GBBO's Alison Hammond forced to step in as semi-finalist says 'I quit' in tense scenes

The Great British Bake Off semi-final was astir thrown into chaos erstwhile contestant Georgie Grasso 'quit' during a situation for patisserie week, but was saved by Alison Hammond

The Great British Bake Off's semi-final astir descended into catastrophe erstwhile contender Georgie Grasso astir 'quit' mid-task during a captious patisserie week.

While attempting to impressment justice Paul Hollywood with a analyzable opera cake, featuring galore layers, Georgie was visibly stressed and declared to her peers "I quit".

Quick to act, presenter Alison Hammond stepped up to console Georgie. The frazzled contestant confessed, "Oh my deity I person done it wrong", and successful despair exclaimed, "I don't understand", burying her look successful her hands.

Determined to permission the tent, Georgie fretted: "I'm going, I've had enough, I'm going. I conscionable don't privation to bash it. I'm done", earlier tearfully resolving: "I'm going to basal present until the end."

Alison, offering a comforting embrace, reassured her: "Listen to me, I person been wherever you are, you tin bash it", reports Wales Online.

With further encouragement, Alison told her: "Listen to me, I've been wherever you are, what you've conscionable done, listen, this is what you're doing. You enactment yourself into a 'I can't bash this'. Listen to maine you've got this, a cardinal percent."

Urging Georgie to fto spell of her self-doubt, Alison pleaded: "Please, I'm begging ya, get that antagonistic and propulsion it distant close now".

To which a consoled Georgie responded: "Yeah", arsenic Alison affirmed her content successful Georgie's baking skills. In the end, Georgie resumed baking and, though her opera barroom ranked last, it was commended arsenic a valiant attempt.

Fans of the Great British Bake Off took to societal media to amusement solidarity with contestants Georgie and Alison.

Taking to X, 1 spectator sympathised: "Poor Georgie, gone into afloat connected panic mode wherever your encephalon conscionable goes into a "no, I can't bash anything" spiral. Credit to Alison helping propulsion her retired of it and recognition to Georgie for getting thing to service #GBBO."

Another instrumentality applauded Alison's supportive nature: "Alison is specified the empathetic person you request to set your crown for you and get you backmost connected way #GBBO", portion idiosyncratic other added their praise: "Me watching Alison bring the positivity backmost .. what an astonishing pistillate #GBBO".

One much spectator expressed their wish: "I privation Alison Hammond to beryllium adjacent astatine each times to springiness maine pep talks erstwhile I'm feeling debased #GBBO".

The occurrence ended connected a precocious enactment for Georgie who secured her spot successful the final, leaving chap baker Gill Howard to bent up her apron.

The Great British Bake-Off airs connected Tuesday's astatine 8pm connected Channel 4