{"id":447493,"date":"2025-09-24T04:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/447493\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T04:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:24:17","slug":"bake-off-fans-in-shock-as-they-slam-show-for-going-too-far-with-ridiculous-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/447493\/","title":{"rendered":"Bake Off fans in shock as they slam show for going &#8216;too far&#8217; with &#8216;ridiculous&#8217; challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was another dramatic night in the Bake Off tent tonight, as the nine remaining bakers were tasked with making canteen favourite flapjacks during all new school-themed week<\/p>\n<p>21:28, 23 Sep 2025Updated 21:28, 23 Sep 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758687855_441_0_Image.jpg\" alt=\"Great British Bake Off fans will see judge Paul Hollywood break a contestant's impressive puppeteer biscuit\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Great British Bake Off fans were left in shock during tonight&#8217;s challenge (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Channel 4 viewers were left in shock during tonight&#8217;s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/the-great-british-bake-off\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Great British Bake Off <\/a>as they claimed the show&#8217;s challenges had gone &#8216;too far&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The nine remaining bakers were tasked with making canteen favourite flapjacks by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/paul-hollywood\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Hollywood<\/a> and Prue Leith before being tested with a school cake technical for school themed week &#8211; but it wasn&#8217;t as simple as it sounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Fans were left in shock when it was revealed that the bakers must make their own sprinkles for their school cake.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/bake-star-what-leftovers-what-35952019\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35952019\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bake Off star on what they do with all the leftovers and what Paul Hollywood is really like<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/5-chefs-favourite-pasta-recipes-35951871\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35951871\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I asked 5 chefs for their best pasta recipes \u2014 they gave the same cooking tip<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2_Great-British-Bake-Offs-Alison-Hammond-forced-to-take-over-as-star-says-I-quit.jpg\" alt=\"Bake Off \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The bakers were asked to make their own sprinkles during school-themed week(Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The bakers themselves were left in shock as they struggled with the technique. Aaron exclaimed: &#8220;This should just be the challenge, to make sprinkles!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Taking to X, formerly known as <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/twitter\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, one fan penned: &#8220;Mad that you can actually MAKE sprinkles. I thought they just appeared on the shelves at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/tesco\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesco<\/a>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Another wrote: &#8220;Homemade sprinkles is psycho s**t it didn&#8217;t even occur to me that you could even make them at home&#8230;,&#8221; while a third shocked fan wrote: &#8220;Making them make their own sprinkles is a step too far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;Sprinkles from scratch, that\u2019s ridiculous!&#8221; exclaimed another, while a fifth agreed: &#8220;I\u2019m not saying that Bake Off has gone too far but making them make sprinkles is the most ridiculous thing they\u2019ve ever made contestants do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1_-Embargoed-2100-Tuesday-Sept-16th-The-Great-British-Bake-Off-Series-16-Ep4.jpg\" alt=\"Jessika Paul\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Jessika was the fourth contestant to be eliminated from the show(Image: Channel 4 \/ Laura Palmer \/ Love Productions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The judges and bakers even joked about the challenge at the end of the episode, as they exclaimed: &#8220;No one&#8217;s going to make their own sprinkles ever again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Elsewhere, the contestants were asked to create a spectacular school fete showstopper full of nostalgic treats &#8211; but the heat got to much for drag king Jessika, who was eliminated from the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Jessika has impressed with her risk taking throughout the show, but this time, Prue declared that she had taken it one step too far. \u201cThe thing I have loved about Jessika all the way through is that she is very creative and she takes risks every single week. And I think she took the risk too far this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">\u201cThis was going to be my last year to apply and I feel chuffed that I made it to the tent. I have met some incredible talented inspiring bakers so it\u2019s not all bad,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">As well as getting her bake on in the tent, Jessika wasted no time in getting to know host <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/alison-hammond\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Alison Hammond <\/a>while in the tent. \u201cI know she loves hard-boiled sweets, so I got her a giant hard-boiled diamond ring and asked her in Spanish if she\u2019d marry me,&#8221; she joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">\u201cShe was playing hard to get and, maybe out of kindness, said \u2018yes\u2019. I think Alison and I might technically be engaged now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Jessika will join hosts Jo Brand and Tom Allen on The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice on Friday September 26 on Channel 4 at 8pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Like this story? 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