Great British Bake Off contestants struggle with 'daunting' twist in huge show first

Channel 4 viewers were thrilled connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic the caller bid of Great British Baker kicked off, though this twelvemonth the judges decided to shake-up 1 challenge.

A caller batch of contestants entered the Great British Bake Off structure connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic the caller bid began.

Following their archetypal task of making a loaf barroom to impressment judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, it was clip for the dreaded technical.

Usually, the bakers person a acceptable of ingredients nether a gingham teatowel with a expanse of elemental instructions they person to follow.

Although this year, the Channel 4 amusement decided to power things up arsenic they weren't fixed immoderate look to follow.

Instead, they were fixed tiny pieces of Battenberg to illustration and were told to recreate 12 identical ones from sensation alone.

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