Ladbrokes suspends bets on Great British Bake Off contestant amid fears winner

The Great British Bake Off returned to our screens last night.

Speaking about being the first baker to be evicted he said: “I felt disappointed in myself initially after leaving in the first episode, as I felt I didn’t perform as well as I could”.

Which is never something a baker wants to hear.

Find out tonight at 8pm on BBC One.

Once again, Mary will judge the offerings made by the contestants alongside bread expert Paul Hollywood.

Join us from 8pm as we’ll be live-blogging all of the action as we meet the bakers for the first time.

Despite getting the boot after just one week, Mr Henshall wonders if he will be recognised for his distinctive style. “Most people can bake a cake because we’ve all got the ingredients at home now – you don’t have to go out and shop”.

Of course, both parties rejected the accusations, and they haven’t exactly been best of friends since – when Ruby announced she was gay on Twitter earlier this year, saying “joke’s on you” to those who thought she’d fancied him, Paul was not impressed that he had been “brought into” her announcement.

The watched the show with close friends at her home in Yeadon.

“I’ve been keeping myself busy all day – being off from school has its down side as there’s nothing to occupy my mind from panicking about my TV debut”. She even asked him to do the honours and make her wedding cake. So frustrated was he at his failure that he threw the whole lot in the bin and stormed out of the Bake Off tent.

While baking is her main hobby, Ugne is also a bodybuilder.

Following three tense rounds, the Star Baker award was given to Marie, 66, who lives in Paris.

“I’m quite random. I can be making a cake and it can be a meat pie by the time I’ve finished.”

After being introduced to this year’s 11 contestants we can’t help judging them on first impressions. Deborah Manger, who on first impression seemed like the nicest person ever, “accidentally” stole rival Howard’s prized custard.

The retro classic Black Forrest Gateau was chosen in the final showstopper challenge and Alvin remained calm and collected.

You have to go it some to be worse than a kirsch-flavoured cowpat dripping from a plate, but hipster Stu managed it: he introduced beetroot and meringue into his BFG, which was a giant mistake (see what I did there?) and tasted, in the words of Paul, “a bit raw”.

Poor Dorret! Her mousse collapsed and it all ended in tears.

According to Mary, Stu, a graduate from the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, tried to be “too clever”.

“I still keep in contact with the other contestants – we are an eclectic mix of ordinary people, who all have many special talents”.