“Paul got a little glee out of mocking everyone and being like, this is the worst, I think, in 17 years. This is the worst technical. And it's like, how could you not as a producer be embarrassed.”
The Great British Baking Pod · Food & Beverage · November 2026
Context
On Paul Hollywood's reaction to the failed flatbread technical: she argues he relished the failure when the setup was part of the show's own design, and the producers should be the embarrassed ones.
Transcript
if you get them flat enough, it's plenty of time. It's like, well, why don't we give them a little help making it flat enough?
Or tell them. I mean,
Paul got a little glee out of mocking everyone and being like, this is the worst, I think, in 17 years. This is the worst technical. And it's like, this, how could you not as a producer? Be embarrassed.
I was like, so if it's the worst technical the show's ever had, interesting, because that sounds like a challenge. It's the worst segment on an episode of a show that you produce that's ever happened. Correctly. Sounds a little like a self-read. This is a classic if you're like a teacher.
Yes.
And your class all does like the best grade in the class is a C. Okay, you did not prep your students well enough for the exam. Paul Hollywood. I think if I ever just see Paul apologize, I would make all of this frustrating.
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