Bake Off viewers fume over opening credits blunder
"Every year, this picture profoundly disturbs me!"
The Great British Bake Off FINALLY hit our screens on Tuesday night for the 2021 series, and while some viewers took to social media to call out their early favourites to win, others were more concerned with the 11-year-long blunder in the opening credits.
Amid summery scenes of the green countryside and adorable wildlife, some viewers were distracted by what has been affectionately referred to as 'raspberry gate'.
As the opening credits roll to a finish and the camera closes in on a delectable looking chocolate cake topped with raspberries, long-term fans can’t help but spot the missing raspberry along the lower right edge of the cake.
'11 YEARS ON, RASBERRY-GATE CONTINUES', tweeted one viewer, with another writing: 'Fumin’ #GBBO'.
'Yes! Thank you! I thought I was the only one who got really stressed out by it!' said another.
Another said: '@greatbbakeoff Every year, this picture profoundly disturbs me! Anyone else think that there is a raspberry missing from the bottom right of the cake?!#GBBO #RaspberryGate'.
Check out the 2021 Bake Off cast below:
Giuseppe - WINNER
Age: 45
Occupation: Engineer
From: Italy, but now lives in Bristol
Crystelle - FINALIST
Age: 26
Occupation: Client Relationship Manager
From: London
Chigs - FINALIST
Age: 50
Occupation: Sales Manager
From: Leicestershire
Jürgen - ELIMINATED
Age: 56
Occupation: Trombonist
From: Germany, now lives in Sussex
Lizzie - ELIMINATED
Age: 28
Occupation: Car Production Operative
From: Liverpool
Amanda - ELIMINATED
Age: 56
Occupation: Met Police Detective
From: Raised in London with Greek-Cypriot heritage
George - ELIMINATED
Age: 34
Occupation: Shared Lives Co-Ordinator
From: London
Freya - ELIMINATED
Age: 18
Occupation: Psychology Student
From: North Yorkshire
Maggie - ELIMINATED
Age: 70
Occupation: Retired Nurse and Midwife
From: Dorset
Rochica - ELIMINATED
Age: 27
Occupation: HR Business Partner
From: Birmingham
Jairzeno- ELIMINATED
Age: 51
Occupation: Head of Finance
From: Born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to London 15 years ago
Tom - ELIMINATED
Age: 28
Occupation: Software Developer
From: Kent
Bakers will be returning to the iconic white tent for the 2021, but did you know the location was changed in 2020?
Since 2014, Bake Off has been filmed in the grounds of Welford Park Stately Home in Berkshire, but last year producers moved it to the Down Hall Hotel in Bishop’s Stortford, a village on the border of Hertfordshire and Essex.
The move was made so that Bake Off could hire out the whole hotel, in order to keep the show Covid safe.
For 2021, the show returned to its home at Welford Park.
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