The Great British Bake Off: Fans ‘fuming’ over Hermine’s ‘unfair’ elimination
‘My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined,' tweeted one person
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Your support makes all the difference.Angry viewers of The Great British Bake Off viewers have protested the elimination of show favourite, Hermine.
The 39-year-old accountant was sent home at the end of last night’s episode (17 November), after she revealed that she had rewritten her entire showstopper the previous morning and didn’t have a solid recipe.
“I don’t have a clear vision at the moment, so it’s just keep going and don’t stop,” she said.
The result, a lopsided cube cake, did not go down well with the judges. “By your standards, it’s a failure,” judge Prue Leith concluded.
Many fans were left “fuming” at Leith and her fellow judge Paul Hollywood’s decision to eliminate Hermine, who had wowed viewers with her Japanese flower-inspired jelly cake the week before.
“NOT HERMINE!” tweeted one viewer.
“Absolutely get to f*** getting rid of Hermine. Fuming,” added another.
A third said: “Tomorrow is a national day of mourning, farewell Hermine, the 2020 bake off Queen.”
There are just three finalists now left in the competition: Peter, Laura and Dave.
The Great British Bake Off airs on Channel 4 at 8pm on Tuesdays.
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