Great British Bake Off contestant Flo gets the boot as Julia is crowned star baker

Meanwhile Paul Hollywood got the giggles over the shape of Julia’s bread snail
Go with the Flo: the 71-year-old was the third contestant to get the boot
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Aime Grant Cumberbatch12 September 2017

Great British Bake Off’s Flo has become the third contestant to get the boot from the baking show, as Julia was crowned star baker.

First Flo’s fruit teacakes failed to impress Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, then her cottage loaf was pronounced underdone.

But the Scouser’s fate was sealed when her sea-themed charcoal-coloured bread sculpture left a bad taste in the judges’ mouths.

Although she did provide some light relief when she mistakenly called her creation “Tom Jones’ locker”, instead of “Davy Jones’ locker”.

Star baker: Julia's creation impressed the judges
Channel 4

Leith told Flo, who at 71 was the show’s oldest ever contestant: “[It’s] not your best”.

Flo had faced fierce competition from Kate, whose own charcoal-coloured octopus-shaped structure was much better received by Hollywood and Leith.

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But it was Julia whose ‘Snail Under a Mushroom’ offering impressed the judges the most, despite Hollywood dissolving into fits of giggles at the resemblance between the bread gastropod and an intimate part of the male anatomy.

He received a ticking off from new judge Leith, who quipped “Paul, are you going to pull yourself together?”.

After he’d recovered his composure, Hollywood complimented Julia on her ‘great taste and good design’.

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

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