The Great British Bake Off (2010) s09e03 Episode Script
Bread Week
Last time, it was Cake Week After Ruby's shaky start Oh, you mucky pup.
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she fought back, earning a Showstopper handshake.
I don't know why I give myself so much things to do.
But it was Rahul who impressed Prue and Paul the most That is a fantastic cake.
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winning Star Baker.
And it was Luke Oh, it's all just completely melted.
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who had to leave the tent.
Not my weekend, eh? Now it's Bread Week I do like bread.
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with a classic British Signature Come on, please! Please! .
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a tasty takeaway Technical There's no good.
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and gigantic Showstoppers, which will push the bakers Fingers crossed.
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to the limit.
The inside of me is just like a pressure cooker.
It can burst any time.
Sandi, why didn't you say? Say what? That you're in pain? This is a clear cry for help.
Don't worry - I am there for you.
Yeah, no, that's very kind No, don't say another word.
I'm going to get you a chair, make you a salad.
Thank you.
Actually, it's Bread Week and I was going to give a little talk about different kinds of European bread.
This is the French word for bread Hey, Sandi, got you a chair.
Thanks.
There you go.
I feel much better.
Of course you do.
You know why? Because you and I communicate.
Yes I'm excited.
It's Bread Week.
Bread's my thing, so I really feel the pressure to do well.
Paul is the expert on bread.
Nothing is going to slip past him, so, yeah, it's a little bit scary.
I can already see his face, poking and prodding away.
Oh, man, no, I'm not going to think about it.
It'll be fine.
Last week didn't go particularly well.
Not going to cry this week.
I hope I'm not going to cry.
Star Baker last week, which was really good.
But I think every time you come back here, just gives a little bit like, oh, I'm going to feel sick.
Do the French make the best bread in the world? Yes, they do.
I mean, I think so.
Hello, bakers, and welcome to the traditional theme of week three, the one with absolutely no pressure from Paul.
It's Bread Week.
Oh, dear! I'm imagining it's going to be handshakes all round.
Today, Paul and Prue would love you to do your take on the classic Chelsea bun.
You must produce 12 sweet buns using any flavour, filling or decoration that you wish, but the buns must be baked with their sides touching.
They have to be presented still attached so that Paul and Prue can tear one off for judging.
That just doesn't sound right, does it? Sounded violent.
OK, you've got three hours for your Signature Challenge.
On your marks Get set.
Bake! We are back.
Absolute full energy.
We are going to be smashing this Chelsea bun challenge.
I love eating bread.
Loads of people have turned their back on bread recently.
Not me.
I've always liked a Chelsea bun.
Growing up, definitely one of my favourites.
Chelsea buns are made with an enriched dough, which has added milk, butter and fats.
Rub in the butter, rub in the butter.
These extra ingredients can slow down the yeast, meaning a longer proving time is needed to achieve the necessary rise.
The interesting thing about an enriched dough is it's a really good test of a baker's knowledge.
The dough is going to take longer to rise, so not to panic when nothing seems to be happening.
It will take longer.
It's a bit of a speciality of mine.
I want to see great flavour combinations, but it's all about the dough itself.
It must be beautiful and soft with a great structure inside.
It pulls apart.
It's the classic tear and share.
Hoping for perfect buns, Kim-Joy has an extra step that should ensure her dough rises to the occasion.
Morning, Kim-Joy.
Hello, good morning.
Hello, Kim-Joy.
Hello.
Tell us all about your Chelsea buns.
So, I am using the tangzhong technique in my bread.
What is it? Explain.
It's like doing a roux.
You add it to the dough and it helps it retain a bit more moisture, I've never used that method before myself, so it's going to be interesting to see how they turn out.
Always experimenting with new techniques, Kim-Joy likes to surprise her boyfriend, Nabil, at his comic shop, with new creations.
Kim Bird! Thank you so much.
Kim-Joy's extra soft Chelsea buns will be made with pistachio, lemon and cardamom filling.
It feels nice being able to explain something new to Paul about bread.
I feel a bit cheeky saying that.
Looks like this is done.
Kim-Joy isn't the only one making additions to her dough mixture.
Some chai teabags.
Gives a bit more flavour to the dough and it's yum.
When Manon's not working as a software consultant, she can be found relaxing at home with her flatmate Charlotte, who has the same taste in tea.
And pyjamas.
Manon's unique heart-shaped buns will incorporate two of her favourite fruits - apricot and cranberry.
In France, we are very lucky to have a bakery every five minutes' walk.
But since I'm in London, it's quite harder to find bread.
No, it isn't.
According to a French person.
Yeah, according to a French person, there isn't one on the doorstep.
The fact is you have baked more bread since you've been in London.
Exactly.
It's so satisfying.
It just comes out of the oven, it smells delicious.
Oh, I love it.
I'm doing a spiced orange Chelsea bun.
I'm a little bit worried that it's a little bit simple on the flavours, but, I mean, my kids like them.
That's got to count for something.
Just a little bit further, darling.
With two harsh critics of his own at home, Dan is hoping to impress the judges with his classically flavoured orange and spiced buns packed with brandy-soaked sultanas.
How are you feeling? I feel like my bread's pretty average.
Like, it's not It's all right, but then there's Paul standing there looking at it.
He is the bread specialist.
He is.
He's Captain Bread.
You can't pull one over on him, can you? No.
He sleeps in a bap.
I'm kneading it now and I can feel it starting to get quite elastic.
Kneading creates the gluten responsible for giving bread a good structure.
It's good exercise, this.
It's the only exercise I get.
Without enough kneading, the bakers' buns will be dense and flat.
I'm just going to knead it for one minute and 45 seconds more.
This is my time schedule, so I've got to follow it.
Antony is taking a more relaxed approach.
I'm going to let the mixer do most of it.
Me and my partner, we love to have bacon and maple syrup and pancakes.
So I'm going for a decadent breakfast bun.
Big foodies Antony and his partner Gary are always experimenting with flavour combinations in the kitchen.
If filling his buns with a cinnamon peanut butter wasn't indulgent enough, he's also topping them with a boozy caramel sauce.
That is, if everything adds up.
So you've got 11 and one in the middle.
Is that it? Three in the middle, and the rest on the outside.
Don't ask for the maths.
Can't do the maths.
Can't do the maths right now.
All right, then.
OK.
Thank you anyway.
Thank you.
You're a banker, right? I am! Shh! Yeah.
Can't do the maths.
Just saying.
Anybody else? It's no wonder we've had a banking crisis.
It's just really trying to stretch it out.
It's a good work-out, yeah.
Forever tinkering at home, artistic Terry is a keen gardener, potter and painter.
I'll be with you in a second, Jack.
Hoping to make up for a wobbly last week, Terry's going the extra mile by using home-cured locally sourced Amalfi lemons, chopped apricots, dates and mixed peel.
Is bread your thing, Terry? I love bread.
I'd like to say I thought other things were my thing, but I just live by the day in here, honestly.
I want to see you flourish a little bit more.
This could be my week.
It's nice and squishy.
I think it's ready to prove.
We can rock and roll.
About 30 or 40 minutes.
I want it to double in size, basically.
I'm hoping 25 minutes.
Oh, be good.
With their dough proving They're very nice mangoes now.
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the bakers face a race against time Everyone loves my chopper.
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to get their fillings ready.
Can I put an order in now, Antony? So, my Chelsea bun has got an Indian twist on it this week.
The filling is called gajrela, which is carrots boiled down in milk and then I'll be going in with some ghee because it's not rich enough.
Always keen to step up to a challenge, fitness fanatic Ruby will add vanilla and cinnamon to her dough to complement her sweet carrot filling.
My only worry is whether it will restrict the rise of the dough.
So I'll make sure it's just quite a thin layer, so I'll reduce it down so it will become a bit more of a mulch.
I don't think you should use the word mulch, because last week he said one of your bakes looked like a forest floor.
I'm just saying.
Thanks.
Paul, don't comment there.
I'd rather not So, the strawberries have been soaking in 25-year-old balsamic vinegar.
Me and my husband had strawberries with balsamic on our honeymoon in Florence.
When not finding culinary inspiration on far-flung travels, Briony can be found exploring new bakes more locally in Bristol with her mum Colleen.
Have a little bite.
Go on.
Her attempt at a Tuscan masterpiece will see her combine raisins and pistachios, before finishing with a finely balanced balsamic glaze.
That's the youngest, yeah, that's the baby.
That's 12 years.
12! And that's 25.
What, and you're using all different ages? Because that one's really sweet.
Why, because it's older? Yeah.
They get sweeter as they get older? They get sweeter.
Yeah.
Wow, I'm learning so much on this show.
It just goes in and then as I walk home it goes out.
I still don't know what ganache is.
So, here's the marzipan.
And I get excited by colour.
I've always been a bit garish and lacking taste.
Karen's love of colour extends beyond the kitchen.
She can often be found creating things for her friends and family at home in Yorkshire.
For a Christmassy twist, she'll be adding cranberries to her textbook Bakewell flavours.
Oh, not again.
But it's my favourite.
I don't care.
You've done it every week! But it's delicious.
It's getting boring now.
No, it's not.
Are these two filling you with confidence? Absolutely.
Excellent.
Bursting with confidence.
You do win Best Dressed.
That's all I'm saying.
And it's Bread Week here in the tent, we've come to an exciting moment.
Bakers, one hour gone, two hours left.
Terrible tension.
Oh, yeah, he looks good.
I mean, I think he's doubled in size.
He looks big.
I'm just looking back.
It's always a bit terrifying at this point, but this is normally what it looks like, so Loving my dough at the moment.
My Chelsea buns are called Cardiff City versus Chelsea buns.
I don't mind about Paul and Prue.
I want Neil Warnock to have one of these.
Jon spends his weekends cheering on his beloved Bluebirds with his mates.
He's hoping to soar into a league of his own by giving his salted caramel and pecan buns an unusual topping.
You're putting marshmallow on the top? Yeah.
That sounds really disgusting.
Don't hold back, Prue.
Yeah.
I do have quite a sweet tooth.
Oh! Get on there.
I am not using any wet fruit or anything like that, but the butter keeps it really moist.
The more the butter, the better.
Right, let's roll it up, shall we? All I'm thinking is getting everything even across.
I do want a very, very tight circle.
Oh, that's going to be really tricky.
Don't stick on me now.
Right Morning, Rahul.
Hi, Rahul.
Don't sigh.
Hold your hand out.
It's shaking.
It's always shaking.
What are you worried about? So many things.
You're Star Baker! Star Baker, for goodness' sake.
There's only one way to go from there, though, isn't there? Yeah, that's true.
That's the trouble.
Rahul moved to the UK eight years ago Hello, guys.
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and now bakes regularly to make new friends.
Look at that.
He'll be giving his classic Chelsea bun dough an exotic kick, with a sweet mango and cranberry filling flavoured with Bengali five spice.
I always use a thread so I'm hoping that that will give me a nice, sharp, clean cut.
It doesn't squash them down, which can happen when you use a knife.
Although, saying that, I've just realised how wonky that one is.
I don't know how much they're going to spread and grow.
Hopefully, this is a good guess.
I am going to make them a little heart shape.
Pretty happy with those, although you never really know until they've had their second prove.
Do your thing.
Please, be good.
Um I've made a complete mess.
Before I rolled my dough, I should have sprinkled this over the fruit, and I haven't.
Absolute disaster.
This is not the way to do it.
It's whether they stay together now Oh, my life.
As we were! Look at the time! Bakers, you only have one hour left.
Oh, God.
The bakers must manage their time carefully.
What are you doing for the next 25 minutes? Stressing.
If they don't prove their dough for long enough, their buns will be too tight and won't achieve the trademark share and tear Paul has asked for.
Five more minutes? Not five more minutes? Is it going to over-prove? Under-prove? If the bakers prove them for too long, the buns will collapse.
I do not want them to go flat.
I need it to hurry up and rise.
So I need to get a move on.
Maybe wait a couple more minutes.
I don't know.
It's always a stressy moment.
My head's inside the prover right now.
I can't think.
Breathe.
Just, like, when is the right time? To take them out, to cook them.
I know.
They look ready.
I don't know why I'm second-guessing it.
Makes me nervous.
Paul's prowling around like a bear.
He can mess with your head, can't he? I can't ever tell what he's thinking.
I think, "Do you want to see my buns?" OK, there you go.
Are you proved already? God, they're massive! They're going to get even more massive in the oven.
Have you ever had it where the middles explode upwards? Oh, don't say that to me now.
I'm going to put them in the oven.
If I can get them out of the proving bag.
I'll be back in a few days.
They're not very uniform.
But you don't start poking dough about once it's proved.
What are you doing? Prodding.
I'm just opening the swirl up a little bit.
Right, chucking them in.
Really? What do you mean, "Really?" Don't get in my head.
Be well! Bakers, you have half an hour left.
Half an hour.
Let's put the sign of the cross and that's going in.
Do your best.
19 minutes.
Let's go.
They're on their way up.
The yeast just has that last burst of energy, but then it dies.
It's dying right now.
But it's for a good cause.
Considering the disaster of forgetting the sugar, I think they've come out OK.
It might be the new way.
They've gone a little bit too poufy in places, but they're big.
I think they're massive.
That's why they're taking so much time to cook.
I'll just leave it.
The more I see it, the more I get stressed.
I'm hoping it bakes.
Stressed out again.
Bakers, you have five minutes left.
What? Oh, come on.
Please, please! Just need it to be about 92 degrees.
92.
I guess they're done, then.
Oh, my God, they never looked like that at home.
I think I've cooked them a little bit too much.
I'm just worried that Paul is going to say it's a bit overbaked.
I'm quite pleased with it.
I think tangzhong is amazing.
This one's taking ages to bake.
Is that good or bad? Terry behind me said good things take a long time.
Yeah, but his are already out, so Yeah.
It is a big waiting game, but it's worth it.
Bakers, you have one minute, just one minute.
One minute.
This is my little bluebirds.
Gold spray.
So if nothing else, it will be colourful.
I am happy with that.
I think they need a little bit longer.
Considering the disaster they could have been, if they taste OK, I'll be happy.
They are going to say it's messy again.
All right, let's do it.
One, two, three.
Oh, my God, it's very hot.
Oh Done-zo.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Bakers, your time is up.
Please place your Chelsea buns at the end of your benches.
Job's done.
Stop, Rahul.
Yeah.
Don't make me come over there.
The bakers' Chelsea buns will now face the judgment of Paul and Prue.
They look pretty even.
Mmm.
Got a nice colour on them.
The tangzhong, it's going to be interesting to see how that affects the dough.
I think it's offered up a very delicate dough.
It's quite soft, which is good for Chelsea bun.
So I think your baking is very good.
Good.
I like the flavours.
Is there citrus in there as well? Yeah, a little bit.
That's the overriding flavour that you get.
I think it's delicate and it needs to be a little more obvious.
They're heart-shaped, aren't they? Yes.
Very neat.
Slightly over-baked.
The edge is definitely tough.
The flavour's fantastic.
The marzipan really works with the fruit and the apricots as well.
The dough has got a gorgeous structure.
If you'd brought it out five, seven minutes earlier, they would have been perfect.
OK.
They're all even, got a nice colour.
They break apart neatly.
Absolutely delicious.
Really sticky on the outside.
Great orange bang of flavour.
Oh, really good.
Dan Ah! It's perfect.
Thank you.
It's annoyingly perfect.
And I'll tell you why.
Your structures are regular, it's beautiful and soft.
Your interior has a good overwhelming orange flavour and even the decoration sits on top beautifully.
Thank you.
It's a well-made Chelsea bun there.
Dan, we're in love with you.
Well done! I think it looks impressive.
It's over-baked.
It shouldn't be crispy.
The structure's good.
Soft, but the outside isis tough.
Mm.
The overall impression is of dryness, which is such a pity because the flavours, once you swallow everything, it's just fantastic.
One of the qualities of peanut butter is it's very dry.
When you have a dough that's very dry, what you're getting is dry.
Stop saying dry, everyone.
Everyone, stop saying dry.
Thanks, Noel! I think they look like the ones I make.
Looks lovely.
Tastes great.
The dough's beautiful and soft.
The sweetness is about right, too.
But spread the fruit more evenly so you don't get these big gaps.
If you hit the filling, it's perfect.
Thank you.
They look really pretty, but they've exploded a bit, haven't they? They have, yeah.
It hasn't been folded properly and neatly enough.
Right, OK.
Lovely and light.
Nice dough.
I think that's delicious.
Oh, yay! The flavour is very, very good.
It's a shame it looks the way it does.
Yeah, OK.
Thank you.
Do you know, I think it looks really pretty.
Lovely flavour.
Good.
Structure's lovely.
Yeah.
It is well-baked.
Oh, good.
I love Bakewell, but I've had it a few times from you now.
Right.
The next bake you do, please don't put any more.
I was thinking, you say a signature - isn't that something you always take everywhere you go? Mm.
Well, there you go! Yeah, yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Did you have sugar in your dough? I didn't, but there was sugar in the carrot mixture.
It's not enough.
This feels hard.
It feels crusty.
Right, OK.
That's not how a Chelsea bun should be.
I think that flavour's very interesting but I think it fundamentally lacks that stickiness.
Yeah.
Mixture in a Chelsea bun don't work.
OK.
I'll have a word with him.
Yeah, have a word! I do like what you've done.
It's quite impressive.
Looks nice and spongy.
I think it feels slightly over-baked.
It's over-baked.
It is? Mm.
It should be much softer than that on the palate.
The flavour's absolutely delicious.
Yes, that's what I wanted.
I like the decoration, but not on a Chelsea bun.
I'll put a Liver bird on the next one.
How's that? I'm sorry about that much fruit on the top.
Are you trying to match my jumper? Well, it does look a bit messy.
Yeah.
But I must say, it looks delicious.
Pulls apart lovely.
It's very soft and gooey, which is the way a Chelsea bun should be.
It's very interesting.
They're such savoury spices.
I mean, there's such a contrast to the sweet fruit, but I really like that.
It's baked to perfection.
I think the mango chutney is stunning.
Very clever, Rahul.
Right.
That's a very good Chelsea bun.
Thank you.
You don't need to apologise.
You're great.
It's just me being me.
I just feel so scared all the time that I just say sorry to them.
But that went OK, I guess.
Oh, my God, look! Pheasants! Two Two male pheasants? I'm a little bit baffled, to be honest.
Like, I really don't think bread is, like, a strong point of mine and he seemed to really like it.
Hollywood handshake? That's the second one.
It's old hat! It's got to be my best challenge yet, and Paul said they look like the ones he makes, so that was a good.
There's more baking in me yet, I think.
I am feeling a little too low after dry, dry, dry, dry.
But we'll try smashing it back for the Technical.
The bakers practised for their first challenge, but nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead.
One of the shortest Technical Challenges ever seen in the Bake Off tent.
Well, it's bread week, so I don't think that Prue got a look-in when it came to setting this week's Technical Challenge.
It is a Hollywood hurdle.
Any advice? There's not much time to complete this challenge, so use your time wisely.
There you go.
Right, off you two pop.
For your Technical Challenge today, Paul would love you to make a batch of non-yeasted garlic naan breads.
So, the judges are looking for eight naan breads.
They must be uniform in size and brushed with garlic ghee.
You have one hour.
On your marks.
Get set.
Bake! Right, naan breads I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.
One hour.
Not long.
If nothing else, it'll be over quickly.
I love naan breads.
I've baked them a few times but I've never done one without yeast.
Naan breads are traditionally made in a tandoor oven.
I've made naan bread once.
Hopefully, all my ancestors' souls are helping me out here.
But today the judges are asking the bakers to use their grill instead.
I have grilled bread before.
I don't remember what I grilled, but I have.
Paul, why have we got naan for our technical bake? I'm hoping to catch them out with this.
This is a naan bread using baking powder.
Traditionally, it would be yeast.
But they'll have to use their baking knowledge because the kneading and resting won't take as long as it would with a yeasted dough.
What can go wrong? With a dough that's quite wet, it's going to be quite tricky to get them all the same size.
They've got to heat that tray up properly.
If they put a cold naan under the grill, they're going to be spending at least five minutes, maybe longer, and the whole naan would dry out, it'll be like a cracker.
If they're too thick, they're not going to bake.
Lovely flavour.
I never thought you could do that with a grill.
You making the curry, then? Absolutely! First instruction for the naan - make the dough.
Wow, it just says, "Make the dough.
" That's it? Yeah, that's it.
Have I made naan? No! I just go into the freezer and chuck it into the toaster, sobuzzing.
Reasonably happy with that.
I've made naan bread the same as this.
No yeast.
You just have to, like, believe your instinct.
I have, like, almost zero instinct on this one.
Oh, this is very wet, isn't it? I hate kneading wet dough.
I'd normally cheat and put it in the mixer, but there ain't no mixer.
Considering I was kneading dough a few hours ago as well, this is quite hard work.
It should be a little wet, just enough to bring it together, because naan breads are very soft.
Oh, the more I work it, it just does not seem to be getting any smoother.
I don't really know what to do with non-yeasted dough! Feeling quite relaxed at the minute.
Yeah, having decent comments from the Signature Challenge puts you in good stead.
It's coming together now.
A couple more of these.
I'm going to stop with mine.
Are you going to stop? I'm going to stop.
There you go.
That's the dough.
How long? I do not know.
Probably about four minutes on this challenge.
I'm going to be leaving it to rest for about 20 minutes, until it's got a nice sponge to it.
Look at the state of it.
I don't even know what I'm doing.
Is there anything I can do for you? I'll draw a cat on your instructions.
Could you? That cat has got a filthy mouth.
That is a potty-mouthed cat.
"For the ghee, melt the butter in a small pan over a low heat.
" A lot of people say it's unhealthy, but every Indian will overdose on this stuff because it oils their joints! "Carefully skim the foam as it rises to the surface.
" Onto the garlic.
I love garlic.
To be honest, I'd put garlic in my breakfast if I could.
Yeah.
I do love my garlic.
I may not join you for that.
I've just taken the dough out.
It feels quite wet, but I think it's meant to be a little bit wet.
The dough feels good.
I need to shape them into eight individual naans.
25 Close enough! Have you had many Indian takeaways? Yeah, I love naan bread.
Because I, surprisingly, haven't.
What shape? I'm going for a pitta bread shape.
Classic teardrop shape for my naan.
Like a sort of baggy skull.
That's it! Freeze! No, that's not it, keep going.
Mine look very tiny, I think.
So now "Heat the grill pan under the grill.
"Lay the dough on the hot grill pan and bake.
" I fry them at home, but Paul's asked for the grill, he gets the grill.
If the grill pan isn't hot enough I'm always a bit scared of things like this.
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the naans will not have the softly bubbled texture that the judges are looking for.
I've got a hot grill pan.
It says to brush with ghee after but I'm going to brush before and after, because I think that's what I'd do.
Right, just get them on.
Cook these one at a time.
They're going to have to go four at a time but I don't know if that's a bad idea and they're going to just, like, explode.
I'm going in.
I don't really know how long these things need to bake for.
If it's burning, it's done.
If it's not burnt, you might be lucky.
I'm going to do a bit of a trial on this first one.
I want relatively crispy outside with a nice soft, doughy inside.
Absolutely no idea.
I'm going to come back to them in two minutes.
I think it should just be about four or five minutes.
Why are you on your knees? Are you praying? I'm praying! Come on, you bugger.
They're puffed up.
Oh! You've got bubbles.
I think that's quite good.
Erm, a bit too crispy for my taste, but let's turn them over.
I need it to go much faster.
I'm going to give the other side just a couple of seconds.
They're not very brown underneath.
Right, bakers, you have 15 minutes left.
Just 15 minutes.
God in heaven! OK, I think that's about done.
Oh, God, they look totally different.
Well, I ain't got time to mess around.
They'll have to come out.
He's well done.
Yeah, they look like naan breads.
Yeah, I'm happy.
I'd eat one.
Do you think they look like something that you would like to eat? Yes.
Is that the right answer? You can say no! I genuinely have no idea.
They could be all right.
They could be a disaster.
That one's a bit pale.
Second batch.
Yes.
Trying to get two in at a time at the moment because time is short.
I'm doing three at a time.
I think I'm going in with four the next time.
We can do it! It's going to be really, really tight.
Calm down.
You'll be fine.
Bakers, you have one minute left! Let's just go.
No time.
Aaargh! Absolute chaos.
It just needs a little bit longer.
Done.
I just need to make them speed up browning.
Quick, quick, quick.
They are what they are.
Bakers, your time is up! There's no good.
Indian food has never stressed me so much! What? Please place your naan behind your photograph.
Doesn't sound right.
That was a bit of a Wasn't it? Paul and Prue are looking for eight identical naan breads, brushed with garlic ghee and topped with coriander.
They have no idea whose naan breads are whose.
Right, we'll start with these.
A bit inconsistent with some of the colours.
The shapes are a bit odd as well.
This end is brick hard.
Mm.
I'm not getting much garlic, either.
Now, someone's chosen to do Round ones.
Well, roundish ones.
They're all a variety of different shapes.
Breaks well.
I love the way it tears into flakes.
The taste is good.
That is a lot of garlic.
It is.
Look at this one.
They're all similar in shape.
You can see it flakes.
Oh, I like the flaking.
Some of them are over-baked.
You look at that one, it looks more like a pitta.
Interesting.
Now, we've got some strong colours here again.
That one's raw and that one's black.
That sounds like someone running out of time, doesn't it? A bit thick, as well.
Do you know, even where they're thick, that's quite nice bread.
That is very light.
It hasn't been under the grill long, and yet it's been so hot that you've got a good colour.
Good shape, good consistency, good flavour.
Yeah, they're pretty good.
Very good.
A bit inconsistent in shape.
And size.
They're a bit thick as well.
Tastes OK.
Mm.
These look very thick.
And very small.
Look at the size of them! Wow.
Flavour's good.
Now, these have got a nice colour.
They're nice and light.
That's undercooked on one side.
Yeah, it is.
It's a pity, that, because Not much garlic.
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it's nice bread, isn't it? It's just more like a thick pitta.
Now, looking at these, the inconsistency in the baking Oh, dear, look at that.
All the backs aren't cooked.
The hot plate was very cold underneath.
Right, last one.
OK.
They're all the same size.
Mm, that's a bit raw.
You see how wet that is? It's not quite done.
The flavour's OK.
But they are thick.
Not good.
Interesting.
Paul and Prue will now rank the naan breads from worst to best.
In place number ten, we have this one.
Oh, Kim-Joy, really undercooked and pretty inedible, I'm afraid.
In ninth spot is this one.
A bit inconsistent.
It was very thick as well.
Eighth place, this one here.
Very heavy.
They're only baked on one side.
Not good.
Ruby's seventh.
Dan's sixth.
Karen is fifth.
Rahul is fourth, and Manon is third.
And then in second place .
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was this one.
They tasted wonderful.
They had lots of ghee on top, and lots of garlic.
So in first place Yay! .
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Terry.
The consistency was excellent.
It's the fact that they're still soft.
You could taste the ghee.
It was beautifully done.
They're great naan breads.
Well done.
We're coming round to yours for a takeaway.
I actually feel quite ecstatic.
I do like bread.
I'm getting to like it more! That was a very quick hour.
You know, I was just really happy I got eight naans out, to be honest with you.
Never, ever, am I making naan bread ever again.
At least I wasn't the worst Indian in the room.
I'm not from the region that makes naans.
We make rotis, which is very different! Well, Karen really pulled it back last week, so that's my inspiration.
I can't go out in bread week.
It's not an option.
That's it! So, the thing that pleased me most yesterday was that Terry did well, cos I think he needed a good day, didn't he? He did, but he seemed almost shell-shocked that he'd done so well.
So who's in line for star baker? Dan's doing OK.
I mean, he came sixth in technical, I think he did really well.
He got a handshake again, didn't he? He did.
He did, he did really well.
And Rahul, for all his protestations, "I'm sorry, "it's terrible," has been doing really well.
And I think there's a big group of people at the moment in a little bit of trouble.
I'd say certainly Antony, Ruby, Briony, I'd have to say Kim-Joy, as well, for the first time.
So I want to know, Paul, is there pressure on you when it's bread week? Yeah, of course there is.
Look, he's wearing black! The godfather of bread! Hello, lovely bakers, welcome back to the tent.
For your Showstopper today, Paul and Prue would love you to make a tiered korovai.
I mean, who knows what that even is?! Well, it's a highly decorative, enriched sweetbread, it's mainly seen at Eastern European festivities and celebrations.
You know, like weddings.
It stems from a pagan belief in the magical properties of grain, and Thanks, Wikipedia! Your tiered korovai must have at least three tiers, any shape.
They must be impressively decorated to reflect your chosen celebratory party.
You have five hours.
Wow, I've got time to write a novel.
I'm going to learn Spanish.
On your marks Get set Bake! All right.
I need to move quick, here, because the time seems a lot, but it's not.
It's all go.
When I was reading about korovais, it's made by, like, 12 women over days and days.
So When you look at it in that way, it's probably not enough time! We've had some whopping challenges in the past, but this is a big one.
This is a five-hour bread challenge.
I think the mixer is struggling to cope with this.
When you're dealing in big lumps of dough, it's about the baking times.
They're never gonna fit all the dough in the oven at the same time, so they've got to think almost like a professional of batch baking.
But they've got plenty of time to bake them properly.
The great thing about a korovai is that it is decorated to within an inch of its life.
Traditionally, korovai decorations are very symbolic, and I think we should stick to that.
What we'd like is the decorations to mean something to the bakers.
The bakers have got to produce a great loaf that tastes good and looks amazing.
I'm expecting korovai perfection.
The bakers' korovais must have at least three tiers, which can be any shape, size or flavour.
I am adding some fleur d'oranger.
It's like orange blossom.
But the dough must be good enough to earn its place centre stage at their chosen party or celebration.
Oh! Six of our bakers, including Ruby, have chosen the most common celebration for their korovai - a wedding.
Good morning, Ruby.
Morning.
Hello, Ruby.
Tell us about your korovai, then.
What are you doing? So my korovai is for my mum and dad.
They didn't have a wedding cake, so this is in dedication to them.
Ruby's ambitious four-tiered korovai will be packed with an apricot, almond liquor and cherry filling.
Hoping to put herself back in the running, she'll use a highly intricate technique to shape her bread.
Mine is actually shaped as a couronne, which in French means crown.
Yes.
And my mum's a queen, so it was quite a fitting sentiment to her.
It's a lot to do, but you seem to have worked it all out.
I think it's possible.
Thank you.
Yeah, good luck, thank you.
I love that you called your mum a queen.
Thanks.
My mum's in Queen.
She's Brian May.
See you later.
See you later.
I'm not even thinking about whether it could be last time I'm in the tent.
It's been great.
I've just got to make sure this is great.
Antony is taking his wedding celebrations The feeling is adventure! .
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to the extreme.
It's going to be a wedding cake for my brother.
So my honeymoon gift to him was an adventure trip to the foothills of the Himalayas.
Wow! Antony's ode to the mountains will see him use chocolate and orange flavours.
Perched on top will be his brother and sister-in-law as thrill-seeking doves about to embark on a journey of a lifetime.
There's going to be a zipline coming down, right from the top.
Hopefully it all works out.
That sounds amazing.
We can test it out using Sandi.
She'd be small enough to use it.
It's sticky, but that's good.
If the Himalayas weren't exotic enough, Kim-Joy's wedding theme is even further out there.
I am calling it a kit-ovai, because it is about a wedding of two cats.
Amazing.
More cats should be married.
It's Ruffles and Raffles.
Ruffles and Raffles.
Yeah! Kim-Joy's marking her smitten kittens' big day with a cinnamon and cranberry korovai.
Ruffles and Raffles will head up the party with their guests around them.
I just want to get this in the proving drawer first.
That's not going to work.
Giant amounts of dough.
I'm making the dough in one batch.
It is a big ball of dough and, yeah, it's a bit annoying I can't fit it in the mixer, but at least I've only got to do this once.
Having foregone a cake at his own wedding, Dan's going all out with a ginormous bread, flavoured with orange and lemon zest and finished off with delicate hand-crafted roses.
This is just going to go and prove.
So decorations now.
Let's go, go, go.
A traditional korovai is adorned with hundreds of intricate bread decorations.
Don't panic, just do it.
Which for our bakers means only one thing - more dough.
This is a dead dough, there's no use in this one.
When you're making all of these intricate designs, you don't want it to rise.
It needs to hold itself.
I am making my little doves.
They are just a bit fiddly and painstaking.
The jewel of a wedding korovai are the two lovebirds Very romantic little doves.
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representing the newly married couple.
Obviously, got two boys on top of mine.
This is gay bread.
Is that its tongue? No, that's a beak.
Shouldn't it be that way, then? I think it looks weird that way.
I thought they were turtles.
They look a bit like turtles.
I thought they were seals.
They look like seals.
Inspired by a pair of newlyweds she met in France, Karen's making a continental breakfast wedding bread, decorated with symbols of the couple's honeymoon around the country.
Just making my bunches of grapes.
The green is matcha tea.
When I was at home, I didn't have the matcha tea, so I got some mint sauce out of the cupboard.
But this is so beautiful.
Quite like doing this kind of decoration.
This is like a roti dough.
So I remember when I was little, my mum used to give me bread dough when she was making roti to play with, because I was never, like, an outdoor kind of person.
No.
So I am kind of going back to my childhood now.
Inspired by the first British summer wedding he ever attended, Rahul will decorate his bread with an abundance of flowers and garlands.
In my ideal world, I would probably do a lot of decoration.
What is your ideal world, Rahul? I actually thought, like, I'm going to do like 200 pieces of decoration.
200 pieces?! Less wedded to the marriage theme Cutting the dragon out of bread.
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Jon is celebrating his first true love.
What I'm making is a bara dathliad Dydd Dewi Sant, which is a St David's Day celebration bread.
Not content with an abundance of Welsh themed decorations, Jon the patriot will also be using traditional Bara Brith flavours.
Even closer still to heart and home, he's brought with him an extra memento.
I plait my daughters' hair, but I don't plait it very well.
It's really nice to have that to look at while I'm doing this.
Bit of inspiration.
I've done this wrong, haven't I, now? This part of the decoration is a Faberge-inspired korovai.
Faberge? Yeah.
It's inspired by my family tattoo.
My mum and dad, brother and sister, we all have it.
Manon's colourful Showstopper will be flavoured with orange blossom, and boast ornate latticework at the bottom.
She'll top it with her very own Faberge egg.
Shaping an egg shape is difficult, but my mum and dad have an egg farm, so, I guess making egg-shaped things kind of runs in my blood.
It's a beaut.
While most of the bakers will be adding decorations on top of their bread, Briony is also adding them into hers.
I'm about to turret Oh! Mmm.
Is that a technical term? Yes, yes, yes.
So I stick them inside the baking tin, and then as the bread does its second proof, they embed right into the dough.
Hoping for a fairy tale ending of her own, Briony's making a happily ever after korovai for Rapunzel, complete with extensive plaiting.
So this is Rapunzel's hair, one of many braids that will be on the loaf.
Before the second prove, the bakers must twist and shape their dough.
I'm going to do the small tier first, and then the medium tier The more complicated the design, the longer it will take.
You don't want to make it too basic but, at the same time, you don't want to make it too complicated.
I'm not gonna plait it and all that, I'm just gonna do a ring.
I've got to do the plait, which isn't so easy when you're dealing with something so fricking long.
Hoping his dough retains its shape, Terry's using a traditional method to prove and bake his korovai tiers.
These little babies are terracotta baking cloches.
Turned on the table myself at home.
You tend to get a more uniform cook through.
That's the idea.
Green fingered Terry will create a spring-themed korovai, complete with decorative bees, flower garlands and bows.
What are you doing now? I'm just putting a snip through, this was the wedding thing of joining together.
Oh! And it also brings your breads together.
I think that's really nice.
That's ready to go in.
Just a quick prove from now on.
Fire! Wow! Is it possible we have too much time on our hands, do you think? Time! Bakers, you are halfway through your Showstopper Challenge! What?! Yes! All right, then, let's get cracking with this stuff.
With limited time Every second counts, now.
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and space Where to put them down? The bakers face increasing stress.
Inside me is just like a pressure cooker, can burst any time.
Sorry! Sorry! It's OK.
Sorry, love.
It's all right.
Top tier is on prove one, bottom and middle, prove two.
Everything is everywhere.
You take one dough out, one dough in.
You prove, you add the decoration.
A bit of a juggling act.
With multiple tiers and decorations still to be baked Just getting my dough ready, so once the first one's finished I can go straight into my second one.
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they must make the crucial decision .
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when to stop proving Right, let's get this bread in.
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and start baking.
Wowee, he has gone ginormous.
I'm OK, I think, but it's such a big loaf I can't know that till the judging.
It just feels a bit different.
Maybe the eggs are a bit bigger than the one I used? Nestle the cats in various places.
Some of them are grumpy.
Come on, out you drop.
Come on.
Never stuck before ever, now it's stuck.
Dammit! The decoration's gone, it's dropped.
It's so bad.
Come on, bread.
Don't let me down.
It'll be a good hour, because it's a big beast.
Bye-bye.
Good luck.
This is gonna go on for about 45 minutes, I reckon.
Please bake well.
Because there's a lot of sugar in there, it'll catch quite quickly.
I'm going to just see how it goes.
I'm not confident with anything happening around my life, so how can baking temperature be different? What has happened to my bread? It's just not proved at all.
Panic stations, because I'm really, really lacking for time now.
I'm gonna give it another 15 minutes.
Should have been in the oven by now.
Oh, my goodness, look at the time! Bakers, you have one hour left! My breads are still not in! Wow.
You just have no idea how that works, do you? Oh, my God.
Running behind on the decoration schedule.
You're a bit tight, I need to loosen you up.
You're like a breadstick.
You're gonna snap.
I'm not sure you've made enough.
I actually haven't made enough.
You seriously haven't made enough! I don't know where time's gone.
Right, going in.
Right until the final whistle, I'll be baking that.
Got to start mucking on now.
Sign of the cross.
I'm getting the bread out now, I'm pretty sure it's cooked.
OK, it's 90 degrees, it's 90 degrees, I'm just going to stop it there.
Feels a little bit heavy, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be quite doughy.
This looks like a funeral wreath.
My funeral? If you go home, I'm going to quit.
Pinkie promise? Pinkie promise! Thanks.
This is the last tier.
They're both going in.
They're in.
Right, let's make some more roses.
This is the banner - "Just meowwied.
" They're not gonna get divorced in a couple of years, are they? Well Cos that would be so sad.
Oh, no! Bloody same again.
I've never had them sticking before.
A little underdone, let's hope it comes out soon.
Coming out.
Where's my oven glove? I don't think I'm gonna make it.
I don't think I'm going to get it all out.
It's all stuck to the side.
How much time have we got? Bakers, you have ten minutes, just ten minutes.
Ten minutes.
What can I do to salvage this in ten minutes? It's cooked.
It's just an assembly job now.
Where's the front? Because obviously it's quite warm, the dough will start to flatten.
Ah, that's hot.
Nothing's holding, yet.
A little bit wonky.
Shallower tiers than I would've liked, but I'm not gonna put it on, it's burnt.
Pull it out and quickly slap everything on.
I'm going to run.
I need to get a goddamn move on.
Are you getting married to this cake? It's better looking than my husband.
Stick! Come on, roses.
Oh, that's a clumsy job.
Pff! This is just going to collapse on me, innit? Bakers, your time is up! That is the five hours over.
Please place your Showstoppers at the end of your benches.
Wow, yours is lovely, Rahul.
It's all it can be.
Sit, stay.
I really hope this holds! That was ridiculous.
Ooh! No! Dropping, dropping.
Not too sure if it's gonna hold.
It's judgment time for the bakers' korovais.
Kim-Joy, please bring up your Showstopper.
Sure.
Trust me? Yep.
I'm a bit of a klutz.
I'm not sure you should've Should not have trusted him, Kim-Joy.
This is a shotgun wedding, isn't it? I mean, there are an awful lot of kittens already.
That's their friends.
Oh, their friends.
They're their friends.
I think the bread looks incredible.
It's a lovely bit of plait work as well.
And I think the cats are amazing.
It really is charming.
Right, let's have a look.
That looks lovely.
Quite like a hot cross bun, isn't it? It is, yeah.
I think I'd have liked a little more fruit in it.
And it's a little bit tight, so it's a little bit cake-like.
Another half an hour proving that would've been perfect.
Tastes good, though.
And it's certainly celebratory.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
We wanted a highly decorative korovai.
That's it.
And that's it.
It really is a Showstopper.
The detail of the swans and the decorations are just absolutely lovely.
I hope it tastes as good as it looks.
Oh, look at that! I like that texture.
It's like panettone.
That's fantastic.
You can see the swirls of the dough.
The fruit in there is delicious, and that orange tang You're a little genius, Rahul.
Thank you.
Well done, Rahul.
It's simple and effective.
The colour of the bakes are consistent.
Dan, you must have spent a long time on the decoration and they are absolutely exquisite.
I think it's a lovely texture.
Beautifully baked, really is.
The structure that you've managed to achieve is very brioche-like.
But it needs something else.
It needs fruit in there.
The flavour is not strong enough.
OK.
The attention to detail on the decoration is spectacular, particularly when you look at the hearts, the plaiting is very, very good.
Lots of filling.
I love the almond flavour.
Perfection.
I've made a lot of couronnes in my time, but the bake, that laces its way through the fruit, is to be applauded.
Thank you.
That is absolutely stunning.
I could eat the whole thing.
Oh Thank you.
Great job, Ruby! It's certainly colourful, but it does look a bit clumsy.
I think what you've done is you've put two very heavy breads on top of a bread that's warm.
The whole thing's sunk in.
Yeah.
I'm not happy with it at all, to be honest.
It is a bit heavy where it's squashed together.
You've got too much fruit in there.
The flavour of it's fantastic.
Thank you for that.
I just think the texture, the look, the whole thing is an issue.
Bad luck, John.
Thank you, John.
Not perfect.
Thanks.
My goodness.
I like the fact that they're muted colours.
Yes.
It's lovely.
I think decoration's incredible.
It's intricate.
I do look at the colour of the bread and wonder what it's like inside.
So do I, I have to say.
The bread's a bit doughy in the middle.
You've had to give it that strong colour to try and bake it because it's under proved.
It's so disappointing, because it looks so amazing.
It show-stops from the outside.
Bit of a stopper in the inside.
No problem.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Just to add to the drama, hoping these lovebirds go down the zip line.
Oh! It's simple but effective.
I worry about the colour of that and it could be down to the chocolate.
And there are not really many decorations.
Yeah, I did have a problem with time management, unfortunately, so couldn't get all my deco on the cake.
It's a bit heavy.
Oh! Not the word! It's not proved enough.
And then it's over baked, and you end up with a stodge.
Not your best, Antony.
It's not my best.
Thank you, Antony.
Cheers, guys.
Thank you so much.
Still smiling.
Still smiling! All the work that you did, you can't see.
And actually, part of the bread's been ripped off.
Did it get stuck on the tin? It did, yes.
Yeah.
The whole thing .
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is not baked.
It's massively under proved.
Oh.
But my goodness, the flavour is lovely.
It's very citrusy and sweet.
Delicious.
How long was the first prove? 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.
The idea's sound enough, but, unfortunately, not very well executed.
That's fair play.
Well, I love the Faberge egg on the top and this lattice is lovely.
And I hope it tastes as good as it looks.
You've managed to utilise the dead dough together with the bread, and it works as a package, so well done.
Right, let's have a look.
The orange flower water is too strong.
It's like bath bubbles.
Oh, no! Do you know what? You're lacking salt.
And I think it's affected the texture of the loaf as well.
The design is impeccable, but I think everything inside is wrong.
It's OK.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The slightly leaning Tower of Pisa.
It is, yeah.
It looks very basic.
But, you know what? I love the way you've embedded the towers in the dough.
Thank you.
Oh! Oh, bye, Prince.
He's dead now.
Yeah, a happy ending for Rapunzel.
I think for a celebration korovai, it really needs more flavour or fruit or something.
It is definitely under proved.
OK.
It's so tight.
You needed about another half hour, maybe longer.
That was quite a tricky Showstopper, wasn't it? A lot of them were underbaked and underproofed, which is sad, because five hours is a long time.
But I think there's a couple of people in line for Star Baker.
Dan? He's our steady man, isn't he? He is.
And Rahul, who thinks he can't do anything, but he's a really, really good baker.
I've never met anyone like Rahul.
He's like an enigma.
Jon certainly did not have a good Showstopper.
Strange, because he did so well with the technical.
He came second.
And, likewise, when you're looking at Terry, who won the technical, he was doing quite well and his Showstopper was terrible.
I cannot stop thinking about the flavours of Ruby's.
Yet again, it seems to me that she saved herself.
She was in serious trouble coming into today, but to smash it out of the park again with that Showstopper You said "perfection.
" I know! But, unfortunately, it leaves a couple of people who really let themselves down today.
One was Briony.
Overall, Briony struggled over the three challenges.
Certainly Antony.
Flavours didn't work, texture wasn't good.
The zip line was good.
The zip line was good.
I think that's not enough with the bread.
No? No.
Well, bakers, what a bread-fuelled weekend.
Well done for surviving.
I've got the great job of announcing this week's Star Baker.
It's someone that the judges thought was fantastic throughout and someone who showed a lot of swagger in the Showstopper.
The Star Baker this week is .
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Rahul.
So, that means I get the horrible job.
I'm afraid we do have to say goodbye to somebody and that person is Come on.
Just say it.
Antony.
I'm so sorry.
Too soon, leaving too soon, but I don't think I'll stop smiling because, you know what, this is, for me, the best opportunity ever! Come on, bring it in.
I've met some of the most amazing people, so I'm smiling because this isn't sad.
These are just happy tears.
I'm leaving, but still happy tears, yeah.
God.
Thank you so much.
It's very sad, because he's a good baker and I'm sure he'll carry on baking.
But, unfortunately, in Bake Off, you can't afford to have a bad week, and Antony had to go.
It feels so surreal.
I mean, I still can't believe it.
I just keep pinching myself, "Is it real?" Now I think I can bake.
When he put his Showstopper down, it really was a Showstopper, it took your breath away.
And it's his birthday on Monday.
Is it? Yes! That's another birthday present for you, then.
Rahul is getting stronger and stronger.
When you look at the Showstopper, it was baked beautifully and the flavours were all there, too.
He ticked every single box.
We've never had this before, where someone's saved themselves twice now in their Showstopper.
I'm like the cat with nine lives.
Oh, my God.
I need to get my act together next week.
I cannot deal with that stress again.
Next week Next step, next step, next step.
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it's desserts We're going to put cherries on top.
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with a rolling roulade signature.
Nice, little roll.
There's a risk of it cracking all the time.
A tricky Technical Challenge Yes.
It's not looking good.
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which breaks the mould.
Why does everyone know what these are? And Showstoppers that reveal all.
This is as nerve-racking as giving birth.
As the bakers try It's carnage.
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and avoid a meltdown.
Angry.
Look at that!
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she fought back, earning a Showstopper handshake.
I don't know why I give myself so much things to do.
But it was Rahul who impressed Prue and Paul the most That is a fantastic cake.
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winning Star Baker.
And it was Luke Oh, it's all just completely melted.
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who had to leave the tent.
Not my weekend, eh? Now it's Bread Week I do like bread.
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with a classic British Signature Come on, please! Please! .
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a tasty takeaway Technical There's no good.
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and gigantic Showstoppers, which will push the bakers Fingers crossed.
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to the limit.
The inside of me is just like a pressure cooker.
It can burst any time.
Sandi, why didn't you say? Say what? That you're in pain? This is a clear cry for help.
Don't worry - I am there for you.
Yeah, no, that's very kind No, don't say another word.
I'm going to get you a chair, make you a salad.
Thank you.
Actually, it's Bread Week and I was going to give a little talk about different kinds of European bread.
This is the French word for bread Hey, Sandi, got you a chair.
Thanks.
There you go.
I feel much better.
Of course you do.
You know why? Because you and I communicate.
Yes I'm excited.
It's Bread Week.
Bread's my thing, so I really feel the pressure to do well.
Paul is the expert on bread.
Nothing is going to slip past him, so, yeah, it's a little bit scary.
I can already see his face, poking and prodding away.
Oh, man, no, I'm not going to think about it.
It'll be fine.
Last week didn't go particularly well.
Not going to cry this week.
I hope I'm not going to cry.
Star Baker last week, which was really good.
But I think every time you come back here, just gives a little bit like, oh, I'm going to feel sick.
Do the French make the best bread in the world? Yes, they do.
I mean, I think so.
Hello, bakers, and welcome to the traditional theme of week three, the one with absolutely no pressure from Paul.
It's Bread Week.
Oh, dear! I'm imagining it's going to be handshakes all round.
Today, Paul and Prue would love you to do your take on the classic Chelsea bun.
You must produce 12 sweet buns using any flavour, filling or decoration that you wish, but the buns must be baked with their sides touching.
They have to be presented still attached so that Paul and Prue can tear one off for judging.
That just doesn't sound right, does it? Sounded violent.
OK, you've got three hours for your Signature Challenge.
On your marks Get set.
Bake! We are back.
Absolute full energy.
We are going to be smashing this Chelsea bun challenge.
I love eating bread.
Loads of people have turned their back on bread recently.
Not me.
I've always liked a Chelsea bun.
Growing up, definitely one of my favourites.
Chelsea buns are made with an enriched dough, which has added milk, butter and fats.
Rub in the butter, rub in the butter.
These extra ingredients can slow down the yeast, meaning a longer proving time is needed to achieve the necessary rise.
The interesting thing about an enriched dough is it's a really good test of a baker's knowledge.
The dough is going to take longer to rise, so not to panic when nothing seems to be happening.
It will take longer.
It's a bit of a speciality of mine.
I want to see great flavour combinations, but it's all about the dough itself.
It must be beautiful and soft with a great structure inside.
It pulls apart.
It's the classic tear and share.
Hoping for perfect buns, Kim-Joy has an extra step that should ensure her dough rises to the occasion.
Morning, Kim-Joy.
Hello, good morning.
Hello, Kim-Joy.
Hello.
Tell us all about your Chelsea buns.
So, I am using the tangzhong technique in my bread.
What is it? Explain.
It's like doing a roux.
You add it to the dough and it helps it retain a bit more moisture, I've never used that method before myself, so it's going to be interesting to see how they turn out.
Always experimenting with new techniques, Kim-Joy likes to surprise her boyfriend, Nabil, at his comic shop, with new creations.
Kim Bird! Thank you so much.
Kim-Joy's extra soft Chelsea buns will be made with pistachio, lemon and cardamom filling.
It feels nice being able to explain something new to Paul about bread.
I feel a bit cheeky saying that.
Looks like this is done.
Kim-Joy isn't the only one making additions to her dough mixture.
Some chai teabags.
Gives a bit more flavour to the dough and it's yum.
When Manon's not working as a software consultant, she can be found relaxing at home with her flatmate Charlotte, who has the same taste in tea.
And pyjamas.
Manon's unique heart-shaped buns will incorporate two of her favourite fruits - apricot and cranberry.
In France, we are very lucky to have a bakery every five minutes' walk.
But since I'm in London, it's quite harder to find bread.
No, it isn't.
According to a French person.
Yeah, according to a French person, there isn't one on the doorstep.
The fact is you have baked more bread since you've been in London.
Exactly.
It's so satisfying.
It just comes out of the oven, it smells delicious.
Oh, I love it.
I'm doing a spiced orange Chelsea bun.
I'm a little bit worried that it's a little bit simple on the flavours, but, I mean, my kids like them.
That's got to count for something.
Just a little bit further, darling.
With two harsh critics of his own at home, Dan is hoping to impress the judges with his classically flavoured orange and spiced buns packed with brandy-soaked sultanas.
How are you feeling? I feel like my bread's pretty average.
Like, it's not It's all right, but then there's Paul standing there looking at it.
He is the bread specialist.
He is.
He's Captain Bread.
You can't pull one over on him, can you? No.
He sleeps in a bap.
I'm kneading it now and I can feel it starting to get quite elastic.
Kneading creates the gluten responsible for giving bread a good structure.
It's good exercise, this.
It's the only exercise I get.
Without enough kneading, the bakers' buns will be dense and flat.
I'm just going to knead it for one minute and 45 seconds more.
This is my time schedule, so I've got to follow it.
Antony is taking a more relaxed approach.
I'm going to let the mixer do most of it.
Me and my partner, we love to have bacon and maple syrup and pancakes.
So I'm going for a decadent breakfast bun.
Big foodies Antony and his partner Gary are always experimenting with flavour combinations in the kitchen.
If filling his buns with a cinnamon peanut butter wasn't indulgent enough, he's also topping them with a boozy caramel sauce.
That is, if everything adds up.
So you've got 11 and one in the middle.
Is that it? Three in the middle, and the rest on the outside.
Don't ask for the maths.
Can't do the maths.
Can't do the maths right now.
All right, then.
OK.
Thank you anyway.
Thank you.
You're a banker, right? I am! Shh! Yeah.
Can't do the maths.
Just saying.
Anybody else? It's no wonder we've had a banking crisis.
It's just really trying to stretch it out.
It's a good work-out, yeah.
Forever tinkering at home, artistic Terry is a keen gardener, potter and painter.
I'll be with you in a second, Jack.
Hoping to make up for a wobbly last week, Terry's going the extra mile by using home-cured locally sourced Amalfi lemons, chopped apricots, dates and mixed peel.
Is bread your thing, Terry? I love bread.
I'd like to say I thought other things were my thing, but I just live by the day in here, honestly.
I want to see you flourish a little bit more.
This could be my week.
It's nice and squishy.
I think it's ready to prove.
We can rock and roll.
About 30 or 40 minutes.
I want it to double in size, basically.
I'm hoping 25 minutes.
Oh, be good.
With their dough proving They're very nice mangoes now.
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the bakers face a race against time Everyone loves my chopper.
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to get their fillings ready.
Can I put an order in now, Antony? So, my Chelsea bun has got an Indian twist on it this week.
The filling is called gajrela, which is carrots boiled down in milk and then I'll be going in with some ghee because it's not rich enough.
Always keen to step up to a challenge, fitness fanatic Ruby will add vanilla and cinnamon to her dough to complement her sweet carrot filling.
My only worry is whether it will restrict the rise of the dough.
So I'll make sure it's just quite a thin layer, so I'll reduce it down so it will become a bit more of a mulch.
I don't think you should use the word mulch, because last week he said one of your bakes looked like a forest floor.
I'm just saying.
Thanks.
Paul, don't comment there.
I'd rather not So, the strawberries have been soaking in 25-year-old balsamic vinegar.
Me and my husband had strawberries with balsamic on our honeymoon in Florence.
When not finding culinary inspiration on far-flung travels, Briony can be found exploring new bakes more locally in Bristol with her mum Colleen.
Have a little bite.
Go on.
Her attempt at a Tuscan masterpiece will see her combine raisins and pistachios, before finishing with a finely balanced balsamic glaze.
That's the youngest, yeah, that's the baby.
That's 12 years.
12! And that's 25.
What, and you're using all different ages? Because that one's really sweet.
Why, because it's older? Yeah.
They get sweeter as they get older? They get sweeter.
Yeah.
Wow, I'm learning so much on this show.
It just goes in and then as I walk home it goes out.
I still don't know what ganache is.
So, here's the marzipan.
And I get excited by colour.
I've always been a bit garish and lacking taste.
Karen's love of colour extends beyond the kitchen.
She can often be found creating things for her friends and family at home in Yorkshire.
For a Christmassy twist, she'll be adding cranberries to her textbook Bakewell flavours.
Oh, not again.
But it's my favourite.
I don't care.
You've done it every week! But it's delicious.
It's getting boring now.
No, it's not.
Are these two filling you with confidence? Absolutely.
Excellent.
Bursting with confidence.
You do win Best Dressed.
That's all I'm saying.
And it's Bread Week here in the tent, we've come to an exciting moment.
Bakers, one hour gone, two hours left.
Terrible tension.
Oh, yeah, he looks good.
I mean, I think he's doubled in size.
He looks big.
I'm just looking back.
It's always a bit terrifying at this point, but this is normally what it looks like, so Loving my dough at the moment.
My Chelsea buns are called Cardiff City versus Chelsea buns.
I don't mind about Paul and Prue.
I want Neil Warnock to have one of these.
Jon spends his weekends cheering on his beloved Bluebirds with his mates.
He's hoping to soar into a league of his own by giving his salted caramel and pecan buns an unusual topping.
You're putting marshmallow on the top? Yeah.
That sounds really disgusting.
Don't hold back, Prue.
Yeah.
I do have quite a sweet tooth.
Oh! Get on there.
I am not using any wet fruit or anything like that, but the butter keeps it really moist.
The more the butter, the better.
Right, let's roll it up, shall we? All I'm thinking is getting everything even across.
I do want a very, very tight circle.
Oh, that's going to be really tricky.
Don't stick on me now.
Right Morning, Rahul.
Hi, Rahul.
Don't sigh.
Hold your hand out.
It's shaking.
It's always shaking.
What are you worried about? So many things.
You're Star Baker! Star Baker, for goodness' sake.
There's only one way to go from there, though, isn't there? Yeah, that's true.
That's the trouble.
Rahul moved to the UK eight years ago Hello, guys.
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and now bakes regularly to make new friends.
Look at that.
He'll be giving his classic Chelsea bun dough an exotic kick, with a sweet mango and cranberry filling flavoured with Bengali five spice.
I always use a thread so I'm hoping that that will give me a nice, sharp, clean cut.
It doesn't squash them down, which can happen when you use a knife.
Although, saying that, I've just realised how wonky that one is.
I don't know how much they're going to spread and grow.
Hopefully, this is a good guess.
I am going to make them a little heart shape.
Pretty happy with those, although you never really know until they've had their second prove.
Do your thing.
Please, be good.
Um I've made a complete mess.
Before I rolled my dough, I should have sprinkled this over the fruit, and I haven't.
Absolute disaster.
This is not the way to do it.
It's whether they stay together now Oh, my life.
As we were! Look at the time! Bakers, you only have one hour left.
Oh, God.
The bakers must manage their time carefully.
What are you doing for the next 25 minutes? Stressing.
If they don't prove their dough for long enough, their buns will be too tight and won't achieve the trademark share and tear Paul has asked for.
Five more minutes? Not five more minutes? Is it going to over-prove? Under-prove? If the bakers prove them for too long, the buns will collapse.
I do not want them to go flat.
I need it to hurry up and rise.
So I need to get a move on.
Maybe wait a couple more minutes.
I don't know.
It's always a stressy moment.
My head's inside the prover right now.
I can't think.
Breathe.
Just, like, when is the right time? To take them out, to cook them.
I know.
They look ready.
I don't know why I'm second-guessing it.
Makes me nervous.
Paul's prowling around like a bear.
He can mess with your head, can't he? I can't ever tell what he's thinking.
I think, "Do you want to see my buns?" OK, there you go.
Are you proved already? God, they're massive! They're going to get even more massive in the oven.
Have you ever had it where the middles explode upwards? Oh, don't say that to me now.
I'm going to put them in the oven.
If I can get them out of the proving bag.
I'll be back in a few days.
They're not very uniform.
But you don't start poking dough about once it's proved.
What are you doing? Prodding.
I'm just opening the swirl up a little bit.
Right, chucking them in.
Really? What do you mean, "Really?" Don't get in my head.
Be well! Bakers, you have half an hour left.
Half an hour.
Let's put the sign of the cross and that's going in.
Do your best.
19 minutes.
Let's go.
They're on their way up.
The yeast just has that last burst of energy, but then it dies.
It's dying right now.
But it's for a good cause.
Considering the disaster of forgetting the sugar, I think they've come out OK.
It might be the new way.
They've gone a little bit too poufy in places, but they're big.
I think they're massive.
That's why they're taking so much time to cook.
I'll just leave it.
The more I see it, the more I get stressed.
I'm hoping it bakes.
Stressed out again.
Bakers, you have five minutes left.
What? Oh, come on.
Please, please! Just need it to be about 92 degrees.
92.
I guess they're done, then.
Oh, my God, they never looked like that at home.
I think I've cooked them a little bit too much.
I'm just worried that Paul is going to say it's a bit overbaked.
I'm quite pleased with it.
I think tangzhong is amazing.
This one's taking ages to bake.
Is that good or bad? Terry behind me said good things take a long time.
Yeah, but his are already out, so Yeah.
It is a big waiting game, but it's worth it.
Bakers, you have one minute, just one minute.
One minute.
This is my little bluebirds.
Gold spray.
So if nothing else, it will be colourful.
I am happy with that.
I think they need a little bit longer.
Considering the disaster they could have been, if they taste OK, I'll be happy.
They are going to say it's messy again.
All right, let's do it.
One, two, three.
Oh, my God, it's very hot.
Oh Done-zo.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Bakers, your time is up.
Please place your Chelsea buns at the end of your benches.
Job's done.
Stop, Rahul.
Yeah.
Don't make me come over there.
The bakers' Chelsea buns will now face the judgment of Paul and Prue.
They look pretty even.
Mmm.
Got a nice colour on them.
The tangzhong, it's going to be interesting to see how that affects the dough.
I think it's offered up a very delicate dough.
It's quite soft, which is good for Chelsea bun.
So I think your baking is very good.
Good.
I like the flavours.
Is there citrus in there as well? Yeah, a little bit.
That's the overriding flavour that you get.
I think it's delicate and it needs to be a little more obvious.
They're heart-shaped, aren't they? Yes.
Very neat.
Slightly over-baked.
The edge is definitely tough.
The flavour's fantastic.
The marzipan really works with the fruit and the apricots as well.
The dough has got a gorgeous structure.
If you'd brought it out five, seven minutes earlier, they would have been perfect.
OK.
They're all even, got a nice colour.
They break apart neatly.
Absolutely delicious.
Really sticky on the outside.
Great orange bang of flavour.
Oh, really good.
Dan Ah! It's perfect.
Thank you.
It's annoyingly perfect.
And I'll tell you why.
Your structures are regular, it's beautiful and soft.
Your interior has a good overwhelming orange flavour and even the decoration sits on top beautifully.
Thank you.
It's a well-made Chelsea bun there.
Dan, we're in love with you.
Well done! I think it looks impressive.
It's over-baked.
It shouldn't be crispy.
The structure's good.
Soft, but the outside isis tough.
Mm.
The overall impression is of dryness, which is such a pity because the flavours, once you swallow everything, it's just fantastic.
One of the qualities of peanut butter is it's very dry.
When you have a dough that's very dry, what you're getting is dry.
Stop saying dry, everyone.
Everyone, stop saying dry.
Thanks, Noel! I think they look like the ones I make.
Looks lovely.
Tastes great.
The dough's beautiful and soft.
The sweetness is about right, too.
But spread the fruit more evenly so you don't get these big gaps.
If you hit the filling, it's perfect.
Thank you.
They look really pretty, but they've exploded a bit, haven't they? They have, yeah.
It hasn't been folded properly and neatly enough.
Right, OK.
Lovely and light.
Nice dough.
I think that's delicious.
Oh, yay! The flavour is very, very good.
It's a shame it looks the way it does.
Yeah, OK.
Thank you.
Do you know, I think it looks really pretty.
Lovely flavour.
Good.
Structure's lovely.
Yeah.
It is well-baked.
Oh, good.
I love Bakewell, but I've had it a few times from you now.
Right.
The next bake you do, please don't put any more.
I was thinking, you say a signature - isn't that something you always take everywhere you go? Mm.
Well, there you go! Yeah, yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Did you have sugar in your dough? I didn't, but there was sugar in the carrot mixture.
It's not enough.
This feels hard.
It feels crusty.
Right, OK.
That's not how a Chelsea bun should be.
I think that flavour's very interesting but I think it fundamentally lacks that stickiness.
Yeah.
Mixture in a Chelsea bun don't work.
OK.
I'll have a word with him.
Yeah, have a word! I do like what you've done.
It's quite impressive.
Looks nice and spongy.
I think it feels slightly over-baked.
It's over-baked.
It is? Mm.
It should be much softer than that on the palate.
The flavour's absolutely delicious.
Yes, that's what I wanted.
I like the decoration, but not on a Chelsea bun.
I'll put a Liver bird on the next one.
How's that? I'm sorry about that much fruit on the top.
Are you trying to match my jumper? Well, it does look a bit messy.
Yeah.
But I must say, it looks delicious.
Pulls apart lovely.
It's very soft and gooey, which is the way a Chelsea bun should be.
It's very interesting.
They're such savoury spices.
I mean, there's such a contrast to the sweet fruit, but I really like that.
It's baked to perfection.
I think the mango chutney is stunning.
Very clever, Rahul.
Right.
That's a very good Chelsea bun.
Thank you.
You don't need to apologise.
You're great.
It's just me being me.
I just feel so scared all the time that I just say sorry to them.
But that went OK, I guess.
Oh, my God, look! Pheasants! Two Two male pheasants? I'm a little bit baffled, to be honest.
Like, I really don't think bread is, like, a strong point of mine and he seemed to really like it.
Hollywood handshake? That's the second one.
It's old hat! It's got to be my best challenge yet, and Paul said they look like the ones he makes, so that was a good.
There's more baking in me yet, I think.
I am feeling a little too low after dry, dry, dry, dry.
But we'll try smashing it back for the Technical.
The bakers practised for their first challenge, but nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead.
One of the shortest Technical Challenges ever seen in the Bake Off tent.
Well, it's bread week, so I don't think that Prue got a look-in when it came to setting this week's Technical Challenge.
It is a Hollywood hurdle.
Any advice? There's not much time to complete this challenge, so use your time wisely.
There you go.
Right, off you two pop.
For your Technical Challenge today, Paul would love you to make a batch of non-yeasted garlic naan breads.
So, the judges are looking for eight naan breads.
They must be uniform in size and brushed with garlic ghee.
You have one hour.
On your marks.
Get set.
Bake! Right, naan breads I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.
One hour.
Not long.
If nothing else, it'll be over quickly.
I love naan breads.
I've baked them a few times but I've never done one without yeast.
Naan breads are traditionally made in a tandoor oven.
I've made naan bread once.
Hopefully, all my ancestors' souls are helping me out here.
But today the judges are asking the bakers to use their grill instead.
I have grilled bread before.
I don't remember what I grilled, but I have.
Paul, why have we got naan for our technical bake? I'm hoping to catch them out with this.
This is a naan bread using baking powder.
Traditionally, it would be yeast.
But they'll have to use their baking knowledge because the kneading and resting won't take as long as it would with a yeasted dough.
What can go wrong? With a dough that's quite wet, it's going to be quite tricky to get them all the same size.
They've got to heat that tray up properly.
If they put a cold naan under the grill, they're going to be spending at least five minutes, maybe longer, and the whole naan would dry out, it'll be like a cracker.
If they're too thick, they're not going to bake.
Lovely flavour.
I never thought you could do that with a grill.
You making the curry, then? Absolutely! First instruction for the naan - make the dough.
Wow, it just says, "Make the dough.
" That's it? Yeah, that's it.
Have I made naan? No! I just go into the freezer and chuck it into the toaster, sobuzzing.
Reasonably happy with that.
I've made naan bread the same as this.
No yeast.
You just have to, like, believe your instinct.
I have, like, almost zero instinct on this one.
Oh, this is very wet, isn't it? I hate kneading wet dough.
I'd normally cheat and put it in the mixer, but there ain't no mixer.
Considering I was kneading dough a few hours ago as well, this is quite hard work.
It should be a little wet, just enough to bring it together, because naan breads are very soft.
Oh, the more I work it, it just does not seem to be getting any smoother.
I don't really know what to do with non-yeasted dough! Feeling quite relaxed at the minute.
Yeah, having decent comments from the Signature Challenge puts you in good stead.
It's coming together now.
A couple more of these.
I'm going to stop with mine.
Are you going to stop? I'm going to stop.
There you go.
That's the dough.
How long? I do not know.
Probably about four minutes on this challenge.
I'm going to be leaving it to rest for about 20 minutes, until it's got a nice sponge to it.
Look at the state of it.
I don't even know what I'm doing.
Is there anything I can do for you? I'll draw a cat on your instructions.
Could you? That cat has got a filthy mouth.
That is a potty-mouthed cat.
"For the ghee, melt the butter in a small pan over a low heat.
" A lot of people say it's unhealthy, but every Indian will overdose on this stuff because it oils their joints! "Carefully skim the foam as it rises to the surface.
" Onto the garlic.
I love garlic.
To be honest, I'd put garlic in my breakfast if I could.
Yeah.
I do love my garlic.
I may not join you for that.
I've just taken the dough out.
It feels quite wet, but I think it's meant to be a little bit wet.
The dough feels good.
I need to shape them into eight individual naans.
25 Close enough! Have you had many Indian takeaways? Yeah, I love naan bread.
Because I, surprisingly, haven't.
What shape? I'm going for a pitta bread shape.
Classic teardrop shape for my naan.
Like a sort of baggy skull.
That's it! Freeze! No, that's not it, keep going.
Mine look very tiny, I think.
So now "Heat the grill pan under the grill.
"Lay the dough on the hot grill pan and bake.
" I fry them at home, but Paul's asked for the grill, he gets the grill.
If the grill pan isn't hot enough I'm always a bit scared of things like this.
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the naans will not have the softly bubbled texture that the judges are looking for.
I've got a hot grill pan.
It says to brush with ghee after but I'm going to brush before and after, because I think that's what I'd do.
Right, just get them on.
Cook these one at a time.
They're going to have to go four at a time but I don't know if that's a bad idea and they're going to just, like, explode.
I'm going in.
I don't really know how long these things need to bake for.
If it's burning, it's done.
If it's not burnt, you might be lucky.
I'm going to do a bit of a trial on this first one.
I want relatively crispy outside with a nice soft, doughy inside.
Absolutely no idea.
I'm going to come back to them in two minutes.
I think it should just be about four or five minutes.
Why are you on your knees? Are you praying? I'm praying! Come on, you bugger.
They're puffed up.
Oh! You've got bubbles.
I think that's quite good.
Erm, a bit too crispy for my taste, but let's turn them over.
I need it to go much faster.
I'm going to give the other side just a couple of seconds.
They're not very brown underneath.
Right, bakers, you have 15 minutes left.
Just 15 minutes.
God in heaven! OK, I think that's about done.
Oh, God, they look totally different.
Well, I ain't got time to mess around.
They'll have to come out.
He's well done.
Yeah, they look like naan breads.
Yeah, I'm happy.
I'd eat one.
Do you think they look like something that you would like to eat? Yes.
Is that the right answer? You can say no! I genuinely have no idea.
They could be all right.
They could be a disaster.
That one's a bit pale.
Second batch.
Yes.
Trying to get two in at a time at the moment because time is short.
I'm doing three at a time.
I think I'm going in with four the next time.
We can do it! It's going to be really, really tight.
Calm down.
You'll be fine.
Bakers, you have one minute left! Let's just go.
No time.
Aaargh! Absolute chaos.
It just needs a little bit longer.
Done.
I just need to make them speed up browning.
Quick, quick, quick.
They are what they are.
Bakers, your time is up! There's no good.
Indian food has never stressed me so much! What? Please place your naan behind your photograph.
Doesn't sound right.
That was a bit of a Wasn't it? Paul and Prue are looking for eight identical naan breads, brushed with garlic ghee and topped with coriander.
They have no idea whose naan breads are whose.
Right, we'll start with these.
A bit inconsistent with some of the colours.
The shapes are a bit odd as well.
This end is brick hard.
Mm.
I'm not getting much garlic, either.
Now, someone's chosen to do Round ones.
Well, roundish ones.
They're all a variety of different shapes.
Breaks well.
I love the way it tears into flakes.
The taste is good.
That is a lot of garlic.
It is.
Look at this one.
They're all similar in shape.
You can see it flakes.
Oh, I like the flaking.
Some of them are over-baked.
You look at that one, it looks more like a pitta.
Interesting.
Now, we've got some strong colours here again.
That one's raw and that one's black.
That sounds like someone running out of time, doesn't it? A bit thick, as well.
Do you know, even where they're thick, that's quite nice bread.
That is very light.
It hasn't been under the grill long, and yet it's been so hot that you've got a good colour.
Good shape, good consistency, good flavour.
Yeah, they're pretty good.
Very good.
A bit inconsistent in shape.
And size.
They're a bit thick as well.
Tastes OK.
Mm.
These look very thick.
And very small.
Look at the size of them! Wow.
Flavour's good.
Now, these have got a nice colour.
They're nice and light.
That's undercooked on one side.
Yeah, it is.
It's a pity, that, because Not much garlic.
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it's nice bread, isn't it? It's just more like a thick pitta.
Now, looking at these, the inconsistency in the baking Oh, dear, look at that.
All the backs aren't cooked.
The hot plate was very cold underneath.
Right, last one.
OK.
They're all the same size.
Mm, that's a bit raw.
You see how wet that is? It's not quite done.
The flavour's OK.
But they are thick.
Not good.
Interesting.
Paul and Prue will now rank the naan breads from worst to best.
In place number ten, we have this one.
Oh, Kim-Joy, really undercooked and pretty inedible, I'm afraid.
In ninth spot is this one.
A bit inconsistent.
It was very thick as well.
Eighth place, this one here.
Very heavy.
They're only baked on one side.
Not good.
Ruby's seventh.
Dan's sixth.
Karen is fifth.
Rahul is fourth, and Manon is third.
And then in second place .
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was this one.
They tasted wonderful.
They had lots of ghee on top, and lots of garlic.
So in first place Yay! .
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Terry.
The consistency was excellent.
It's the fact that they're still soft.
You could taste the ghee.
It was beautifully done.
They're great naan breads.
Well done.
We're coming round to yours for a takeaway.
I actually feel quite ecstatic.
I do like bread.
I'm getting to like it more! That was a very quick hour.
You know, I was just really happy I got eight naans out, to be honest with you.
Never, ever, am I making naan bread ever again.
At least I wasn't the worst Indian in the room.
I'm not from the region that makes naans.
We make rotis, which is very different! Well, Karen really pulled it back last week, so that's my inspiration.
I can't go out in bread week.
It's not an option.
That's it! So, the thing that pleased me most yesterday was that Terry did well, cos I think he needed a good day, didn't he? He did, but he seemed almost shell-shocked that he'd done so well.
So who's in line for star baker? Dan's doing OK.
I mean, he came sixth in technical, I think he did really well.
He got a handshake again, didn't he? He did.
He did, he did really well.
And Rahul, for all his protestations, "I'm sorry, "it's terrible," has been doing really well.
And I think there's a big group of people at the moment in a little bit of trouble.
I'd say certainly Antony, Ruby, Briony, I'd have to say Kim-Joy, as well, for the first time.
So I want to know, Paul, is there pressure on you when it's bread week? Yeah, of course there is.
Look, he's wearing black! The godfather of bread! Hello, lovely bakers, welcome back to the tent.
For your Showstopper today, Paul and Prue would love you to make a tiered korovai.
I mean, who knows what that even is?! Well, it's a highly decorative, enriched sweetbread, it's mainly seen at Eastern European festivities and celebrations.
You know, like weddings.
It stems from a pagan belief in the magical properties of grain, and Thanks, Wikipedia! Your tiered korovai must have at least three tiers, any shape.
They must be impressively decorated to reflect your chosen celebratory party.
You have five hours.
Wow, I've got time to write a novel.
I'm going to learn Spanish.
On your marks Get set Bake! All right.
I need to move quick, here, because the time seems a lot, but it's not.
It's all go.
When I was reading about korovais, it's made by, like, 12 women over days and days.
So When you look at it in that way, it's probably not enough time! We've had some whopping challenges in the past, but this is a big one.
This is a five-hour bread challenge.
I think the mixer is struggling to cope with this.
When you're dealing in big lumps of dough, it's about the baking times.
They're never gonna fit all the dough in the oven at the same time, so they've got to think almost like a professional of batch baking.
But they've got plenty of time to bake them properly.
The great thing about a korovai is that it is decorated to within an inch of its life.
Traditionally, korovai decorations are very symbolic, and I think we should stick to that.
What we'd like is the decorations to mean something to the bakers.
The bakers have got to produce a great loaf that tastes good and looks amazing.
I'm expecting korovai perfection.
The bakers' korovais must have at least three tiers, which can be any shape, size or flavour.
I am adding some fleur d'oranger.
It's like orange blossom.
But the dough must be good enough to earn its place centre stage at their chosen party or celebration.
Oh! Six of our bakers, including Ruby, have chosen the most common celebration for their korovai - a wedding.
Good morning, Ruby.
Morning.
Hello, Ruby.
Tell us about your korovai, then.
What are you doing? So my korovai is for my mum and dad.
They didn't have a wedding cake, so this is in dedication to them.
Ruby's ambitious four-tiered korovai will be packed with an apricot, almond liquor and cherry filling.
Hoping to put herself back in the running, she'll use a highly intricate technique to shape her bread.
Mine is actually shaped as a couronne, which in French means crown.
Yes.
And my mum's a queen, so it was quite a fitting sentiment to her.
It's a lot to do, but you seem to have worked it all out.
I think it's possible.
Thank you.
Yeah, good luck, thank you.
I love that you called your mum a queen.
Thanks.
My mum's in Queen.
She's Brian May.
See you later.
See you later.
I'm not even thinking about whether it could be last time I'm in the tent.
It's been great.
I've just got to make sure this is great.
Antony is taking his wedding celebrations The feeling is adventure! .
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to the extreme.
It's going to be a wedding cake for my brother.
So my honeymoon gift to him was an adventure trip to the foothills of the Himalayas.
Wow! Antony's ode to the mountains will see him use chocolate and orange flavours.
Perched on top will be his brother and sister-in-law as thrill-seeking doves about to embark on a journey of a lifetime.
There's going to be a zipline coming down, right from the top.
Hopefully it all works out.
That sounds amazing.
We can test it out using Sandi.
She'd be small enough to use it.
It's sticky, but that's good.
If the Himalayas weren't exotic enough, Kim-Joy's wedding theme is even further out there.
I am calling it a kit-ovai, because it is about a wedding of two cats.
Amazing.
More cats should be married.
It's Ruffles and Raffles.
Ruffles and Raffles.
Yeah! Kim-Joy's marking her smitten kittens' big day with a cinnamon and cranberry korovai.
Ruffles and Raffles will head up the party with their guests around them.
I just want to get this in the proving drawer first.
That's not going to work.
Giant amounts of dough.
I'm making the dough in one batch.
It is a big ball of dough and, yeah, it's a bit annoying I can't fit it in the mixer, but at least I've only got to do this once.
Having foregone a cake at his own wedding, Dan's going all out with a ginormous bread, flavoured with orange and lemon zest and finished off with delicate hand-crafted roses.
This is just going to go and prove.
So decorations now.
Let's go, go, go.
A traditional korovai is adorned with hundreds of intricate bread decorations.
Don't panic, just do it.
Which for our bakers means only one thing - more dough.
This is a dead dough, there's no use in this one.
When you're making all of these intricate designs, you don't want it to rise.
It needs to hold itself.
I am making my little doves.
They are just a bit fiddly and painstaking.
The jewel of a wedding korovai are the two lovebirds Very romantic little doves.
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representing the newly married couple.
Obviously, got two boys on top of mine.
This is gay bread.
Is that its tongue? No, that's a beak.
Shouldn't it be that way, then? I think it looks weird that way.
I thought they were turtles.
They look a bit like turtles.
I thought they were seals.
They look like seals.
Inspired by a pair of newlyweds she met in France, Karen's making a continental breakfast wedding bread, decorated with symbols of the couple's honeymoon around the country.
Just making my bunches of grapes.
The green is matcha tea.
When I was at home, I didn't have the matcha tea, so I got some mint sauce out of the cupboard.
But this is so beautiful.
Quite like doing this kind of decoration.
This is like a roti dough.
So I remember when I was little, my mum used to give me bread dough when she was making roti to play with, because I was never, like, an outdoor kind of person.
No.
So I am kind of going back to my childhood now.
Inspired by the first British summer wedding he ever attended, Rahul will decorate his bread with an abundance of flowers and garlands.
In my ideal world, I would probably do a lot of decoration.
What is your ideal world, Rahul? I actually thought, like, I'm going to do like 200 pieces of decoration.
200 pieces?! Less wedded to the marriage theme Cutting the dragon out of bread.
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Jon is celebrating his first true love.
What I'm making is a bara dathliad Dydd Dewi Sant, which is a St David's Day celebration bread.
Not content with an abundance of Welsh themed decorations, Jon the patriot will also be using traditional Bara Brith flavours.
Even closer still to heart and home, he's brought with him an extra memento.
I plait my daughters' hair, but I don't plait it very well.
It's really nice to have that to look at while I'm doing this.
Bit of inspiration.
I've done this wrong, haven't I, now? This part of the decoration is a Faberge-inspired korovai.
Faberge? Yeah.
It's inspired by my family tattoo.
My mum and dad, brother and sister, we all have it.
Manon's colourful Showstopper will be flavoured with orange blossom, and boast ornate latticework at the bottom.
She'll top it with her very own Faberge egg.
Shaping an egg shape is difficult, but my mum and dad have an egg farm, so, I guess making egg-shaped things kind of runs in my blood.
It's a beaut.
While most of the bakers will be adding decorations on top of their bread, Briony is also adding them into hers.
I'm about to turret Oh! Mmm.
Is that a technical term? Yes, yes, yes.
So I stick them inside the baking tin, and then as the bread does its second proof, they embed right into the dough.
Hoping for a fairy tale ending of her own, Briony's making a happily ever after korovai for Rapunzel, complete with extensive plaiting.
So this is Rapunzel's hair, one of many braids that will be on the loaf.
Before the second prove, the bakers must twist and shape their dough.
I'm going to do the small tier first, and then the medium tier The more complicated the design, the longer it will take.
You don't want to make it too basic but, at the same time, you don't want to make it too complicated.
I'm not gonna plait it and all that, I'm just gonna do a ring.
I've got to do the plait, which isn't so easy when you're dealing with something so fricking long.
Hoping his dough retains its shape, Terry's using a traditional method to prove and bake his korovai tiers.
These little babies are terracotta baking cloches.
Turned on the table myself at home.
You tend to get a more uniform cook through.
That's the idea.
Green fingered Terry will create a spring-themed korovai, complete with decorative bees, flower garlands and bows.
What are you doing now? I'm just putting a snip through, this was the wedding thing of joining together.
Oh! And it also brings your breads together.
I think that's really nice.
That's ready to go in.
Just a quick prove from now on.
Fire! Wow! Is it possible we have too much time on our hands, do you think? Time! Bakers, you are halfway through your Showstopper Challenge! What?! Yes! All right, then, let's get cracking with this stuff.
With limited time Every second counts, now.
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and space Where to put them down? The bakers face increasing stress.
Inside me is just like a pressure cooker, can burst any time.
Sorry! Sorry! It's OK.
Sorry, love.
It's all right.
Top tier is on prove one, bottom and middle, prove two.
Everything is everywhere.
You take one dough out, one dough in.
You prove, you add the decoration.
A bit of a juggling act.
With multiple tiers and decorations still to be baked Just getting my dough ready, so once the first one's finished I can go straight into my second one.
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they must make the crucial decision .
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when to stop proving Right, let's get this bread in.
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and start baking.
Wowee, he has gone ginormous.
I'm OK, I think, but it's such a big loaf I can't know that till the judging.
It just feels a bit different.
Maybe the eggs are a bit bigger than the one I used? Nestle the cats in various places.
Some of them are grumpy.
Come on, out you drop.
Come on.
Never stuck before ever, now it's stuck.
Dammit! The decoration's gone, it's dropped.
It's so bad.
Come on, bread.
Don't let me down.
It'll be a good hour, because it's a big beast.
Bye-bye.
Good luck.
This is gonna go on for about 45 minutes, I reckon.
Please bake well.
Because there's a lot of sugar in there, it'll catch quite quickly.
I'm going to just see how it goes.
I'm not confident with anything happening around my life, so how can baking temperature be different? What has happened to my bread? It's just not proved at all.
Panic stations, because I'm really, really lacking for time now.
I'm gonna give it another 15 minutes.
Should have been in the oven by now.
Oh, my goodness, look at the time! Bakers, you have one hour left! My breads are still not in! Wow.
You just have no idea how that works, do you? Oh, my God.
Running behind on the decoration schedule.
You're a bit tight, I need to loosen you up.
You're like a breadstick.
You're gonna snap.
I'm not sure you've made enough.
I actually haven't made enough.
You seriously haven't made enough! I don't know where time's gone.
Right, going in.
Right until the final whistle, I'll be baking that.
Got to start mucking on now.
Sign of the cross.
I'm getting the bread out now, I'm pretty sure it's cooked.
OK, it's 90 degrees, it's 90 degrees, I'm just going to stop it there.
Feels a little bit heavy, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be quite doughy.
This looks like a funeral wreath.
My funeral? If you go home, I'm going to quit.
Pinkie promise? Pinkie promise! Thanks.
This is the last tier.
They're both going in.
They're in.
Right, let's make some more roses.
This is the banner - "Just meowwied.
" They're not gonna get divorced in a couple of years, are they? Well Cos that would be so sad.
Oh, no! Bloody same again.
I've never had them sticking before.
A little underdone, let's hope it comes out soon.
Coming out.
Where's my oven glove? I don't think I'm gonna make it.
I don't think I'm going to get it all out.
It's all stuck to the side.
How much time have we got? Bakers, you have ten minutes, just ten minutes.
Ten minutes.
What can I do to salvage this in ten minutes? It's cooked.
It's just an assembly job now.
Where's the front? Because obviously it's quite warm, the dough will start to flatten.
Ah, that's hot.
Nothing's holding, yet.
A little bit wonky.
Shallower tiers than I would've liked, but I'm not gonna put it on, it's burnt.
Pull it out and quickly slap everything on.
I'm going to run.
I need to get a goddamn move on.
Are you getting married to this cake? It's better looking than my husband.
Stick! Come on, roses.
Oh, that's a clumsy job.
Pff! This is just going to collapse on me, innit? Bakers, your time is up! That is the five hours over.
Please place your Showstoppers at the end of your benches.
Wow, yours is lovely, Rahul.
It's all it can be.
Sit, stay.
I really hope this holds! That was ridiculous.
Ooh! No! Dropping, dropping.
Not too sure if it's gonna hold.
It's judgment time for the bakers' korovais.
Kim-Joy, please bring up your Showstopper.
Sure.
Trust me? Yep.
I'm a bit of a klutz.
I'm not sure you should've Should not have trusted him, Kim-Joy.
This is a shotgun wedding, isn't it? I mean, there are an awful lot of kittens already.
That's their friends.
Oh, their friends.
They're their friends.
I think the bread looks incredible.
It's a lovely bit of plait work as well.
And I think the cats are amazing.
It really is charming.
Right, let's have a look.
That looks lovely.
Quite like a hot cross bun, isn't it? It is, yeah.
I think I'd have liked a little more fruit in it.
And it's a little bit tight, so it's a little bit cake-like.
Another half an hour proving that would've been perfect.
Tastes good, though.
And it's certainly celebratory.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
We wanted a highly decorative korovai.
That's it.
And that's it.
It really is a Showstopper.
The detail of the swans and the decorations are just absolutely lovely.
I hope it tastes as good as it looks.
Oh, look at that! I like that texture.
It's like panettone.
That's fantastic.
You can see the swirls of the dough.
The fruit in there is delicious, and that orange tang You're a little genius, Rahul.
Thank you.
Well done, Rahul.
It's simple and effective.
The colour of the bakes are consistent.
Dan, you must have spent a long time on the decoration and they are absolutely exquisite.
I think it's a lovely texture.
Beautifully baked, really is.
The structure that you've managed to achieve is very brioche-like.
But it needs something else.
It needs fruit in there.
The flavour is not strong enough.
OK.
The attention to detail on the decoration is spectacular, particularly when you look at the hearts, the plaiting is very, very good.
Lots of filling.
I love the almond flavour.
Perfection.
I've made a lot of couronnes in my time, but the bake, that laces its way through the fruit, is to be applauded.
Thank you.
That is absolutely stunning.
I could eat the whole thing.
Oh Thank you.
Great job, Ruby! It's certainly colourful, but it does look a bit clumsy.
I think what you've done is you've put two very heavy breads on top of a bread that's warm.
The whole thing's sunk in.
Yeah.
I'm not happy with it at all, to be honest.
It is a bit heavy where it's squashed together.
You've got too much fruit in there.
The flavour of it's fantastic.
Thank you for that.
I just think the texture, the look, the whole thing is an issue.
Bad luck, John.
Thank you, John.
Not perfect.
Thanks.
My goodness.
I like the fact that they're muted colours.
Yes.
It's lovely.
I think decoration's incredible.
It's intricate.
I do look at the colour of the bread and wonder what it's like inside.
So do I, I have to say.
The bread's a bit doughy in the middle.
You've had to give it that strong colour to try and bake it because it's under proved.
It's so disappointing, because it looks so amazing.
It show-stops from the outside.
Bit of a stopper in the inside.
No problem.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Just to add to the drama, hoping these lovebirds go down the zip line.
Oh! It's simple but effective.
I worry about the colour of that and it could be down to the chocolate.
And there are not really many decorations.
Yeah, I did have a problem with time management, unfortunately, so couldn't get all my deco on the cake.
It's a bit heavy.
Oh! Not the word! It's not proved enough.
And then it's over baked, and you end up with a stodge.
Not your best, Antony.
It's not my best.
Thank you, Antony.
Cheers, guys.
Thank you so much.
Still smiling.
Still smiling! All the work that you did, you can't see.
And actually, part of the bread's been ripped off.
Did it get stuck on the tin? It did, yes.
Yeah.
The whole thing .
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is not baked.
It's massively under proved.
Oh.
But my goodness, the flavour is lovely.
It's very citrusy and sweet.
Delicious.
How long was the first prove? 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.
The idea's sound enough, but, unfortunately, not very well executed.
That's fair play.
Well, I love the Faberge egg on the top and this lattice is lovely.
And I hope it tastes as good as it looks.
You've managed to utilise the dead dough together with the bread, and it works as a package, so well done.
Right, let's have a look.
The orange flower water is too strong.
It's like bath bubbles.
Oh, no! Do you know what? You're lacking salt.
And I think it's affected the texture of the loaf as well.
The design is impeccable, but I think everything inside is wrong.
It's OK.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The slightly leaning Tower of Pisa.
It is, yeah.
It looks very basic.
But, you know what? I love the way you've embedded the towers in the dough.
Thank you.
Oh! Oh, bye, Prince.
He's dead now.
Yeah, a happy ending for Rapunzel.
I think for a celebration korovai, it really needs more flavour or fruit or something.
It is definitely under proved.
OK.
It's so tight.
You needed about another half hour, maybe longer.
That was quite a tricky Showstopper, wasn't it? A lot of them were underbaked and underproofed, which is sad, because five hours is a long time.
But I think there's a couple of people in line for Star Baker.
Dan? He's our steady man, isn't he? He is.
And Rahul, who thinks he can't do anything, but he's a really, really good baker.
I've never met anyone like Rahul.
He's like an enigma.
Jon certainly did not have a good Showstopper.
Strange, because he did so well with the technical.
He came second.
And, likewise, when you're looking at Terry, who won the technical, he was doing quite well and his Showstopper was terrible.
I cannot stop thinking about the flavours of Ruby's.
Yet again, it seems to me that she saved herself.
She was in serious trouble coming into today, but to smash it out of the park again with that Showstopper You said "perfection.
" I know! But, unfortunately, it leaves a couple of people who really let themselves down today.
One was Briony.
Overall, Briony struggled over the three challenges.
Certainly Antony.
Flavours didn't work, texture wasn't good.
The zip line was good.
The zip line was good.
I think that's not enough with the bread.
No? No.
Well, bakers, what a bread-fuelled weekend.
Well done for surviving.
I've got the great job of announcing this week's Star Baker.
It's someone that the judges thought was fantastic throughout and someone who showed a lot of swagger in the Showstopper.
The Star Baker this week is .
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Rahul.
So, that means I get the horrible job.
I'm afraid we do have to say goodbye to somebody and that person is Come on.
Just say it.
Antony.
I'm so sorry.
Too soon, leaving too soon, but I don't think I'll stop smiling because, you know what, this is, for me, the best opportunity ever! Come on, bring it in.
I've met some of the most amazing people, so I'm smiling because this isn't sad.
These are just happy tears.
I'm leaving, but still happy tears, yeah.
God.
Thank you so much.
It's very sad, because he's a good baker and I'm sure he'll carry on baking.
But, unfortunately, in Bake Off, you can't afford to have a bad week, and Antony had to go.
It feels so surreal.
I mean, I still can't believe it.
I just keep pinching myself, "Is it real?" Now I think I can bake.
When he put his Showstopper down, it really was a Showstopper, it took your breath away.
And it's his birthday on Monday.
Is it? Yes! That's another birthday present for you, then.
Rahul is getting stronger and stronger.
When you look at the Showstopper, it was baked beautifully and the flavours were all there, too.
He ticked every single box.
We've never had this before, where someone's saved themselves twice now in their Showstopper.
I'm like the cat with nine lives.
Oh, my God.
I need to get my act together next week.
I cannot deal with that stress again.
Next week Next step, next step, next step.
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it's desserts We're going to put cherries on top.
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with a rolling roulade signature.
Nice, little roll.
There's a risk of it cracking all the time.
A tricky Technical Challenge Yes.
It's not looking good.
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which breaks the mould.
Why does everyone know what these are? And Showstoppers that reveal all.
This is as nerve-racking as giving birth.
As the bakers try It's carnage.
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and avoid a meltdown.
Angry.
Look at that!