Saturday Magazine – August 24, 2019

Words by: Kirsty Nutkins

‘Paul is so

direct... he

could give a

masterclass

on how not

to blink!’

PAUL’S PUT-DOWNS Known as Mr Nasty, Paul Hollywood is famous for his blunt
comments in the Bake Off tent. We’ve selected a few of his best...

‘It looks like a rough
plasterer’s job’

Paul didn’t hold back
when assessing the
quality of kitchen fitter
and carpenter Mark
Onley’s workmanship
in series four,
declaring his first bake
(a sandwich cake) a
complete disaster.

‘It’s like

chewing

wallpaper’

Mr Hollywood

was appalled by

2015 baker Ian

Cumming’s

simple sponge,

which apparently

went too heavy

on the coconut.

‘You’re great with

your flavours a lot

of the time, but

when you fail, you

catastrophically fail’

It seems even Paul’s

compliments are

back-handed, as

shown by these words

to series-seven entrant

Tom Gilliford.

‘It is just like a pair

of incontinence

pants’

Briony Williams’

‘perfectly glazed torta

setteveli’ fell far short of

Paul’s expectations in

last year’s semi-finals.

The Bake Off judge

was blasted on Twitter

for his comment.

‘You can’t put that in a shop

window, it’s not finished’

Poor Rahul Mandal felt Paul’s

wrath during ‘unglazed fruit-

gate’. Paul took issue with the

fact that he hadn’t ‘bothered’ to

glaze the fruit on his French

tartlet: ‘It would have taken you

a minute, if that! And after five

hours, you couldn’t do it.’ Rahul

went on to win the 2018 series.

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