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GBBO’s Terminator Jurgen gets a boost with German week
AFFABLE Great British Bake Off contestant Jurgen Krauss will soon have an even bigger advantage over his rivals – after show bosses introduced the first-ever German week.
The keen trombonist – nicknamed the Terminator – has already been Star Baker twice, with bookies installing him as 7-2 favourite to win this year.
Now, Paul Hollywood has revealed the pre-recorded theme was a big success, along with a “free from” week, in which the bakers had to try gluten and dairyfree baking.
“We did a German week which is the other unusual one,” he explained. “And that was actually very good.
“They were classic bakes and it was fascinating.”
The recipes included a German yeasted cake, and fellow judge Prue Leith agreed it had been “very interesting”.
IT professional Jurgen, originally from the Black Forest in south-west Germany, is steaming ahead in the competition thanks to his calm attitude, great flavours and excellent engineering skills.
The baker, who lives with his wife, son and pet rabbit in Brighton, is so good , Hollywood called him “the flavour king”.
In the show’s six challenges so far, he hasn’t put a foot wrong, with his gravity-defying Bedtime Reading showstopper a huge hit with the judges and this week’s gingerbread windmill was another triumph.
He also impressed with his Black Forest mini-rolls, perfect jammy dodgers and chai-flavoured brandy snaps.
It’s not just in the kitchen that Jurgen sizzles..
He was pretty dishy in his day too with fans getting all hot and bothered after the Bake Off Twitter account posted a photo of him as a young man. “He’s a model and he’s looking good,” one fan quipped.