‘Great British Baking Show’ Cracks Up Over Prue’s Dirty Beaver Jokes
Sex jokes and graphic stabbing—who knew The Great British Baking Show would come to this?
The beloved baking competition is back for Season 11 on Netflix, featuring new host Alison Hammond, who joins Noel Fielding in the cozy baking tent. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood return to judge, offer handshakes, and hug. Yes—the stony Hollywood gives a contestant a hug in the first episode of the season. Things have changed over in the GBBS world.
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First on the docket for this installment of Baking Show is Cake Week, which asked the bakers to create vertical cakes in the signature round and a familiar chocolate raspberry loaf for the technical. Where have we seen those raspberry swirls before? Oh, it’s the same dish from the GBBS opening credits!
my roman empire is that missing raspberry on the cake for the title sequence of bake off and now theyre doing it as a technical challenge . what is life . #GBBO pic.twitter.com/Sy42DK8eOs
— jas hates this part ☾ ₊˚ 🦢✧ (@overstayedtime) September 26, 2023
But when it came time for the showstopper challenge, all hell broke loose in the tent. The new contestants were asked to create a cake in the shape of an animal. For example: One baker sculpted an elegant robin. Another splashed frosting on his set-up to look like bright blue waves, chiseling an orca coming out of the ocean. Cows, lobsters, and turtles were also involved.
One of the bakers had a unique take on the challenge: Why not make a beaver? Nicky, a Scottish baker, surprised the judges with her “Always Beavering Around” cake. This was not because of its flavors, though, but rather because the word “beaver” is slang for… well, we’ll let you do the search on Urban Dictionary. It’s definitely dirty.
As the baker approached the judges with her cake, Prue gave us this golden one-liner: “So Nicky, tell us about your beaver.”
Cue an entire tent full of bakers erupting in laughter.
The entire tent every time the beaver is mentioned #GBBOpic.twitter.com/sPxnlXmygt
— KK✨ (@kkthedoctor) September 26, 2023
Prue after tasting Nicky's beaver#GBBO pic.twitter.com/lLos5fz5fD
— D Fourbes 💙🐝🇵🇸 (@comagirlx) September 26, 2023
"May I see your beaver?" #GBBO #GreatBritishBakeOff pic.twitter.com/yUTQSTnK7u
— Felix Wood (@felixw1) September 26, 2023
“Tell us about your beaver” #gbbo pic.twitter.com/TFvyV3BK3u
— Dave 🏴 (@DavidMackayy) September 26, 2023
Bake Off comment of the week award goes to...
"Her beaver looked amazing but it was bone dry" 😂😂😂#GBBO pic.twitter.com/yrC3EXuOBn— Keeley Chambers 💙 (@keeleychambers) September 26, 2023
Who would’ve thought GBBS would’ve had such a scandalous start to a new season? But the episode went even more R-rated from there, as it took a turn into violence. Audiences were stunned to see Hollywood stabbing poor animals on such a family friendly show!
#gbbo “Here is a beautiful tribute to my pet dog that sadly passed away”
Paul Hollywood: pic.twitter.com/A32vEFvNch— i want tequilmyself (@knifep_rty) September 26, 2023
this is the funniest screenshot Bake Off has ever produced. #gbbo #bakeoff pic.twitter.com/VjTPUY7wVi
— Ariadne Griffin 🦋 (@Ariadne_Reviews) September 26, 2023
When someone asks if you’re okay but you clearly aren’t #GBBO https://t.co/Ryb30NhAHc
— Ell 🎃🕷 (@Ellrose95) September 27, 2023
in my humble opinion, paul hollywood should’ve kept it fair and sliced everyone’s animals down the middle of their faces #gbbo
— felix ⧗ (@RllVERSONG) September 27, 2023
Jokes aside, The Great British Baking Show has seemed to eliminate some of its biggest flaws for a fun, non-problematic new season thus far. The controversial Country Weeks have been axed. Hammond replaces Matt Lucas, one of GBBS fans’ least-favorite hosts. And the series has included a deaf contestant with an interpreter, a great step towards more inclusion on the series.
Adore the fact they introduced BSL interpreter Daryl and normalised him as part of the show. So important for visibility and really nicely done #GBBO https://t.co/FhnSh2MWPg
— Katie Brooks (@katielbrooks_) September 26, 2023
That doesn’t mean The Great British Baking Show won’t make us giggle with Freudian slips from time to time. Nor does it mean the bakers aren’t as cutthroat: In a teaser for the next episode, it appears that people are stealing each other’s dough. Uh-oh. We’re in for a wild (and, hopefully, delectable) ride.
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