“I actually don't think Paul understands why Great British Baking Show is as big a phenomenon as it is. I don't think he understands the foundational elements that why people look forward to it and tune into it right now.”
The Great British Baking Pod · Food & Beverage · November 2026
Context
The hosts were complaining that Paul Hollywood has turned harsher this season, and one had said Paul thinks people watch the show because of him. This is her verdict on the judge.
Transcript
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…that work and succeed and put cash in everyone's pocket is to be a nasty little to everybody else in the room. And this is going to reach critical mass and we are going to have all of our shows implode unless we get some variety in the tone of the way people interact with each other on these shows.
Amen. Preach, preach. Very well said, Nicholas. Absolutely. Very well said. And I just think that this is a man problem. This is a gen, I understand we've got like our producers and whatever, but like I really believe that the women involved in Great British Baking Show historically have understood this. And I see that Nagella is actively trying to challenge it in the moment. Yes.
Yes.
And undo some nastiness. And literally, she said, we have to be positive to Paul, who like is a foundational original member of this show, like who should understand why people like this show. And yet he
thinks they like him because of him.
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