Viewers shared the same thought as they branded the first technical of the 2025 series as cruel
Paul and Prue challenged the bakers to make fondant fancies for their first technical(Image: Channel 4)
The Great British Bake Off has returned, and viewers seemed to all be in agreement that the show made a “harsh decision” in the first episode.
The hit Channel 4 competition, which moved over from the BBC back in 2017, first aired in 2010. While it’s had a fair few changes over the last decade and a half, the cosiness of GBBO has stayed the same.
With the new 2025 series airing from Tuesday September 2, the tent welcomes 12 amateur bakers once more as they battle it out for ten weeks.
Every episode the main theme will change. Previous years has seen chocolate week, bread week, and pastry week. However, the three challenges will stay the same: the Signature, the Technical and the Showstopper.
Sadly, one baker will be eliminated every week if their bake didn’t quite meet the judges expectations. On the flip side, one lucky contestant will be named Star Baker.
With the winner of the 2025 series still weeks away, viewers may recall that the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2024 was Georgie Grasso.
She was the first Welsh winner to be crowned after ten weeks of fierce competition.
However, for the bakers during Tuesday’s (September 2) installment, the final seemed a world away as they battled through the technical.
With their first challenge of making a patterned swiss roll behind them, the bakers were tasked with making fondant fancies in the Technical challenge.
The bakers struggled with their first technical(Image: Channel 4)
However, they introduced a twist where they had different ingredients in front of them, but not all were meant for the recipe. They also gave the bakers a fondant fancy to taste test and look at to figure out what they need to do.
With the bakers heads in their hands out of frustration, viewers took to X (formerly known as Twitter) as they shared the same thought – that it’s a harsh challenge in the first week.
@aama25_em wrote: “The technical is so ridiculously hard this week” as @bwench88 added: “Oooh that’s a harsh technical for week one…I love it!”
Another viewer @jessiehxsking agreed: “this is one mean technical challenge” and @kitkat966 echoed: “Giving them extra ingredients is evil… I love it!”
Tom found himself in last place for the first technical, whereas Toby was crowned the winner for the challenge. However, Paul encouraged everyone to “not clap”, as he quipped they still weren’t perfect.