the whitsons’ Kitchen

Oh Mamma Mia, last night’s Bake Off was the Italian Job – baking bambinos, a blood letting and a real cliffhanger.

We’re down to the last six bakers now and as Yan fatefully said: “You cannot afford to mess up. It’s very stressful and every challenge counts.”

That Noel is really finding his feet and getting quite saucy, telling Paul his permatan came out of a spray can. It didn’t stop there – an Italian smacker on the cheek for Liam. And the Leaning Tower of Pizza? Come on signor, that was painful and Sandi wisely let him down with a bump.

The temperature hit 40 degrees and rising. Steven got it right when he said “six insane bakers in a hot tent, if we have to do the Naked Bake Off, so be it.” Fantastico. It never came to that but, boy, you could really sense the heat in the kitchen.

Sophie, as ever, stayed as cool as ice but there was a cry from the heart from Stacey – let’s just get this pain over and done with! As the temperature rose, the bakers began to fluster and that was when they made mistakes.

The Doyenne sensed the rising panic with the Showstopper challenge. Not surprising, even Prue commented that it was pure murder.

Yan got the bullet this week and like the previous leavers, took it on the chin with no hard feelings. What is so good is that there hasn’t been a single prima donna amongst them.