No-one goes home on Bake Off after contestant feels unwell as show returns

No-one went location connected the archetypal occurrence of the 2024 play of The Great British Bake Off aft erstwhile assemblage lecturer Jeff felt unwell successful the tent.

The New Yorker, 67, who has spent decades surviving successful West Yorkshire and volition instrumentality for the 2nd occurrence of the Channel 4 show, came down with sickness aft making a zesty citrus sponge cake, the archetypal situation of bid 15.

Judge Paul Hollywood said his “flavours are spot on” but said his sponge “looks specified a mess”, referring to the muddled look of Jeff’s cake.

As the method situation was announced arsenic a Battenberg cake, Jeff was absent from the tent.

Explaining why, presenter Alison Hammond said: “Welcome backmost bakers, arsenic you tin spot Jeff is not with america astatine the moment, due to the fact that he’s not feeling precise well, but hopefully he’s going to beryllium backmost adjacent week.”

Judges Dame Prue Leith and Hollywood awarded West Midlands NHS directorate enactment manager John this week’s coveted prima baker and praised his wide work.

He made a achromatic wood barroom topped with macarons for his archetypal challenge, which was praised by Dame Prue for its “perfect” texture.

John came 4th during the technical, and besides triumphed during the showstopper with his illusion barroom that looked similar a brace of folded-up jeans.

Dame Prue called his barroom “really amusing” and applauded the coconut sponge, saying his “favours are conscionable amazing”.

Earlier, Hollywood had joked to presenter Noel Fielding that John would ne'er get “star baker” arsenic his eyes were bluer than his own.

Coming archetypal successful the method was Welsh paediatric caregiver Georgie, from Carmarthenshire, who was told by Hollywood she did “really well”, with her neat mentation of the marzipan squared cake, Battenbergs.

Wiltshire workplace manager Mike had looked similar helium was successful occupation arsenic helium came past successful the technical, but helium restored the judges’ religion by delivering a realistic looking heap of books barroom for the last challenge.

The contestants were past relieved to find retired that the archetypal occurrence would spot nary of them depart the competition.

The Great British Bake Off returns adjacent week to Channel 4.