Bake Off star walks out of tent in tears after devastating moment

One of the stars of The Great British Bake Off was truthful flooded with emotion erstwhile his bagels went awry that helium had to permission the structure successful an upsetting moment.

During past night’s episode, the remaining bakers taking portion successful the 2024 contention connected Channel 4 were tasked with showing disconnected their bread-making skills, nether the adjacent oculus of breadstuff adept Paul Hollywood and chap justice Dame Prue Leith.

First, they had to marque savoury buns for their signature, followed by a plaited loaf for the method and past a breadstuff cornucopia show for their eagerly-anticipated showstopper.

After coming 2nd to past successful the technical, John Mincher, 37, had to propulsion retired each of the stops to effort and impressment the judges and prevention himself from being eliminated.

However, helium recovered himself successful a pugnacious concern erstwhile the bagels helium was making for his cornucopia weren’t floating to the aboveground of the boiling water, arsenic they should.

As big Alison Hammond came implicit to console him, she said soothingly: ‘Please don’t get upset.’

‘Don’t marque maine cry,’ John said, choking up arsenic Alison, 49, pulled him successful for a hug, telling him: ‘Don’t get upset, please. Don’t get upset babe.’

The This Morning presenter gave the baker much words of comfortableness arsenic they hugged, earlier assuring him that ‘it’s conscionable bread’.

She past planted a buss connected his cheek, telling him that she ‘just wanted to hug’ him arsenic helium continued to look incredibly devastated by his culinary mishap.

‘Can I person a minute?’ helium said, arsenic past took a measurement retired of the structure to get immoderate caller air.

The different bakers looked acrophobic for their chap contestant, with 1 of them saying: ‘Aw John,’ and different stating: ‘Aw that breaks my bosom now.’

In the end, John’s bagel blunder contributed to the determination for him to beryllium eliminated from this year’s bid of Bake Off, portion Dylan Bachelet, 20, was crowned the caller prima baker for Bread Week.

In his farewell letter, the directorate enactment manager expressed however grateful helium was to person been connected Bake Off aft being a ‘fanboy for 14 years’.

‘It has genuinely been an honour and the astir astonishing acquisition of my life. I wouldn’t alteration a azygous thing… well, I mightiness alteration it truthful astatine slightest 1 of the bagels floats! Ah well, we emotion the dramz don’t we bab!’ helium wrote.

‘I thought I would marque caller friends but I person really made a Bake Off household who I volition ever treasure!’

Several fans shared however disappointed they were that John had been sent home, with Julie tweeting: ‘Absolutely had to beryllium John who left, but gutted arsenic helium was specified a beauteous lovely man.’

Peter added: ‘Aww not John! Didn’t privation him to go! 😞I truly similar each the bakers this clip though! They’re a large bunch!’

The Great British Bake Off returns connected Tuesday astatine 8pm connected Channel 4.

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