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| Great British Bake Off: Paul Hollywood and Sue Perkins speak out on 'bingate' | Great British Bake Off: Paul Hollywood and Sue Perkins speak out on 'bingate' |
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| Forget last year’s “custardgate” – Wednesday’s episode of The Great British Bake Off must rank as one of the most controversial ever. Bearded contestant Iain Watters was sent home for failing to present a pudding after he dumped his baked alaska in the bin. | Forget last year’s “custardgate” – Wednesday’s episode of The Great British Bake Off must rank as one of the most controversial ever. Bearded contestant Iain Watters was sent home for failing to present a pudding after he dumped his baked alaska in the bin. |
| Viewers cried foul because the source of his frustration – the runniness of his ice cream – appeared to be caused by another baker, Diana Beard, who was shown taking his filling out of the freezer. Hashtags including #bingate and #justiceforiain trended on Twitter, with viewers claiming Watters had been “sabotaged”. Paul Hollywood rushed to the defence of the show, claiming the fuss would upset fellow judge Mary Berry: | Viewers cried foul because the source of his frustration – the runniness of his ice cream – appeared to be caused by another baker, Diana Beard, who was shown taking his filling out of the freezer. Hashtags including #bingate and #justiceforiain trended on Twitter, with viewers claiming Watters had been “sabotaged”. Paul Hollywood rushed to the defence of the show, claiming the fuss would upset fellow judge Mary Berry: |
| At the end of the day Mary & I need something to judge, it's not about melted ice cream but about what's presented to US... #bingate | At the end of the day Mary & I need something to judge, it's not about melted ice cream but about what's presented to US... #bingate |
| I'm glad Mary's not on twitter this would upset her.. #enoughnow | I'm glad Mary's not on twitter this would upset her.. #enoughnow |
| Presenter Sue Perkins also tried to calm the controversy: | Presenter Sue Perkins also tried to calm the controversy: |
| Iain's Alaska was out of the freezer for 40 secs. That's it. No sabotage. 40 secs of normal temp would NOT be enough to reduce it to liquid | Iain's Alaska was out of the freezer for 40 secs. That's it. No sabotage. 40 secs of normal temp would NOT be enough to reduce it to liquid |
| I can't actually believe I'm wading into this... (And wading is the operative word...) Big love to @iain_watters anyhow. What a gent x | |
| All getting a little inflamed for my liking. Am off. This is a show about CAKES. Please, let's save the ire for real stuff. Peace & out x | |
| Monkey wonders if the show’s editing added to the confusion. In any case, the show was filmed in June – hopefully Watters has got over his chilling experience by now. | Monkey wonders if the show’s editing added to the confusion. In any case, the show was filmed in June – hopefully Watters has got over his chilling experience by now. |
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