The best baking equipment for Great British Bake Off fans as the show returns to screens

Prue Leith shocked fans when she previously revealed that she didn't live with her husband John Playfair after more than two years of marriage.

We have been extremely lucky that The Great British Bake Off has returned to our screens after it was filmed during strict lockdown.

Ratings for the launch episode of the latest series of The Great British Bake Off were the biggest for any programme – excluding films – to be shown on Channel 4 since 1985.

Great British Bake Off have been left reeling after the decision to send home a baker from Bolton on last night's show. Makbul "Mak" Patel, scored an impressive third place in the technical challenge but ultimately waved goodbye to the tent after disappointing Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with his biscuit showstopper and signature effort.

Bolton couldn't quite pull it out the bag for biscuit week on the Channel 4 show and was sent home after his Indian Chai tea service made of biscuit for the final challenge was described as "flat and clumsy" by judge Paul Hollywood, the Mirror reports.Mak, 51, he was not surprised to be sent home by the judges after failing to impress in episode two. He said: "I expected that, I felt it in my bones that it was me.

Mak has become the second contestant to be eliminated from the Great British Bake Off.

Channel 4 hit was back on screens as 12 more home bakers began their quest to be crowned the country's best amateur baker. However, as reported on Wednesday, some viewers were left divided over the series opener which saw Matt Lucas mimic the Prime Minister.

#GBBO pic.twitter.com/RSO2NteYLL— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) September 23, 2020Following the incident, she apologised as she said: ‘I’m so sorry. Oh my god.

baker on the Channel 4 show, has already won the hearts of fans - with some calling him "adorable". The 20-year-old Edinburgh student was crowned the first episode's 'star baker' for his incredible 3D edible bust of Scots cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy.

© Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo  With a transmission time pushed back 15 minutes because of the Prime Minister’s Covid address to the nation, the Great British Bake Off cooked up some piping hot revenge.Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood, alongside new host Matt Lucas, began the 11th series with a spoof health warning press conference.Under a blond wig, Lucas looked almost more like Boris than Boris, and succinctly parsed the confusing messages that emanate from Downing Street.‘If

Channel 4 show were almost left without their annual soggy bottom and showpiece fix this year as the show would usually start in August and run on Tuesday nights until the final in October.But, although slightly delayed, it is back from Tuesday (September 22) after bosses promised that it will be no different to the series we know and love.And Bake Off fans will notice a significant change to the line-up.Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood will be back as usual when the series returns at

#BorisJohnson, he decides to do a #CovidBriefing at the same time as the new series of #GBBO starts.