Will judges go with the Flo as bread week’s star baker? E

PISODE three and now surely it’s time for the Bake Off controversies to calm down and take second billing to what is still one of our favourite shows.

True, legend Mary Berry was swapped for a younger model, and Mel and Sue became Sandi and Noel.

You can’t just replace people and hope we won’t notice – like when Ben Mitchell came back to EastEnders with a new head.

But, moaning over, the double-act of Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding works brilliantly. The latter occasionally looks slightly bound by Bake Off convention, as if he’s trying desperately to do what he’s told, rather than say, leap across the tent dressed as a giant doughnut (this would be fine, by the way).

But he tells people they’ve got “nice buns” and seems to be having a merry old time.

Meanwhile, Prue Leith and her marvellous accessories (no, not Noel) seem to have settled into the groove, and it’s Bread Week, so Paul Hollywood is in his element.

As the bakers embark on making 12 identical teacakes, twicecrowned Star Baker Steven is feeling the pressure.

“I hope I haven’t peaked,” he says. But then he starts making a vodka butter, so maybe all is not lost.

We are also appreciating tent chat such as this exchange between Paul and Liam. The judge asks: “What sort of texture are we expecting?” “Teacake texture,” replies the baker. Elsewhere, our love for Flo continues as she explains she never times her bakes in the oven – she just gets “a feeling”. There’s a cottage loaf technical that flummoxes the bakers, but watch out for the coloured bread sculpture showstoppers – one of which leaves Paul awestruck.