Call the innuendo police! It’s bawdy Bake Off banter with saucy Mary
WHEN giving feedback, Mary Berry is usually a little reserved and perfectly polite.
But the Great British Bake Off judge, 80, showed that even she has a cheeky side – by winking at a male contestant as he presented a mountain of eclairs.
Her flirty signal topped off an episode that had been laden with smutty innuendo, sparked mostly by the cream horn challenge.
The suggestive name and shape of the filled pastry sent viewers into meltdown and was further exaggerated by quips from presenters Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc duri ng the quarter- final, which focused on patisserie-based challenges.
Miss Perkins, 46, warned as she set the first task that it had ‘been assessed by the double- entendre police’ adding that ‘there is nothing fun to say whatsoever about cream horns’.
Unsurprisingly, despite her comments, a large number of jokes followed and viewers delighted in reading far too much into some of the contestants’ actions and words.
Twitter went into meltdown at the sight of prison governor Paul Jagger, 49, pumping filling into his horn, causing fellow contestant Nadiya Hussain, 30, to raise her eyebrows in horror. Viewers of Wednesday night’s episode took to Twitter, with one writing: ‘This week’s Bake Off is the smuttiest yet...’
For the showstopper challenge, contestants had to create a reli-
‘The smuttiest Bake Off yet’
gieuse a l’ancienne, a choux pastry tower made from eclairs in the shape of a nun, allowing a chance for further smutty asides.
Mr Jagger’s disastrous effort saw him sent home from the tent, while Ian Cumming, 41, presented a strong and stable stack of eclairs flavoured with coffee and cardamom.
They won the highest seal of approval from Mrs Berry, who responded with a smile and a wink, simply saying his creations were ‘very good.’
He continued the familiar exchange with a wink of his own and gave her a small thumbs-up gesture.