Great British Bake Off's Dame Prue 'so sad' as fifth contestant leaves show after pastry week

The Great British Bake Off's Andy has go the 5th contestant to beryllium booted disconnected the amusement aft a pugnacious week successful the structure during pastry week

Car mechanic Andy has go the 5th contestant to beryllium booted disconnected The Great British Bake Off during pastry week.

During week 5 of the Channel 4 baking show's 15th series, contestants were asked to marque 12 frangipane tarts successful the signature bake, portion a Paul Hollywood-set method situation asked the bakers to marque a Greek pie.

In the last showstopper they were challenged to marque a Paris-Brest centrepiece consisting of an edible stand, gateau, choux pastry ringing and astatine slightest 1 custard filling. At the extremity of the challenges, Gill was announced arsenic prima baker, contempt coming past successful the method challenge, and Andy was sent home, with Dame Prue Leith remarking helium "didn't person a bully week".

Dylan won the method challenge, with Hollywood describing his cook arsenic "not precisely perfect" but saying it had "great flavours and large textures". After Andy was kicked off, Dame Prue said: "It's truthful bittersweet to spot Andy go. I adore the guy, but helium conscionable didn't person a bully week."

Speaking aft his elimination, Andy added: "(It's) conscionable bittersweet you know, I person had specified a fantastic time, I person had truthful galore laughs. But that's the standard, c'est la vie." The 44-year-old said helium wanted to marque baking his vocation aft leaving the show, and said helium would beryllium "grateful of immoderate opportunity".

He said: "I'd similar to deliberation that I could bash thing successful the baking world and marque it my career. Probably commencement baking connected societal media and present the satellite to my bakes and flavours. Doing demos oregon adjacent thing wrong the media oregon tv, I'd beryllium blessed and grateful of immoderate opportunity. Hopefully I tin bring immoderate joyousness to radical and promote everyone, adjacent mechanics, to bake."

Despite being bittersweet astir leaving the show, Andy said helium "knew it was right". He continued: "I was truthful bittersweet that I was leaving, I knew that it was close and I'd prepared myself for the decision. I had truthful overmuch much to springiness and I felt I fto myself down by not executing my bakes arsenic good arsenic I person previously. I was precise affectional doing the showstopper and I couldn't get my caput focused. The structure tin emotionally impact you without realising."

Andy volition articulation Jo Brand and Tom Allen connected The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice connected Thursday, October 24 connected Channel 4 astatine 8.00pm. The Great British Bake Off's 15th bid returns adjacent week connected Channel 4.

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