happens the whole time.
I remember I made cookies It's true! I love how this is, like, Jamie telling you what baking is.
Yeah.
Right? You guys You guys have no idea.
"You know what? If you want to know" "I mean, baking is really hard!" It is.
You guys have no idea.
It's really Did he make it himself? Because he is a potter, isn't it, as well? How do you know his background? He's got many talents.
I mean, pottery is hard! "Wait till I tell you about pottery" Pottery IS hard.
Have you ever? It's no word of a lie.
It is.
"Clay is wet"! Now, unfortunately, when it came to the judging of Terry's korovai, Paul had even more bad news.
How long was the first proof? 30 minutes.
And the second one? 15.
15? And then you baked it? Yeah.
That's where your problem is.
It should've been at least two hours.
Bless him.
Well, let's move on to Karen, who went to enormous effort decorated her korovai with, well, none of us are 100% sure, to be honest.
Is that its tongue? No, that's a beak.
Ah.
Well, shouldn't it be that way, then? Well, I think it looks weird that way.
I thought they were turtles.
They look a bit like turtles.
Seals? They look like seals.
Karen seems to have a thing about seals.
I mean, here's a moment from Cake Week when she couldn't quite remember what a seal looked like.
Now then, this seal Do they have legs? No, they have flippers.
He must be so handy to have around the house.
Here he is clearing something else up for Karen in an unseen moment.
Now then, clowns.
Big red nose, yeah? Yeah.
Of course, they have big red noses.
Isn't Karen's husband a real mine of information? But back to the tent, and when she presented her French breakfast wedding Showstopper to the judges, they were impressed by the appearance of it.
But when they sliced into the bread, Paul discovered it was under-proved.
Jamie, now, what do you make of that? Well, again, it is hard, and, um But I think she With Karen, obviously she dresses kind of flamb You know, she dresses in all different colours, things like that, so I think she cares a lot more about what it looks like rather than what it tastes like.
She's got a lot of confidence.
Yeah.
I think she has the opposite problem to Terry in that regard.
But I think the last one was based on a couple she didn't know as well, which I thought was quite stalker-y .
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in a way.
Like, imagine finding someone on Bake Off made a bread cake based on your marriage, right? That'd be scary.
Now, this week's Signature was of course the classic Chelsea bun, so called because it originated in the London borough of Chelsea.
Very sweet and extremely rich.
Jamie comes from Chelsea as well.
Do you like a Chelsea bun? I like that.
That was Oh, thank you.
That was good.
Um, I don't really Because the Chelsea bun is a little bit like a cross bun, a hot cross bun, isn't it? Mm.
And I don't really Do you know, I don't think fruit should go in bread.
Yeah.
No! That's lovely, but we're talking about Chelsea buns, so You don't like them? Well, I just Yeah, I don't I'm not the biggest fan, no.
I'm not the biggest fan of them.
I've never really had one.
They're like Oh, you've never had one?! Now, we saw a couple of unusual techniques employed in this challenge.
Manon chucked some PG Tips into a saucepan, and Kim-Joy used the tangzhong method, a baking technique which even Paul hadn't heard of.
The judges praised the softness of her pistachio and cardamom buns, but said they were too delicate when it came to overall flavour.
Jonathan, was that a bold move on Kim-Joy's part, using a baking technique? Well, it was a bold move that paid off.
That's the key thing there, I think.
And I love Kim-Joy.
Don't you love Kim-Joy? I think she's just amazing.
I love everything she's done, so far as the way she looks and she just seems such a nice presence in the tent, so I'm happy to see whatever new baking techniques she brings in.
For the Technical Challenge, they had to produce eight non-yeasted naan breads.
Have any of you ever tried to make your own naan breads? That's the thing.
With naan, it's one of the things that just arrives.
It's like an egg.
It's just always there.
You know what I mean? What came first, the chicken or the naan? Yeah, yeah.
But it's true.
It is always there, so to bake It's always there? Well, I don't I just feel like it's just, you know No-one really You literally just watched a show where you saw them make it! No, I know, but that's I'm surprised.
It's like no-one really makes a pencil, do they? It's like that.
Do you know what I mean? Well, alongside their naan breads, the bakers had to make ghee, which is What exactly is ghee? I bet Karen's husband knows the answer.
Karen's husband, what exactly is ghee? It's clarified butter.
Thanks for that, Karen's husband.
So, for the second week in a row, Rahul was crowned Star Baker.
He delivered another brilliant batch of bakes.
Paul said his mango and cranberry Chelsea buns were baked to perfection.
He then came forth in the Technical, before presenting the judges with an amazing garden wedding korovai in the Showstopper.
Jamie, Paul said Rahul was a little genius.
Do you agree? I completely I think he's amazing.
He's so sweet.
He's so lovely.
He's the complete opposite to Dan.
He just has no confidence, and I just think that he's I think he's wonderful.
And I'm really rooting for him to win.
Me too.
Yeah, 100%.
He's just great.
He's a precious angel sent from heaven.
And I want to wrap him up in a little towel and hold him for an entire night.
You want to swaddle him like a baby.
I want to swaddle him like a baby.
Give him lots of kisses on the forehead.
But I honest to God start crying every time I hear him say something.
I know! Like when he Oh, when he said that, you know, he bakes because he wants to make friend Oh, gee I actually I actually could tear up right now.
Here.
So sweet.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
It's when he said When he put out his hand, he said, "Oh, I'm always shaking.
" He's the sweetest boy of all time, and we need to protect him, OK? I want Do you concur, Jonathan? I think he's adorable.
I mean, I do worry a bit, because it's a very pressured environment in there.
But I suspect he's going to flower, he's going to bloom, he's going to be the overall Star Baker.
Certainly in a way, for some of us, he's already won the competition.
Yeah.
You know? But he's amazing.
I want him to win, because with the amount he talks, his cookbook is going to be, like, four volumes long.
It's going to be so sweet! "First turn on the oven.
" Now, of course, we know who the third baker was to leave the tent.
Ooh-hoo! Aw! That's right - Anthony.
Rose, was Anthony the right person to go? Oh, I guess he was the right person to go in terms of how he did in the challenges, but I'm really sad to see him go.
I think he was such an amazing character, and he was such a, like, positive energy in the tent.
And I hope to meet him one day.
Aw! That may well be sooner rather than later.
Oh, God! Well, let's just remind ourselves just how relaxed Anthony always was in the tent.
But let's see how we go.
And I'm delighted to say, we'll be speaking to Anthony a bit later on.
All right with that, Anthony? Great.
Coming up, we'll take a look at what you've been baking in your kitchens at home.
Back in a bit.
Welcome back.
I'm joined by Jonathan Ross, Rose Matafeo and Jamie Laing to talk about the events of Bread Week.
Now, let's play a quick game of - If The Bakers Were Vegetables, Which Vegetable Would They Be?, panel? Oh, OK.
I think Rahul would be a sweet pea, still in its pod.
Aww! Just waiting to go "Hello!" Don't actually say that "Is it safe out there for me?" Ruby - asparagus? Erm Meh I'd go okra.
Spicier.
Oaker? Okra.
Okra? Okra.
Haven't you heard of Okra Winfrey? Sorry.
Anyway, moving on.
Now, as one unseen moment reveals, one baker had a very firm idea about which vegetable he would be.
Sometimes I just can't express it.
I just feel like I'm a potato.
Maybe a nice vegetable, but potato is a nice vegetable.
I like potatoes.
Sorry.
Don't why potato came out.
Sorry.
That's the saddest thing I've ever seen.
That feels like a GoFundMe page! Let's have a whip round and let's take that young boy to Disney World! So sad! As you know, we've got an added ingredient in this series.
It's Bake Off: The Professionals host and Bake Off super fan, Tom Allen! Lovely to see you here.
Well, it's lovely to see you, Tom.
Thanks for having me.
Now, what did you make of Bread Week? Well, I always think Bread Week is Paul's chance to shine, and my goodness, did he take to the spotlight with that fabulous big coat with the huge collar! Oh! It was wonderful.
It reminded me of, like, a Danish crime thriller, where the only victims are naan breads.
And Paul was this kind of, like, you know, inspector brooding, you know, with this catchphrase of, "I've made a lot of korovais in my time.
" What does that mean, Paul? Why are you going to so many Eastern European weddings? Suddenly, I started to think of all the bakers as potential suspects.
And I was thinking, who would be? I don't think Karen would be a suspect, she's too obvious, with all her disguises.
I mean, last week she came dressed as Beetlejuice.
And this week, she was dressed, some would say like a spy - I thought like a French mime artist.
Also, with Karen, what's going on with that lampshading craft class that she does? Why is there a woman in the background crying? Are they being held hostage? Is this woman going, "Sometimes my personality doesn't suit "a jaunty interior!" And then other suspects included Manon, of course, we learnt about her tattoo this week, which she said is a family thing.
Which, to me, said - mafia! And then, I often think with these crime thrillers, like, people are never as they seem.
We don't know what these bakers are like when the cameras are turned off.
For all we know, Rahul, when the cameras are off, is a proper alpha-lad, going, "Oi, oi, all right! "Two Star Bakers! Yeah! 'Av it! Wahey!" "I'm a potato.
" And then the chief suspect always turns out to be the person you least expect.
So obviously, in this case, it would be Kim-Joy.
You know, she does the dreadful deed and then afterwards she just skips off down the high street, carrying a cat-shaped focaccia, giving it to someone innocently.
"Woo, Kim-Joy bread!" Yes, we know what you did! I don't know who's gonna survive next week, but I am dying Now, very shortly, Tom will be barging his way round the audience baker tables.
But first, prepare to be amazed as we take a look at some of the baking that's been going on in kitchens throughout Britain and beyond.
Let's start with a cake that's become very popular - the flamingo.
Now, here's a magnificent creation from Becky.
Ooh! Mm, yeah, I know.
Which, judging by the wording around the base, Becky has made for herself.
Fair enough, it's amazing.
Well done.
The flamingo cake has almost overtaken that other favourite - the unicorn cake.
But not quite.
Here's what Jess, from Newcastle, was hoping to achieve for her sister's 20th birthday.
And after four hours, let's admire the mythical creature Jess produced.
Not so much a unicorn as an angry pig with a horn.
I do hope Jess' sister isn't still having nightmares.
Emily, from London, was also going for unicorns, but on a smaller scale.
Having seen these delightful cake pops on the internet, she decided to bake a batch of them for her team at work.
When she'd put the final touches to them, and knowing how much the team were looking forward to their coffee time treat, she decided the only option was to pretend she was ill and take the day off.
Let's remind ourselves that some bakes attempted by Extra Slice viewers do actually turn out quite well.
Jennifer, from Kent, created some recognisable faces out of sugar paste to decorate the top of her cupcakes.
Aren't they brilliant? And let's complete our run of brilliant bakes with Linda's cake for her sister Anne's 60th.
She gave the cake Anne's blonde hair and glasses and tried to make it look as if Anne was eating chocolate, which she loves.
We can only imagine Anne's delight when she saw it.
Weirdly, Linda doesn't tell us why she depicted her sister as a tortoise.
Oh, well, I'm sure Anne had a happy birthday until she got that cake.
Keep your pictures coming using the hashtag #extraslice, or go to Details at the bottom of the screen.
And thanks to everyone who sent their pictures in this week for being such good sports.
Now, buckle up, because it's time for Tom to have a closer look at the bakes brought along by the audience.
Thank you, Jo.
Off you go.
Thank you very much.
So, first up we've got Jessica.
Now, where's Jessica? Oh, you're right there.
Oh, that's perfect.
Come, Rob, come, come.
Jessica, stand up for us, stand up.
Jessica, nice to see you, how are you? Oh, I'm all right, yeah.
Good.
And you're from Canada, I believe? That's right, yeah.
Oh, my goodness.
That's a long way to bring some bread.
Yeah, it took a while.
Sure.
Watch out for the salmonella.
Well, OK! What a lovely introduction to any bit of cooking.
Thank you.
Let's have a look at what you've made now.
Yeah, yeah.
I call her Mayonnaise Bride.
The Mayonnaise Bride! Of course, how romantic.
Yeah, I think so.
I'm looking at a lot of prawns.
Yeah.
What's inside it? Well, it's a traditional Swedish cake called smorgestarte.
Of course, smorgestarte, yeah So it's bread inside.
Bread inside, bread inside.
So it's not a cake.
Sandwiches, it's actually sandwiches.
It's a sandwich Cake.
It's a sandwich cake, of course, one of those.
Yeah.
One of those, a sandwich cake! And what does it symbolise to you, Jessica? Well, do you know, my fiance of seven years Fiance of seven years! .
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loves the Great British Bake Off.
Well, of course, who doesn't in their right mind? I was just kind of thinking if he saw this unexpectedly on television, he might think, "Time to" Time to Yeah! Yes, it'll certainly prompt him to do something.
Yeah.
Is this him here? No, gosh.
Who are you? Jess is actually my boss from work.
She's your boss from work.
Yeah.
So you were made to come here? Yeah.
What is the work that you do? I'm a trainee lawyer.
You're a lawyer? Yeah.
So you're a solicitor, we actually call them here, thank you.
And what sort of law do you practise? We practise in social housing.
Social housing! Yeah.
That must be especially lovely when you bring round a lovely cake for people when you find them some housing.
They just love it.
They just love it, as if they haven't been through enough.
Thank you, Jessica.
Sit down.
Now, where's Jane? Everyone, Jane? Jane, you're right there.
Jane, Jane, stand up, Jane.
Lovely to see you.
And you.
How are you? I'm very good.
Have you been having a lovely day? Lovely.
What have you brought us? What have you brought us? It's my Yeast Feast.
A Yeast Feast! Oh, everything appetising starts with the word yeast! It does.
Yes, tell us about your yeast celebration, Jane.
So I've got all sorts of different types of bread in fondant, basically.
Bread in fondant.
Oh, I see! Oh, I see.
Hot-cross buns.
Hot-cross buns, that's lovely, yes.
Got a couronne.
A couronne.
They love that on the programme, don't they? Do you want to eat some? What's going on? I think people are a bit hungry over here.
They look delicious.
Do you mind if people try your? They look delicious.
You can.
Would you like to try one? I'll take them all up, Jane.
Thank you for that.
Now, how long did these take you to make? All week.
All week? All week.
Why don't you have a job?! I do, as well.
Talk about "broken Britain.
" Excuse me, Rob, let's take these cakes up.
OK, what do you think of these? Have a go, have a go.
Can we? Can they eat the top? They look so perfect.
Amazing.
Dig in, see what you think.
I mean, the one problem is, they're so exquisite Oh, no, Jonathan doesn't No, that's the thing with Jonathan Ross, he doesn't mess around.
Jonathan Well, listen, when I came on the show last time, I got home, my wife was furious with me that I didn't bring anything back from the show.
So you've taken one of Jane's cakes? I've just brought some Tupperware in and I thought Crikey.
That's high praise indeed, Jane.
Where is Hannah? Where's Hannah? This Hannah? Hannah, hi! Stand up, Hannah, stand up.
What the hell is this? It's my Bananas About Bread cake.
Your Bananas About Bread cake.
I am, woo! Erm Too much.
OK! It's never too much of banana bread cake.
Yeah.
So what is, what is? Tell us.
Right, inside it's banana and chocolate-chip bread Banana and chocolate-chip bread.
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but it's disguised as a cake.
Oh, what a lovely surprise! I know! You think you're going to get a lovely cake and it's just bread, everyone! No, it's banana and chocolate-chip! What a wonderful birthday that would be.
"Oh, it's just a slice of bread.
" And then we made some fondant bananas on the way down! On the way down? On the way down where? Emotionally? It will be, yeah! No, on the train.
On the train from where? Preston.
Preston! OK, fine.
Do you want to try some? No.
So One more, one more.
We've got one more.
We've got time for one more.
Is this one I heard about? Stand up, stand up, you two.
Now, this actually looks very nice.
What have you done here? It's an egg nog cinnamon twist.
Ooh, that actually sounds like something we'd like to eat, finally.
Have you helped? No, I've made this.
Oh.
But we're all desperate to taste this, so we're going to take this one up, if that's all right, Caroline.
This lovely twist.
So, OK, panel, are you excited about this? Yes, we are.
Rose, look you're desperate.
Sorry, I'm so desperate.
Oh, sorry.
Jamie was upset we didn't get the banana either.
We didn't get the banana bread.
We can't try EVERYTHING, Jamie! All right, Jamie, you can try a bit of the banana one if you like.
Oh, great, thank you.
We don't normally do it like this, but we're trying to make me seem kind.
Good.
You seem very chilled out, Tom.
Look at this.
Look at this.
Right, Jonathan, what's that like? It's very nice.
You can definitely taste the cinnamon, I'm not getting the egg nog particularly.
Oh, my lord.
But I think that's probably a good thing.
This one is amazing.
You can have my recipe.
Can I have your recipe? Yeah! Can I try a bit, Jamie? Yeah, yeah.
It looks good.
Those cupcakes were amazing, as well.
Also, you've made it, like, so soft.
What's your secret? Cos I know it's hard.
The bottle of wine I had before I made it helped.
So, our studio audience, it now falls to me to announce this week's Star Baker.
Who's it gonna be? Well, I think, after a lot of deliberation, the judges - by which I mean myself - have decided that this week's Star Baker is .
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Jane and her cupcakes! Well done, Jane.
And, unfortunately, it now falls to me to announce that the baker leaving the studio this week I mean, we're all gonna leave in a minute.
But the baker leaving the studio this week is .
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Jessica with her horrible fish bride! Oh! Hug her! Someone hug her! Oh, so sorry, Jessica.
Oh, what a horrible, horrible thing to bring in.
So, thank you, and back to Jo! Thanks, Tom.
So, this week, we saw the bakers decorating their korovai by modelling various bits and bobs out of dough, so I thought the panel could have a go, but I'm going to make it a bit harder for you.
You're going to play in teams.
Jonathan and Jamie, you'll be together.
What do you mean? What's that? We're gonna lose! Be nice! What do you mean we're gonna lose? And, Rose, you're gonna partner with Tom.
Hello! Now, Jamie, can you stand behind Jonathan? Mm-hm.
Jonathan put your arms behind your back and stand in front of him.
Jamie, put that mask on.
What, and then I go through? Oh, no, he wears it? Oh, I see! Then you do that.
OK.
Now, I'm gonna show Jonathan a word on a card.
OK.
Jamie, you're going to try and make whatever that word is out of dough, by following Jonathan's instructions.
OK.
Are you ready? Yes, I'm ready.
OK, right.
Ready! OK.
Three, two, one and go! Start now? Yes! OK.
Reach down, reach down, reach down.
There's the dough.
Keep going.
Now make it into a big fat sausage.
A long sausage.
Jamie You're moving my bum in! OK.
Twiddle up the ends, twiddle out the ends, pull out the ends.
Twiddle out the ends? Out the ends! Grab the end bit and make a little bit like a balustrade.
Like a beautiful Like the end of a banister.
You know, there's a bauble? Ten seconds.
Quick, quick, quick! Ten seconds.
Nine Don't twist it, you fool! .
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eight Squeeze it! .
seven, six, five Mould it, make it .
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four, three, two, one What have you done? And your time is up! Hands off, hands off, your time's up.
You've made, like, a maggot! Could you move over, all right? And mask off, and tell us what you think that might be.
It's a braided bit of A braided bit of bread.
No.
Jonathan, enlighten your partner.
If you had twiddled the endings and made two handles, then you would've seen that it would look more like that, and what would that look like? Rolling pin.
Rolling pin.
Yes, a rolling pin! OK, Tom and Rose, it's your go.
Mask on, palms through.
OK.
We're gonna absolutely destroy them.
Are you ready for your word? Yep.
OK.
OK, OK.
Fine.
So, Rose, break it into two bits, please.
Make one and two, into like a flat bit.
Yeah, that's it, that's it.
That's it, that's it! And then the other one.
That's it, grab the other one.
And make it sort of like a little pot, like a little pot, with a dimple in the middle.
Like that, but with a bigger dimple than that.
That's lovely.
Lovely.
And then break off a little bit from the side of it, break off a little bit from the side of it.
And then shape that onto the Stick the end of that on the side.
Like that, that's it, that's it! Put it down.
Put it down.
What?! Lovely.
This is how you play.
OK, your time's up.
OK, time's up, time's up.
OK.
Rose I am amazing! That was amazing.
Oh, my God! Well done! Well done.
OK, coming up, the latest baker to leave the tent will be joining us - Antony will be here.
Join us after the break.
Welcome back to an Extra Slice.
I've been blathering on about bread week in the company of Jonathan Ross, Rose Matafeo and Jamie Laing and I'm delighted to say the time has arrived to welcome the latest baker to leave the tent.
A man who took his bakes to the wire and was always upbeat, even when he was sitting down.
Let's give a warm welcome to Antony.
Now, we're delighted to see you.
How's life been as a Bake Off baker? A difficult question but superb.
I think it's been a roller-coaster, this entire journey, but it's been lovely.
You always actually seemed pretty calm and Zen-like in the tent, or were you? Let's take a look at this.
Hmmmm.
Bakers, you have one minute left.
Argh! We've got one layer.
Dah I need a medic.
That's how it looks? Yikes! Disaster.
Eating food has never stressed me so much.
What? Eer-rik.
Well, you made it to week three, which is an amazing achievement.
How far did you expect to go? Did you think you might all the way through to the final? No, are you kidding? Well, I was hoping to at least make it till midway but I knew bread's going to do me in.
I literally started baking breads in January, so it's not too much of an experience to go to that tent with.
What was your first bread? Certainly not a naan bread! Certainly not naan bread.
Don't get me started with the naan bread.
That was a tough challenge, wasn't it? It was.
It's a hard bread to do.
No-one does naan bread down south.
Well, apparently just appears, no-one cooks it anywhere.
Yeah.
Well, let's talk about bread week.
So in the signature you went for decadent breakfast Chelsea buns filled with cinnamon peanut butter.
And when you presented them, Paul was impressed by the overall appearance which they couldn't quite put their finger on.
Let's have a look.
The overall impression is of dryness.
One of the qualities of peanut butter is it's very dry.
We need to have a dough that is very dry, what you're getting is dry.
Stop saying dry, everyone.
Everyone stop saying dry.
Dry, dry, dry, dry.
It was a little dry! I love that word.
I think it's better than saying moist, moist, moist.
That would be unbearable.
Yeah, they were a tad bit dry.
Yeah.
Well, do you think Paul's comments were fair then generally? It was generally fair but I was really hoping to impress them with that because I had read on the internet that those were his favourite flavours.
Ah.
Peanut butter.
And then there it just came crashing as soon as he said dry.
Here's an unseen moment where you seem to have a very clear opinion of Paul.
What do I think of Paul? He's absolutely lovely, isn't it? The best ever.
Not! So by the time you went into the show stopper, really everything was riding on your korovai.
Had you practised it a lot? No.
I made it Well, you know what, fair game, I left because I hadn't practised enough but I literally made one tier right on top before the day.
The second hour of that bake, I was sure that I'm going home because the bread wasn't proving right, the dough was just flat, everything was melting, nothing was working.
I said, "Let's just smile for the cameras and let it" Aww! But the second hour into that challenge was really difficult.
Yeah.
Let's talk about some of your other creations while you were in the tent.
In cake week, your cardamom and frangipane tray bake was a fusion of Indian and classic British flavours and contained burfi sweets.
Indian flavours and colours were a big trademark of yours, weren't they? I absolutely love, for lack of better words, pimping up my flavours.
Considering I grew up in India, spices really go well with sweet bakes, so saffron and cardamom are one of my favourite flavours.
So I did try mixing it up but clearly Paul's dry palate didn't really get any of that.
Now, in your cake week show stopper you managed to create three collars for your pistachio rose and saffron cake, which was an incredible feat actually, given that so many of the other bakers struggled in the heat.
How did you manage to keep yours cool and working, as it were? Thankfully, time was on my side for the cake week.
So I made all of my cakes, my collars were on, and in time, in the fridge, had enough time to set.
In biscuit week, you produced two standout bakes with your Kilimanjaro biscuit selfie show stopper and your turmeric and caraway Goosnargh cakes ticking all the boxes for the judges.
I mean, Prue absolutely loved your biscuits and took one away with her.
How did that feel? That was it.
So week one I wasn't really going for the Paul Hollywood handshake.
I must say I was pretty chuffed when Noel came back and put his hand out.
I was like, "Yes.
" But then Prue coming back for a second round was stunning and she's got such a beautiful, diverse palate.
Yeah, I really wanted to impress Prue.
Well, baking biscuits isn't your only talent.
Let's take a look at a bit of unseen footage I found.
My hidden talent is a party trick called Bollywood dancing.
It's simple, you move, turn the ball and you wipe.
Turn the ball, then you wipe.
Turn the ball and then you wipe.
Yeah.
And then we go down.
That's my hidden talent - with a head nod.
Now, Antony, here on An Extra Slice, cos we're such lovely people and because we like to make you revisit a deeply unpleasant experience, we ask you to have another go at a bake, which didn't go so well for you in the tent.
So what did you decide to do? I decided to make my not-so-dry Chelsea buns and I'm really hoping you guys like it.
I can't wait.
He's never had a Chelsea bun before in his life.
It's my first Chelsea bun.
There's no fruit in it, are there? No, there is.
Raisins unfortunately but they're nice, boozy raisins.
Why?! It's a Chelsea bun, isn't it? Bring them up and let's pass them.
Wow, that looks Slide it along.
Wahoo! So that's peanut butter and cinnamon-filled in the Chelsea bun itself with bacon on top and maple.
How have you made it more moist this time? I didn't add two ingredients in there, very important ingredients - Stress - and Paul's judgmental eyes.
- Jamie, what do you think? That's unbelievable.
Mmm, the peanut butter's delicious.
Oh, my Lord.
How good is that? Dry, dry, dry .
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is not what I would say.
It's delicious.
That is so good.
ROSE: Oh, my gosh.
Very nice.
It is so good.
You've converted Jamie to Chelsea buns.
Yes! So, well done.
Thank you.
Now, we saw a glimpse of your hidden talent earlier, Bollywood dancing.
I think we'd all love to see you do it for real.
Yes! Take it away, Antony.
See you after the break.
Welcome back.
I'm delighted to say that Tom has joined me, alongside Jonathan, Rose, Jamie and, of course, Antony.
Now, seeing as I have you all sat around the table, I thought we could play a game.
Mmm! Yeah, well, I got the idea when I was researching this week's technical challenge and came across a restaurant who claim to make the biggest naan bread in Birmingham.
Here's a picture.
Now, I'm going to show you pictures of some famous celebrities whose faces have been obscured by a massive naan.
So can you identify who the celebrity is? Is its A, B, C or naan of the above? Ugh! Well done, Jo, well done for saying that.
Here's your first one.
So who's behind the naan? Is it A, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, B, the Dalai Lama, C, Dame Judi Dench or naan of the above? There's something disconcerting about a naan bread with teeth.
Yeah, I didn't even see that, that's terrifying.
I think it would be Judi Dench, no? You think it's Dame Judi? Yeah.
She does like to wear a scarf, doesn't she, quite cleverly, Dame Judi? She does wear a scarf well, yeah.
All right, well, we're all in agreement, let's have a look see if you're right? Aw, it was a naan of the above.
And it was Prue.
So, here's your next one.
Is it Michael Parkinson, Paul O'Grady, David Dimbleby or naan of the above? That's got Parky all over it, mate.
I think so.
I'd say Dimbleby.
JAMIE: I think it's naan of the above.
I think Dimbleby as well, I'd go with you, Tom.
I think it is Sir David Dimbleby.
Is he a sir? No, I think it's David Attenborough.
I think it's naan of the above, it's David Attenborough.
OK.
What do you think, do you want to go with that? Because he's in a bush? Oh, yeah! He's looking at animals! He's spying on something.
He always wears a naan bread to camouflage himself.
The birds fly close to eat the face.
That's why! Let's have a look, then.
Is it? Yay! Double points! So good.
OK, David Attenborough, of course.
And another, is it Helen Mirren, JK Rowling, the lovely Debbie McGee or naan of the above? - I think it's Joanna Lumley.
- I think JK Rowling.
No, JK Rowling wouldn't wear those earrings.
Oh, it could be Joanna Lumley.
I think it's John Lumley.
I think it's Helen Mirren, but then I always hoped to see Helen Mirren when I lift up a naan bread.
Let's have a look.
Oh! Well done! Wow! I am the happiest I've ever been! And finally, is it Ross Kemp, Tom Allen, Patrick Stewart or naan of the above? Is that who people think I am? You're very similar to Ross Kemp in many ways.
Can you imagine if I did a programme on gangs? - I think that's you, Tom, I think it's you.
- It's not.
I'm saying naan of the above.
Naan of the above.
Who said Patrick Stewart? Me.
I'm saying Tom.
Tom.
Helen Mirren.
OK.
Right, let's have a look.
It was me! Well done, everybody - and excuse what's coming out of my mouth - that was naan too shabby.
Oh! So, Tom Yes? .
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what will you take away from Antony's time in the tent? Oh, Antony, you are the Bollywood Baker and Banker and everybody has loved watching you in the tent.
I mean, you work so hard - even though sometimes you just sat on the floor - and you've got this wonderful smile, which, admittedly, couldn't help you in the tent.
But the thing about you is you're so addictive, you're so watchable, people just want to be you, they want to copy you as soon as they see you.
Like Sandi, as soon as you started dancing, Sandi wanted to copy you.
I mean, even people want to wear the same clothes as you, look at this.
He dresses the same as you, he even drinks at the same moment as you.
People want to be you, they love watching you.
It's been such a joy seeing you in the tent, we're sorry you've gone but thank you for providing us so much joy.
Cheers, thank you.
Thanks for that, Tom.
And, Antony, what will you take away from your time in the tent? Erm, 11 amazing friends.
I'm quite sure you're heard this before, but really, 11 amazing friends.
That's brilliant.
Well, we are really going to miss you.
And you've been such a pleasure to watch, you really have.
So we'd like to present you with one of our special cakes, which Tom is very carefully carrying over now.
There we go.
This is so Ooh, I'm scared, I'm scared! Oh, there you go.
Wow! That's you with your fantastic turmeric Goosnargh biscuits.
And I actually made this one myself.
And, ladies and gentlemen, will you please give Antony a Great British sendoff.
So that's it for this week.
A big thank you to Tom, to all of our studio bakers, to the London School of Bollywood dancers, to Antony and to our celebrity panel - Jonathan Ross, Rose Matafeo and Jamie Laing.
Join me same time, next week, when we'll be dissecting deserts.
Antony, why don't you dance us out? Goodbye!
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the pressure was on .
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the gloves were off .
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and Sandi had a very unusual request.
Please place your naan behind your photograph.
You all right there? Got your knitting.
What's that? No, you can't watch Countdown! It's time for an Extra Slice! Hello, and welcome.
Did we all enjoy Bread Week? Yes! This, of course, is Paul's speciality, and he wasn't mincing his words when it came to the bakers.
If they're too thick, they're not going to bake.
Of course, the highlight of Bread Week, for many people, was the korovai Showstopper, but for me, it was Karen's beret.
I wonder if that's in homage to baking icon Mary BERET.
All right, all right.
Or perhaps it's a style she developed when she was working on covert surveillance for the French Resistance.
I noticed she still can't help employing her skills in the tent, like here were she's listening in on various conversations.
But sadly, it seems that Karen's double life combining baker and spy has taken its toll.
Here she is behaving rather strangely after the judging of her signature Chelsea buns.
Oh! Mmm! As ever, each week, I'll be joined by the latest baker to leave the tent, and this week it was Anthony.
Aw! The great news is that Anthony will be joining us later in the show.
Also coming up, pictures of your baking at home, and Tom Allen will be taking a closer look at some of the delightful bread bakes you've brought along to the studio.
Show us your buns! Joining me to chew over the events of Bread Week, I've got a brilliant panel of celebrity guests.
Will you please welcome, first of all, Jonathan Ross? Comedian Rose Matefeo! And Jamie Laing! Hello! Hello.
Hello.
Hi.
Jonathan Yes? .
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are you a healthy brown or more of a white slice kind of man? I'm Well, I hate to start the show in a combative way, but, Jo, I'm neither.
Jonathan! I favour a baguette.
I'm, like, French in that way.
You know when you go to France and you see people walking in the street and they've all got a baguette? It's almost like that's their version of a handbag or a phone.
Now, Rose, you're from New Zealand.
Yes.
What's going on there, bread-wise? Well, you'd be surprised how much people ask me this.
No, we've got lots of bread in New Zealand.
We've got different types of breads.
Maori bread, Rewena bread.
There's a type of Samoan bun called pani popo - and I know it sounds like I'm making that up, but it's true.
It's a delicious coconut bun.
I make it quite often.
Jamie, presumably, you only eat artisan bread from Fortnum & Mason.
Mm-hm.
Occasionally Harrods.
Occasionally Harrods.
Cos you've actually baked in the tent Mm-hm.
I have.
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as part of Stand Up To Cancer, and your banana loaf, don't know if you remember, made Bake Off history.
Let's take a look.
It was unbelievable.
This is the fun part.
Can't be this hard! It can't be this hard! Why are you using that mixer? Because my mum used it.
I have no idea.
Is that wrong? Yeah.
I promise you, when you taste this, you'll go, "You know what? "This is absolutely delicious.
" Oh, my Lord, that's Oh! Wow.
It looks like pork pie! That's delicious.
It's disgusting! So disgusting.
Absolutely vile.
Oh, God! That has got to be the worst cake that's ever been baked in the tent.
Ever.
Yeah.
I'm not taking any advice from you.
But you see, baking is a science, and cooking is not.
Mm-hm.
So you have to follow the instructions.
And I went on the instructions, and it said "tsp" and "tbs", and I went, "Pff, spelling mistake.
" And it was "tablespoon" and "teaspoon", so that's why it came out like a pork pie.
Oh, dear.
Yeah.
Let's actually just get back to the tent now and remind ourselves what happened when the bakers braved Bread Week.
Bread Week .
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and Paul was on the prowl.
He can mess with your head, can't he? It's a bit of a speciality of mine.
The bakers needed to pull out all the stops Oh, my God.
It's very hot.
Oh! .
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in the Chelsea bun Signature I think that's delicious.
It's not enough.
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before tackling a Technical Naan breads.
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in just 60 minutes.
God in heaven! There was cause for celebration in the Showstopper.
It really is a showstopper.
Well, for some.
It looks very basic.
It's massively under-proved.
Everything inside is wrong.
It was Anthony's turn to leave the tent, and Rahul was crowned Star Baker for the second time.
OK, let's start with the Showstopper.
We saw some beautifully decorated korovais.
There was Manon's, with its intricate lattice work and Faberge egg inspired topping Dan's exquisite flower decorations and then there was John's.
It was like someone's white van, they just bunged a flag on top.
So, that's my problem with John, is he seems like a lovely guy, but I think design-wise, he's falling behind the rest.
You're such a harsh critic.
That was harsh.
No, I like Other people, I like a lot.
Oh, I know what you're saying that.
Because I know that YOU'RE an idiot.
Let's move on to Terry, cos I've discovered lots of interesting facts about him.
So, here are my top four Terry facts.
At number four I like bread.
At number three I do like bread.
At number two I love bread.
But my favourite fact at number one I've met Debbie McGee and Paul Daniels.
Great.
Sadly for Terry, disaster was lurking when he got his korovai snagged on his cloche.
Never stuck before ever.
Now it's stuck.
Oh, dammit.
What did you guys make of Terry's terra-cotta cloche? Well, cos he brought it in from home, didn't he? Yeah.
I would've thought if you are going to bring something like that in, you really want to be certain, 100% positive, that it's going to work great, not that something is going to get stuck in it.
So, I mean, Terry should have maybe, you know, tested that cloche a little bit more thoroughly.
Yeah.
He looks like he's constantly in disguise with that moustache and the glasses.
I love that.
But he's such a sweetheart.
But also, making bread, or baking bread, is super-hard.
When you Getting things stuck to stuff, that happens the whole time.
I remember I made cookies It's true! I love how this is, like, Jamie telling you what baking is.
Yeah.
Right? You guys You guys have no idea.
"You know what? If you want to know" "I mean, baking is really hard!" It is.
You guys have no idea.
It's really Did he make it himself? Because he is a potter, isn't it, as well? How do you know his background? He's got many talents.
I mean, pottery is hard! "Wait till I tell you about pottery" Pottery IS hard.
Have you ever? It's no word of a lie.
It is.
"Clay is wet"! Now, unfortunately, when it came to the judging of Terry's korovai, Paul had even more bad news.
How long was the first proof? 30 minutes.
And the second one? 15.
15? And then you baked it? Yeah.
That's where your problem is.
It should've been at least two hours.
Bless him.
Well, let's move on to Karen, who went to enormous effort decorated her korovai with, well, none of us are 100% sure, to be honest.
Is that its tongue? No, that's a beak.
Ah.
Well, shouldn't it be that way, then? Well, I think it looks weird that way.
I thought they were turtles.
They look a bit like turtles.
Seals? They look like seals.
Karen seems to have a thing about seals.
I mean, here's a moment from Cake Week when she couldn't quite remember what a seal looked like.
Now then, this seal Do they have legs? No, they have flippers.
He must be so handy to have around the house.
Here he is clearing something else up for Karen in an unseen moment.
Now then, clowns.
Big red nose, yeah? Yeah.
Of course, they have big red noses.
Isn't Karen's husband a real mine of information? But back to the tent, and when she presented her French breakfast wedding Showstopper to the judges, they were impressed by the appearance of it.
But when they sliced into the bread, Paul discovered it was under-proved.
Jamie, now, what do you make of that? Well, again, it is hard, and, um But I think she With Karen, obviously she dresses kind of flamb You know, she dresses in all different colours, things like that, so I think she cares a lot more about what it looks like rather than what it tastes like.
She's got a lot of confidence.
Yeah.
I think she has the opposite problem to Terry in that regard.
But I think the last one was based on a couple she didn't know as well, which I thought was quite stalker-y .
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in a way.
Like, imagine finding someone on Bake Off made a bread cake based on your marriage, right? That'd be scary.
Now, this week's Signature was of course the classic Chelsea bun, so called because it originated in the London borough of Chelsea.
Very sweet and extremely rich.
Jamie comes from Chelsea as well.
Do you like a Chelsea bun? I like that.
That was Oh, thank you.
That was good.
Um, I don't really Because the Chelsea bun is a little bit like a cross bun, a hot cross bun, isn't it? Mm.
And I don't really Do you know, I don't think fruit should go in bread.
Yeah.
No! That's lovely, but we're talking about Chelsea buns, so You don't like them? Well, I just Yeah, I don't I'm not the biggest fan, no.
I'm not the biggest fan of them.
I've never really had one.
They're like Oh, you've never had one?! Now, we saw a couple of unusual techniques employed in this challenge.
Manon chucked some PG Tips into a saucepan, and Kim-Joy used the tangzhong method, a baking technique which even Paul hadn't heard of.
The judges praised the softness of her pistachio and cardamom buns, but said they were too delicate when it came to overall flavour.
Jonathan, was that a bold move on Kim-Joy's part, using a baking technique? Well, it was a bold move that paid off.
That's the key thing there, I think.
And I love Kim-Joy.
Don't you love Kim-Joy? I think she's just amazing.
I love everything she's done, so far as the way she looks and she just seems such a nice presence in the tent, so I'm happy to see whatever new baking techniques she brings in.
For the Technical Challenge, they had to produce eight non-yeasted naan breads.
Have any of you ever tried to make your own naan breads? That's the thing.
With naan, it's one of the things that just arrives.
It's like an egg.
It's just always there.
You know what I mean? What came first, the chicken or the naan? Yeah, yeah.
But it's true.
It is always there, so to bake It's always there? Well, I don't I just feel like it's just, you know No-one really You literally just watched a show where you saw them make it! No, I know, but that's I'm surprised.
It's like no-one really makes a pencil, do they? It's like that.
Do you know what I mean? Well, alongside their naan breads, the bakers had to make ghee, which is What exactly is ghee? I bet Karen's husband knows the answer.
Karen's husband, what exactly is ghee? It's clarified butter.
Thanks for that, Karen's husband.
So, for the second week in a row, Rahul was crowned Star Baker.
He delivered another brilliant batch of bakes.
Paul said his mango and cranberry Chelsea buns were baked to perfection.
He then came forth in the Technical, before presenting the judges with an amazing garden wedding korovai in the Showstopper.
Jamie, Paul said Rahul was a little genius.
Do you agree? I completely I think he's amazing.
He's so sweet.
He's so lovely.
He's the complete opposite to Dan.
He just has no confidence, and I just think that he's I think he's wonderful.
And I'm really rooting for him to win.
Me too.
Yeah, 100%.
He's just great.
He's a precious angel sent from heaven.
And I want to wrap him up in a little towel and hold him for an entire night.
You want to swaddle him like a baby.
I want to swaddle him like a baby.
Give him lots of kisses on the forehead.
But I honest to God start crying every time I hear him say something.
I know! Like when he Oh, when he said that, you know, he bakes because he wants to make friend Oh, gee I actually I actually could tear up right now.
Here.
So sweet.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
It's when he said When he put out his hand, he said, "Oh, I'm always shaking.
" He's the sweetest boy of all time, and we need to protect him, OK? I want Do you concur, Jonathan? I think he's adorable.
I mean, I do worry a bit, because it's a very pressured environment in there.
But I suspect he's going to flower, he's going to bloom, he's going to be the overall Star Baker.
Certainly in a way, for some of us, he's already won the competition.
Yeah.
You know? But he's amazing.
I want him to win, because with the amount he talks, his cookbook is going to be, like, four volumes long.
It's going to be so sweet! "First turn on the oven.
" Now, of course, we know who the third baker was to leave the tent.
Ooh-hoo! Aw! That's right - Anthony.
Rose, was Anthony the right person to go? Oh, I guess he was the right person to go in terms of how he did in the challenges, but I'm really sad to see him go.
I think he was such an amazing character, and he was such a, like, positive energy in the tent.
And I hope to meet him one day.
Aw! That may well be sooner rather than later.
Oh, God! Well, let's just remind ourselves just how relaxed Anthony always was in the tent.
But let's see how we go.
And I'm delighted to say, we'll be speaking to Anthony a bit later on.
All right with that, Anthony? Great.
Coming up, we'll take a look at what you've been baking in your kitchens at home.
Back in a bit.
Welcome back.
I'm joined by Jonathan Ross, Rose Matafeo and Jamie Laing to talk about the events of Bread Week.
Now, let's play a quick game of - If The Bakers Were Vegetables, Which Vegetable Would They Be?, panel? Oh, OK.
I think Rahul would be a sweet pea, still in its pod.
Aww! Just waiting to go "Hello!" Don't actually say that "Is it safe out there for me?" Ruby - asparagus? Erm Meh I'd go okra.
Spicier.
Oaker? Okra.
Okra? Okra.
Haven't you heard of Okra Winfrey? Sorry.
Anyway, moving on.
Now, as one unseen moment reveals, one baker had a very firm idea about which vegetable he would be.
Sometimes I just can't express it.
I just feel like I'm a potato.
Maybe a nice vegetable, but potato is a nice vegetable.
I like potatoes.
Sorry.
Don't why potato came out.
Sorry.
That's the saddest thing I've ever seen.
That feels like a GoFundMe page! Let's have a whip round and let's take that young boy to Disney World! So sad! As you know, we've got an added ingredient in this series.
It's Bake Off: The Professionals host and Bake Off super fan, Tom Allen! Lovely to see you here.
Well, it's lovely to see you, Tom.
Thanks for having me.
Now, what did you make of Bread Week? Well, I always think Bread Week is Paul's chance to shine, and my goodness, did he take to the spotlight with that fabulous big coat with the huge collar! Oh! It was wonderful.
It reminded me of, like, a Danish crime thriller, where the only victims are naan breads.
And Paul was this kind of, like, you know, inspector brooding, you know, with this catchphrase of, "I've made a lot of korovais in my time.
" What does that mean, Paul? Why are you going to so many Eastern European weddings? Suddenly, I started to think of all the bakers as potential suspects.
And I was thinking, who would be? I don't think Karen would be a suspect, she's too obvious, with all her disguises.
I mean, last week she came dressed as Beetlejuice.
And this week, she was dressed, some would say like a spy - I thought like a French mime artist.
Also, with Karen, what's going on with that lampshading craft class that she does? Why is there a woman in the background crying? Are they being held hostage? Is this woman going, "Sometimes my personality doesn't suit "a jaunty interior!" And then other suspects included Manon, of course, we learnt about her tattoo this week, which she said is a family thing.
Which, to me, said - mafia! And then, I often think with these crime thrillers, like, people are never as they seem.
We don't know what these bakers are like when the cameras are turned off.
For all we know, Rahul, when the cameras are off, is a proper alpha-lad, going, "Oi, oi, all right! "Two Star Bakers! Yeah! 'Av it! Wahey!" "I'm a potato.
" And then the chief suspect always turns out to be the person you least expect.
So obviously, in this case, it would be Kim-Joy.
You know, she does the dreadful deed and then afterwards she just skips off down the high street, carrying a cat-shaped focaccia, giving it to someone innocently.
"Woo, Kim-Joy bread!" Yes, we know what you did! I don't know who's gonna survive next week, but I am dying Now, very shortly, Tom will be barging his way round the audience baker tables.
But first, prepare to be amazed as we take a look at some of the baking that's been going on in kitchens throughout Britain and beyond.
Let's start with a cake that's become very popular - the flamingo.
Now, here's a magnificent creation from Becky.
Ooh! Mm, yeah, I know.
Which, judging by the wording around the base, Becky has made for herself.
Fair enough, it's amazing.
Well done.
The flamingo cake has almost overtaken that other favourite - the unicorn cake.
But not quite.
Here's what Jess, from Newcastle, was hoping to achieve for her sister's 20th birthday.
And after four hours, let's admire the mythical creature Jess produced.
Not so much a unicorn as an angry pig with a horn.
I do hope Jess' sister isn't still having nightmares.
Emily, from London, was also going for unicorns, but on a smaller scale.
Having seen these delightful cake pops on the internet, she decided to bake a batch of them for her team at work.
When she'd put the final touches to them, and knowing how much the team were looking forward to their coffee time treat, she decided the only option was to pretend she was ill and take the day off.
Let's remind ourselves that some bakes attempted by Extra Slice viewers do actually turn out quite well.
Jennifer, from Kent, created some recognisable faces out of sugar paste to decorate the top of her cupcakes.
Aren't they brilliant? And let's complete our run of brilliant bakes with Linda's cake for her sister Anne's 60th.
She gave the cake Anne's blonde hair and glasses and tried to make it look as if Anne was eating chocolate, which she loves.
We can only imagine Anne's delight when she saw it.
Weirdly, Linda doesn't tell us why she depicted her sister as a tortoise.
Oh, well, I'm sure Anne had a happy birthday until she got that cake.
Keep your pictures coming using the hashtag #extraslice, or go to Details at the bottom of the screen.
And thanks to everyone who sent their pictures in this week for being such good sports.
Now, buckle up, because it's time for Tom to have a closer look at the bakes brought along by the audience.
Thank you, Jo.
Off you go.
Thank you very much.
So, first up we've got Jessica.
Now, where's Jessica? Oh, you're right there.
Oh, that's perfect.
Come, Rob, come, come.
Jessica, stand up for us, stand up.
Jessica, nice to see you, how are you? Oh, I'm all right, yeah.
Good.
And you're from Canada, I believe? That's right, yeah.
Oh, my goodness.
That's a long way to bring some bread.
Yeah, it took a while.
Sure.
Watch out for the salmonella.
Well, OK! What a lovely introduction to any bit of cooking.
Thank you.
Let's have a look at what you've made now.
Yeah, yeah.
I call her Mayonnaise Bride.
The Mayonnaise Bride! Of course, how romantic.
Yeah, I think so.
I'm looking at a lot of prawns.
Yeah.
What's inside it? Well, it's a traditional Swedish cake called smorgestarte.
Of course, smorgestarte, yeah So it's bread inside.
Bread inside, bread inside.
So it's not a cake.
Sandwiches, it's actually sandwiches.
It's a sandwich Cake.
It's a sandwich cake, of course, one of those.
Yeah.
One of those, a sandwich cake! And what does it symbolise to you, Jessica? Well, do you know, my fiance of seven years Fiance of seven years! .
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loves the Great British Bake Off.
Well, of course, who doesn't in their right mind? I was just kind of thinking if he saw this unexpectedly on television, he might think, "Time to" Time to Yeah! Yes, it'll certainly prompt him to do something.
Yeah.
Is this him here? No, gosh.
Who are you? Jess is actually my boss from work.
She's your boss from work.
Yeah.
So you were made to come here? Yeah.
What is the work that you do? I'm a trainee lawyer.
You're a lawyer? Yeah.
So you're a solicitor, we actually call them here, thank you.
And what sort of law do you practise? We practise in social housing.
Social housing! Yeah.
That must be especially lovely when you bring round a lovely cake for people when you find them some housing.
They just love it.
They just love it, as if they haven't been through enough.
Thank you, Jessica.
Sit down.
Now, where's Jane? Everyone, Jane? Jane, you're right there.
Jane, Jane, stand up, Jane.
Lovely to see you.
And you.
How are you? I'm very good.
Have you been having a lovely day? Lovely.
What have you brought us? What have you brought us? It's my Yeast Feast.
A Yeast Feast! Oh, everything appetising starts with the word yeast! It does.
Yes, tell us about your yeast celebration, Jane.
So I've got all sorts of different types of bread in fondant, basically.
Bread in fondant.
Oh, I see! Oh, I see.
Hot-cross buns.
Hot-cross buns, that's lovely, yes.
Got a couronne.
A couronne.
They love that on the programme, don't they? Do you want to eat some? What's going on? I think people are a bit hungry over here.
They look delicious.
Do you mind if people try your? They look delicious.
You can.
Would you like to try one? I'll take them all up, Jane.
Thank you for that.
Now, how long did these take you to make? All week.
All week? All week.
Why don't you have a job?! I do, as well.
Talk about "broken Britain.
" Excuse me, Rob, let's take these cakes up.
OK, what do you think of these? Have a go, have a go.
Can we? Can they eat the top? They look so perfect.
Amazing.
Dig in, see what you think.
I mean, the one problem is, they're so exquisite Oh, no, Jonathan doesn't No, that's the thing with Jonathan Ross, he doesn't mess around.
Jonathan Well, listen, when I came on the show last time, I got home, my wife was furious with me that I didn't bring anything back from the show.
So you've taken one of Jane's cakes? I've just brought some Tupperware in and I thought Crikey.
That's high praise indeed, Jane.
Where is Hannah? Where's Hannah? This Hannah? Hannah, hi! Stand up, Hannah, stand up.
What the hell is this? It's my Bananas About Bread cake.
Your Bananas About Bread cake.
I am, woo! Erm Too much.
OK! It's never too much of banana bread cake.
Yeah.
So what is, what is? Tell us.
Right, inside it's banana and chocolate-chip bread Banana and chocolate-chip bread.
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but it's disguised as a cake.
Oh, what a lovely surprise! I know! You think you're going to get a lovely cake and it's just bread, everyone! No, it's banana and chocolate-chip! What a wonderful birthday that would be.
"Oh, it's just a slice of bread.
" And then we made some fondant bananas on the way down! On the way down? On the way down where? Emotionally? It will be, yeah! No, on the train.
On the train from where? Preston.
Preston! OK, fine.
Do you want to try some? No.
So One more, one more.
We've got one more.
We've got time for one more.
Is this one I heard about? Stand up, stand up, you two.
Now, this actually looks very nice.
What have you done here? It's an egg nog cinnamon twist.
Ooh, that actually sounds like something we'd like to eat, finally.
Have you helped? No, I've made this.
Oh.
But we're all desperate to taste this, so we're going to take this one up, if that's all right, Caroline.
This lovely twist.
So, OK, panel, are you excited about this? Yes, we are.
Rose, look you're desperate.
Sorry, I'm so desperate.
Oh, sorry.
Jamie was upset we didn't get the banana either.
We didn't get the banana bread.
We can't try EVERYTHING, Jamie! All right, Jamie, you can try a bit of the banana one if you like.
Oh, great, thank you.
We don't normally do it like this, but we're trying to make me seem kind.
Good.
You seem very chilled out, Tom.
Look at this.
Look at this.
Right, Jonathan, what's that like? It's very nice.
You can definitely taste the cinnamon, I'm not getting the egg nog particularly.
Oh, my lord.
But I think that's probably a good thing.
This one is amazing.
You can have my recipe.
Can I have your recipe? Yeah! Can I try a bit, Jamie? Yeah, yeah.
It looks good.
Those cupcakes were amazing, as well.
Also, you've made it, like, so soft.
What's your secret? Cos I know it's hard.
The bottle of wine I had before I made it helped.
So, our studio audience, it now falls to me to announce this week's Star Baker.
Who's it gonna be? Well, I think, after a lot of deliberation, the judges - by which I mean myself - have decided that this week's Star Baker is .
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Jane and her cupcakes! Well done, Jane.
And, unfortunately, it now falls to me to announce that the baker leaving the studio this week I mean, we're all gonna leave in a minute.
But the baker leaving the studio this week is .
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Jessica with her horrible fish bride! Oh! Hug her! Someone hug her! Oh, so sorry, Jessica.
Oh, what a horrible, horrible thing to bring in.
So, thank you, and back to Jo! Thanks, Tom.
So, this week, we saw the bakers decorating their korovai by modelling various bits and bobs out of dough, so I thought the panel could have a go, but I'm going to make it a bit harder for you.
You're going to play in teams.
Jonathan and Jamie, you'll be together.
What do you mean? What's that? We're gonna lose! Be nice! What do you mean we're gonna lose? And, Rose, you're gonna partner with Tom.
Hello! Now, Jamie, can you stand behind Jonathan? Mm-hm.
Jonathan put your arms behind your back and stand in front of him.
Jamie, put that mask on.
What, and then I go through? Oh, no, he wears it? Oh, I see! Then you do that.
OK.
Now, I'm gonna show Jonathan a word on a card.
OK.
Jamie, you're going to try and make whatever that word is out of dough, by following Jonathan's instructions.
OK.
Are you ready? Yes, I'm ready.
OK, right.
Ready! OK.
Three, two, one and go! Start now? Yes! OK.
Reach down, reach down, reach down.
There's the dough.
Keep going.
Now make it into a big fat sausage.
A long sausage.
Jamie You're moving my bum in! OK.
Twiddle up the ends, twiddle out the ends, pull out the ends.
Twiddle out the ends? Out the ends! Grab the end bit and make a little bit like a balustrade.
Like a beautiful Like the end of a banister.
You know, there's a bauble? Ten seconds.
Quick, quick, quick! Ten seconds.
Nine Don't twist it, you fool! .
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eight Squeeze it! .
seven, six, five Mould it, make it .
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four, three, two, one What have you done? And your time is up! Hands off, hands off, your time's up.
You've made, like, a maggot! Could you move over, all right? And mask off, and tell us what you think that might be.
It's a braided bit of A braided bit of bread.
No.
Jonathan, enlighten your partner.
If you had twiddled the endings and made two handles, then you would've seen that it would look more like that, and what would that look like? Rolling pin.
Rolling pin.
Yes, a rolling pin! OK, Tom and Rose, it's your go.
Mask on, palms through.
OK.
We're gonna absolutely destroy them.
Are you ready for your word? Yep.
OK.
OK, OK.
Fine.
So, Rose, break it into two bits, please.
Make one and two, into like a flat bit.
Yeah, that's it, that's it.
That's it, that's it! And then the other one.
That's it, grab the other one.
And make it sort of like a little pot, like a little pot, with a dimple in the middle.
Like that, but with a bigger dimple than that.
That's lovely.
Lovely.
And then break off a little bit from the side of it, break off a little bit from the side of it.
And then shape that onto the Stick the end of that on the side.
Like that, that's it, that's it! Put it down.
Put it down.
What?! Lovely.
This is how you play.
OK, your time's up.
OK, time's up, time's up.
OK.
Rose I am amazing! That was amazing.
Oh, my God! Well done! Well done.
OK, coming up, the latest baker to leave the tent will be joining us - Antony will be here.
Join us after the break.
Welcome back to an Extra Slice.
I've been blathering on about bread week in the company of Jonathan Ross, Rose Matafeo and Jamie Laing and I'm delighted to say the time has arrived to welcome the latest baker to leave the tent.
A man who took his bakes to the wire and was always upbeat, even when he was sitting down.
Let's give a warm welcome to Antony.
Now, we're delighted to see you.
How's life been as a Bake Off baker? A difficult question but superb.
I think it's been a roller-coaster, this entire journey, but it's been lovely.
You always actually seemed pretty calm and Zen-like in the tent, or were you? Let's take a look at this.
Hmmmm.
Bakers, you have one minute left.
Argh! We've got one layer.
Dah I need a medic.
That's how it looks? Yikes! Disaster.
Eating food has never stressed me so much.
What? Eer-rik.
Well, you made it to week three, which is an amazing achievement.
How far did you expect to go? Did you think you might all the way through to the final? No, are you kidding? Well, I was hoping to at least make it till midway but I knew bread's going to do me in.
I literally started baking breads in January, so it's not too much of an experience to go to that tent with.
What was your first bread? Certainly not a naan bread! Certainly not naan bread.
Don't get me started with the naan bread.
That was a tough challenge, wasn't it? It was.
It's a hard bread to do.
No-one does naan bread down south.
Well, apparently just appears, no-one cooks it anywhere.
Yeah.
Well, let's talk about bread week.
So in the signature you went for decadent breakfast Chelsea buns filled with cinnamon peanut butter.
And when you presented them, Paul was impressed by the overall appearance which they couldn't quite put their finger on.
Let's have a look.
The overall impression is of dryness.
One of the qualities of peanut butter is it's very dry.
We need to have a dough that is very dry, what you're getting is dry.
Stop saying dry, everyone.
Everyone stop saying dry.
Dry, dry, dry, dry.
It was a little dry! I love that word.
I think it's better than saying moist, moist, moist.
That would be unbearable.
Yeah, they were a tad bit dry.
Yeah.
Well, do you think Paul's comments were fair then generally? It was generally fair but I was really hoping to impress them with that because I had read on the internet that those were his favourite flavours.
Ah.
Peanut butter.
And then there it just came crashing as soon as he said dry.
Here's an unseen moment where you seem to have a very clear opinion of Paul.
What do I think of Paul? He's absolutely lovely, isn't it? The best ever.
Not! So by the time you went into the show stopper, really everything was riding on your korovai.
Had you practised it a lot? No.
I made it Well, you know what, fair game, I left because I hadn't practised enough but I literally made one tier right on top before the day.
The second hour of that bake, I was sure that I'm going home because the bread wasn't proving right, the dough was just flat, everything was melting, nothing was working.
I said, "Let's just smile for the cameras and let it" Aww! But the second hour into that challenge was really difficult.
Yeah.
Let's talk about some of your other creations while you were in the tent.
In cake week, your cardamom and frangipane tray bake was a fusion of Indian and classic British flavours and contained burfi sweets.
Indian flavours and colours were a big trademark of yours, weren't they? I absolutely love, for lack of better words, pimping up my flavours.
Considering I grew up in India, spices really go well with sweet bakes, so saffron and cardamom are one of my favourite flavours.
So I did try mixing it up but clearly Paul's dry palate didn't really get any of that.
Now, in your cake week show stopper you managed to create three collars for your pistachio rose and saffron cake, which was an incredible feat actually, given that so many of the other bakers struggled in the heat.
How did you manage to keep yours cool and working, as it were? Thankfully, time was on my side for the cake week.
So I made all of my cakes, my collars were on, and in time, in the fridge, had enough time to set.
In biscuit week, you produced two standout bakes with your Kilimanjaro biscuit selfie show stopper and your turmeric and caraway Goosnargh cakes ticking all the boxes for the judges.
I mean, Prue absolutely loved your biscuits and took one away with her.
How did that feel? That was it.
So week one I wasn't really going for the Paul Hollywood handshake.
I must say I was pretty chuffed when Noel came back and put his hand out.
I was like, "Yes.
" But then Prue coming back for a second round was stunning and she's got such a beautiful, diverse palate.
Yeah, I really wanted to impress Prue.
Well, baking biscuits isn't your only talent.
Let's take a look at a bit of unseen footage I found.
My hidden talent is a party trick called Bollywood dancing.
It's simple, you move, turn the ball and you wipe.
Turn the ball, then you wipe.
Turn the ball and then you wipe.
Yeah.
And then we go down.
That's my hidden talent - with a head nod.
Now, Antony, here on An Extra Slice, cos we're such lovely people and because we like to make you revisit a deeply unpleasant experience, we ask you to have another go at a bake, which didn't go so well for you in the tent.
So what did you decide to do? I decided to make my not-so-dry Chelsea buns and I'm really hoping you guys like it.
I can't wait.
He's never had a Chelsea bun before in his life.
It's my first Chelsea bun.
There's no fruit in it, are there? No, there is.
Raisins unfortunately but they're nice, boozy raisins.
Why?! It's a Chelsea bun, isn't it? Bring them up and let's pass them.
Wow, that looks Slide it along.
Wahoo! So that's peanut butter and cinnamon-filled in the Chelsea bun itself with bacon on top and maple.
How have you made it more moist this time? I didn't add two ingredients in there, very important ingredients - Stress - and Paul's judgmental eyes.
- Jamie, what do you think? That's unbelievable.
Mmm, the peanut butter's delicious.
Oh, my Lord.
How good is that? Dry, dry, dry .
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is not what I would say.
It's delicious.
That is so good.
ROSE: Oh, my gosh.
Very nice.
It is so good.
You've converted Jamie to Chelsea buns.
Yes! So, well done.
Thank you.
Now, we saw a glimpse of your hidden talent earlier, Bollywood dancing.
I think we'd all love to see you do it for real.
Yes! Take it away, Antony.
See you after the break.
Welcome back.
I'm delighted to say that Tom has joined me, alongside Jonathan, Rose, Jamie and, of course, Antony.
Now, seeing as I have you all sat around the table, I thought we could play a game.
Mmm! Yeah, well, I got the idea when I was researching this week's technical challenge and came across a restaurant who claim to make the biggest naan bread in Birmingham.
Here's a picture.
Now, I'm going to show you pictures of some famous celebrities whose faces have been obscured by a massive naan.
So can you identify who the celebrity is? Is its A, B, C or naan of the above? Ugh! Well done, Jo, well done for saying that.
Here's your first one.
So who's behind the naan? Is it A, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, B, the Dalai Lama, C, Dame Judi Dench or naan of the above? There's something disconcerting about a naan bread with teeth.
Yeah, I didn't even see that, that's terrifying.
I think it would be Judi Dench, no? You think it's Dame Judi? Yeah.
She does like to wear a scarf, doesn't she, quite cleverly, Dame Judi? She does wear a scarf well, yeah.
All right, well, we're all in agreement, let's have a look see if you're right? Aw, it was a naan of the above.
And it was Prue.
So, here's your next one.
Is it Michael Parkinson, Paul O'Grady, David Dimbleby or naan of the above? That's got Parky all over it, mate.
I think so.
I'd say Dimbleby.
JAMIE: I think it's naan of the above.
I think Dimbleby as well, I'd go with you, Tom.
I think it is Sir David Dimbleby.
Is he a sir? No, I think it's David Attenborough.
I think it's naan of the above, it's David Attenborough.
OK.
What do you think, do you want to go with that? Because he's in a bush? Oh, yeah! He's looking at animals! He's spying on something.
He always wears a naan bread to camouflage himself.
The birds fly close to eat the face.
That's why! Let's have a look, then.
Is it? Yay! Double points! So good.
OK, David Attenborough, of course.
And another, is it Helen Mirren, JK Rowling, the lovely Debbie McGee or naan of the above? - I think it's Joanna Lumley.
- I think JK Rowling.
No, JK Rowling wouldn't wear those earrings.
Oh, it could be Joanna Lumley.
I think it's John Lumley.
I think it's Helen Mirren, but then I always hoped to see Helen Mirren when I lift up a naan bread.
Let's have a look.
Oh! Well done! Wow! I am the happiest I've ever been! And finally, is it Ross Kemp, Tom Allen, Patrick Stewart or naan of the above? Is that who people think I am? You're very similar to Ross Kemp in many ways.
Can you imagine if I did a programme on gangs? - I think that's you, Tom, I think it's you.
- It's not.
I'm saying naan of the above.
Naan of the above.
Who said Patrick Stewart? Me.
I'm saying Tom.
Tom.
Helen Mirren.
OK.
Right, let's have a look.
It was me! Well done, everybody - and excuse what's coming out of my mouth - that was naan too shabby.
Oh! So, Tom Yes? .
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what will you take away from Antony's time in the tent? Oh, Antony, you are the Bollywood Baker and Banker and everybody has loved watching you in the tent.
I mean, you work so hard - even though sometimes you just sat on the floor - and you've got this wonderful smile, which, admittedly, couldn't help you in the tent.
But the thing about you is you're so addictive, you're so watchable, people just want to be you, they want to copy you as soon as they see you.
Like Sandi, as soon as you started dancing, Sandi wanted to copy you.
I mean, even people want to wear the same clothes as you, look at this.
He dresses the same as you, he even drinks at the same moment as you.
People want to be you, they love watching you.
It's been such a joy seeing you in the tent, we're sorry you've gone but thank you for providing us so much joy.
Cheers, thank you.
Thanks for that, Tom.
And, Antony, what will you take away from your time in the tent? Erm, 11 amazing friends.
I'm quite sure you're heard this before, but really, 11 amazing friends.
That's brilliant.
Well, we are really going to miss you.
And you've been such a pleasure to watch, you really have.
So we'd like to present you with one of our special cakes, which Tom is very carefully carrying over now.
There we go.
This is so Ooh, I'm scared, I'm scared! Oh, there you go.
Wow! That's you with your fantastic turmeric Goosnargh biscuits.
And I actually made this one myself.
And, ladies and gentlemen, will you please give Antony a Great British sendoff.
So that's it for this week.
A big thank you to Tom, to all of our studio bakers, to the London School of Bollywood dancers, to Antony and to our celebrity panel - Jonathan Ross, Rose Matafeo and Jamie Laing.
Join me same time, next week, when we'll be dissecting deserts.
Antony, why don't you dance us out? Goodbye!