Gaffe reveals identity of Bake Off winner
IMPRESSIVE amateur baker Sophie Faldo has officially been crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off 2017 after a tense final showdown.
The former Army officer, 34, was named top baker on last night’s final episode of the Channel 4 contest, but the news did not come as a surprise to many fans after new judge Prue Leith mistakenly tweeted the result earlier in the day.
Leith later said she was in “too much of a state” to talk about her misjudgment, putting it down to confusion over the time difference between UK viewers and her location at the time in Bhutan. The judge had tweeted: “No-one told me judging a GBBO final would be so emotional. I wanted them all to win. Bravo Sophie.”
Leith later tweeted: “I am so sorry to the fans of the show for my mistake this morning, I am in a different time zone and mortified by my error.”
But her slip did not overshadow Faldo’s success. Her showstopper, a honey beethemed version of a traditional entremet cake, saw her pull out all the stops as she created set lemon curd, white chocolate and lavender mousse, set honey custard and hazelnut feuilletine from scratch, as well as edible bees and a gorgeous marbled mirror glaze.
Throughout the 30 bakes she has presented on the show, Faldo was twice named star baker and has received the coveted Hollywood handshake.
Leith’s early result reveal came moments after she announced that she has signed up for another series of the show next year.