{"id":69548,"date":"2023-10-03T20:55:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T20:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=69548"},"modified":"2023-10-03T20:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T20:55:15","slug":"gbbo-waves-goodbye-to-second-contestant-as-they-fail-to-impress-during-biscuit-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/gbbo-waves-goodbye-to-second-contestant-as-they-fail-to-impress-during-biscuit-week\/","title":{"rendered":"GBBO waves goodbye to second contestant as they fail to impress during Biscuit Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chartered accountant Keith has been the second contestant to be eliminated from the new series of The Great British Bake Off.<\/p>\n

It was week two and for the remaining bakers it was the battle of Biscuit Week. They kicked off with marshmallow biscuits, inspired by childhood favourites.<\/p>\n

Next, the bakers produced a biscuit custard classic in the technical.<\/p>\n

Finally, an illusion challenge in the showstopper, as the bakers made their favourite meal out of biscuits – with stunning results.<\/p>\n

At the end of Tuesday night's episode, presenter Noel Fielding announced that Tasha, 27, was the Star Baker, while Alison Hammond had the difficult job telling Keith, 60, that he would be the second baker leaving the tent.<\/p>\n

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Keith was able to laugh about the situation, saying he felt "comfortable" leaving the tent as he believes "it was arguably one of the easiest decisions in GBBO history".<\/p>\n

"It didn\u2019t come as a surprise to me," he said. <\/p>\n

"I feel fine, there is nothing sad about this moment. I have had the most fantastic time. There were bruises up my arm from the first week as I was pinching myself every half hour. I don\u2019t know how many hours I will spend the rest of my life banging on about this.<\/p>\n

"I think I had to cheer up some of the other bakers rather than the other way round. I said how brilliant I thought they all were and how proud of them I was and I felt privileged to have been in the mix for a couple of weeks with some very talented people.<\/p>\n

"I loved the fact that my fellow Bakers all appear to be very ordinary whilst hiding some very extraordinary abilities."<\/p>\n


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Taking it all in his stride, Keith said: "I thought it was important to demonstrate that leaving the tent doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be a sad occasion, and sometimes you just have to realise that you\u2019ve reached your limit and be grateful for an amazing experience."<\/p>\n

"I\u2019ve learnt no matter how insurmountable a challenge might appear at first, with sufficient energy and application you can overcome it. And not just in baking. The situation with my white chocolate drip on my choc orange cake was really interesting to me. I thought it was messy and made the cake look ugly and wished I could remove it.<\/p>\n

"My best moment in the series for me was Prue\u2019s reaction to my boozy choc orange vertical layer cake; and the worst moment was presenting Paul and Prue with tuiles biscuits that they could bend in half!<\/p>\n

"I would encourage amateur bakers emphatically YES to apply for the next series of Bake Off. Although be prepared to raise your game significantly and be open to learning a vast array of new skills that you\u2019d previously considered to be beyond you."<\/p>\n<\/p>\n