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“It was so much more of a personal journey than making a few cakes”.

Having added that he’s disappointed that he didn’t do as well as he believes he could have done, he concluded, “I just hope I don’t disappoint people in my life – but it’s onwards and upwards!”

“But it’s been an awesome experience, I will remember this forever, oh well, back to music”. If I don’t wear my trilby perhaps I won’t be recognised!!

Since winning, she has toured baking shows and festivals with her cakes and her first cook book, Quintessential Baking, is out at the end of August. Contestant Iain Watters threw his baked alaska in the bin, after being “sabotaged” by fellow contestant Diana Beard who took it out of the freezer.

SWANSEA prison governor Paul Jagger made it through the first round of Great British Bake Off tonight as the battle of the bakers returned to TV screens. Sandy and her ability to turn cakes into meat pies is just hilarious, and the Internet loves her already. The turning point came in her thirties when Marie moved to Paris with her family and was inspired by all the French Patisseries. The ovens are very modern with a setting for bread, and one for cake. One of my favourite parts of the technical challenge is seeing the anguish-strewn faces of the contestants as Mary and Paul parade up and down the gingham alter.

Granted pasty legend Greggs, which is the country’s biggest baker, and which started life with a single shop in Gosforth in 1939, is known for its pasties and buns rather than its artisan fare.

She also knew how to temper chocolate and produced an wonderful Black Forest gateau.

“Through participation in bake sales and bake-offs, the Great British public have once again revealed their huge generosity and support for the work of our Great British charities”. It was original without going off the scale and her cake looked lovely.

Frances also almost created some drama when she clattered about while retrieving something from the fridge.

“An eighth”, snap Mel and Sue, in unison, sharp as anything and as each other. He’s constantly jotting down everything from recipes to techniques so he can pass all his knowledge on to them both as they grow up. So like previous youngsters Martha and Ruby, she may not be afraid to challenge age-old traditional methods and impress Mary and Paul with some dramatic presentation.

Judges decided that contestant Stu, 35, a musician from Surrey, would be leaving.

According to Mary, Stu, a graduate from the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, tried to be “too clever”. Weirdly it was Paul who was the more upbeat of the two commenting that Stu did well even to get into the tent in the first place.