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The Great British Bake Off’s Michael Chakraverty crashes out after tough Festival Week


Michael was sent home during Festival Week (Picture: Channel 4)

The Great British Bake Off has said goodbye to another baker.

It was a particularly tough week on The Great British Bake Off as this week all the bakes had a festival theme.

The challenges this week involved festival buns, deep fried Italian pastry treats and a seriously complicated sarawak cake that was more about carpentry than cookery.

Michael Chakraverty, 26, had been struggling for a couple of episodes and managed to scrape through, but this week his time in the tent sadly came to an end.

His presence will be missed especially as he became a support system for some of the other bakers, who were brought to tears by his exit.

Looking back at his time on the show, Michael, who got the first Hollywood Handshake of the series, said that he felt it was right for him to go home.

He said: ‘It was my time, it was okay. My head is held high and I am so proud.

Michael felt it was his time for him to go (Picture: Channel 4)

‘In the technical my Cassatelles exploded – and had the dreaded soggy bottom. And even though I spiced up my showstopper with rum for my Jamaican Mule Sarawak, it didn’t impress the judges enough to keep me in the tent.’

Elsewhere Henry had a great day at the office as he got a Hollywood Handshake from judge Paul Hollywood for his signature bake.

Paul was full of praise as he said: ‘I think your flavours are good. The proving’s good, the colour’s good, the technique’s good.’

Not wanting to be overly nice, he added: ‘Yeah my only gripe is the size difference. But nevertheless…’

He then extended his hand to Henry to give him one of his coveted Hollywood handshakes.

Henry was stunned and blurted out: ‘No…shut up.’

‘I don’t think you say “shut up” to the judges’ Prue joked.

Presenter Noel Fielding said: ‘No one’s ever told a handshake to shut up’.

Despite his blunder in front of the judges, Henry was pleased with how his signature bake went, explaining: ‘I could go now. I could leave this week and be happy with that.’

Paul didn’t let the ‘shut up’ thing go and brought it up during a discussion with Prue, Noel and Sandi Toksvig before the next round.

The chef even got a chance to fire the words back at Henry towards the end of the episode when the baker brought his festival box up for judging.

The Great British Bake Off airs Tuesdays at 8pm on Channel 4.



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