Bake Off Who’ll get their just desserts?
can leave presenters Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig to worry about that.
She said: “Everyone knows there will be the odd Bake Off innuendo. I tried to avoid it but probably inadvertently said a couple!”
Expectations
Win or lose, many previous bakers have gone on to have glittering careers.
But Kate has not let herself think that far ahead. She said: “I surpassed my expectations because I haven’t been baking long.
“I would love to get more involved. I don’t like to plan ahead too much so as for what happens next, I am open minded!”
Kate said she now gets stopped in the street, saying: “Sometimes I am recognised out shopping. People are always so nice about it though!” Her rivals also spoke of how they are getting etting to grips with their newfound fame.
Steven, ven, 34, said: “It’s brilliant, nt, if a bit odd! The people e who stop me are from all walks of life. It makes akes me smile to see so many any Steven Carter-Bailey, 34, marketer from Bucks Early favourite Steven has produced one showstopping bake after another but some of his creations haven’t passed the taste test, like his rubbery trifle terrine. But he tops the Star Baker leaderboard, with three wins. He credits his mum, who started teaching him to bake when he was just nine. Of his newfound fame, Steven says: “It’s brilliant – if not a bit odd!” Kate Lyon, 29, health & safety inspector from Merseyside Kate only started rustling up sweet treats about two years ago. A history enthusiast, she uses oldfashioned techniques for baking – recreating old recipes using unfashionable tools. Her other passions include furniture restoration and yoga, and she grows her own veg. Patchy bakes led to calls for Liam to be given a place in the final instead. As a result, she’s an outsider for the trophy. people who love the show and want to tell me how great it is.” But Sophie, 33, said: “It is a strange thing. I have had people coming up to me saying say my name and I’ve panick panicked because I don’t recognise them. Then I realise we’ve never n met!” Meanwhile, Bake Off producer and co- creator Richard McKer McKerrow said the show, which fe features foreign and ethnic ethn minority contestants, contesta helps break brea down stereotypes reo and prejudices. pre He Sophie is a former Army officer. Boyfriend David convinced her to put herself to the test on Bake Off. Sophie has been quietly getting on with business, with consistently solid bakes. Her military background means she stays cool and collected – but she says of the attention: “I’m a private person so it takes some getting used to.” said: “I think Bake Off is more radical than any programme we’ve ever done because it doesn’t know it is radical.
“It looks like this incredible English country fête thing but it’s actually radically anti-Brexit in my view.”
More than 10 million viewers are expected to tune in for the final, the first since Bake Off switched to Channel 4.
The number is down from the 14 million for the last final on the BBC but it would still be Channel 4’s biggest series final in more than six years.
The Great British Bake Off final is on Channel 4 at 8pm on Tuesday