The Great British Bake Off returned to TV screens last night, kicking off with a highly dramatic and very entertaining season opener.
Please be warned, this post contains spoilers. Obviously.
The Great British Bake Off is one of the most gloriously wholesome things on TV and if you’re not a fan then I’m afraid we can’t be friends… sorry to be so blunt about it, but I just don’t think we’d have anything in common. In fact, I get so invested in the series that I genuinely start sweating for contestants any time there’s a baking disaster – the dough doesn’t rise, the cheesecake doesn’t set, the giant cake tower collapses just as Paul goes in for a bite.
Don’t even get me started on the curse of the soggy bottom. Mary Berry really has a way with words – I have much to learn from her.
Making its grand return to telly boxes last night, baking enthusiasts around the country settled in for an evening on the couch – later reuniting online for a post-episode debrief. As always, the show started off with cake week where contestants were tasked with taking on both the Battenberg cake and the fruit sponge before moving onto the final challenge – the showstopper where bakers were asked to make a bust of their favourite celebrity.
Below you’ll find some of the funniest GBBO tweets so prepare to be very amused.
https://twitter.com/shane_reaction_/status/1308503722776047617
https://twitter.com/NickL1990/status/1308512448522194946
I'm completely lost for words with this challenge.
Freddie made my year.
#GBBO pic.twitter.com/4oYihIbsW9
— Thomas Mitchells (@IAmTomMitchells) September 22, 2020
How do you do, fellow cakes? #GBBO pic.twitter.com/hp6bncoxpI
— JACKIE FUCKING WEAVER (@W1gglyw1g) September 22, 2020
Someone baked the ice age baby #GBBO pic.twitter.com/n2NWkP5wcA
— 𝕳𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖊 🎃🔪 (@MichaelxMyersx) September 22, 2020
Anyone else see it? #bakeoff #gbbo pic.twitter.com/LtcLBbKlOw
— Jasmin McCall (@JazzM1999) September 22, 2020
Profile pic vs tagged photo #GBBO pic.twitter.com/E5H3VXv1g3
— The Very Hungry Katerpillar (@somethin_vague) September 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/whydidfIy/status/1308512010263506946
Expectations Reality
for 2020. #GBBO pic.twitter.com/Rat4WXvZn9— Steven Bonaventure x (@absolutegazelle) September 22, 2020
These spot the difference games keep getting harder and harder… #GBBO pic.twitter.com/esSUrkGGTO
— a formless blob ♡ (@maadimaate) September 22, 2020
My thesis plan in year 1 vs my actual thesis #phdchat #GBBO pic.twitter.com/6pYOiX7ys9
— Andrea Halsey Ph.D (she/her) (@AMHalz94) September 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/hollierebekahx/status/1308509395563749378
Me lying in bed at 4am contemplating life #GBBO pic.twitter.com/rEPQy2KyTo
— Laura Hawksworth 🐝 (@LJHawksworth) September 22, 2020
2020 summed up in cake form: #GBBO pic.twitter.com/Gn0bWUzxhk
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) September 22, 2020
Arguably one of the most dramatic season openers to date, the real drama happened when baker Sura accidentally knocked fellow contestant Dave’s bakes to the floor.
I’m sorry I had to #gbbo pic.twitter.com/hWmYtJfZko
— HERR (@HERRTHEQUEEN) September 22, 2020
I can't believe this is only the series premiere, because I would go as far as saying that this is one of the single best episodes of Bake Off ever #GBBO pic.twitter.com/Hcek6ewL0r
— sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ (@superTV247) September 22, 2020
Please enjoy this Great British Bake Off-themed cover of WAP by the ever-hilarious Fionnuala Jay to finish. You’re welcome.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcf-VNH7D7/
Countdown is already on for next week.
