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GN Greg Nussen Comedian who co-hosts a weekly recap of The Great British Baking Show.

“the best grade in the class is a C. Okay, you did not prep your students well enough for the exam.”

The Great British Baking Pod · Food & Beverage · November 2026

“the best grade in the class is a C. Okay, you did not prep your students well enough for the exam.” — Greg Nussen, The Great British Baking Pod

Context

Reacting to Paul Hollywood calling the flatbread technical the worst in the show's history, he compares it to a teacher whose whole class fails: the blame belongs to whoever set the test.

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Transcript

The Great British Baking Pod Around 32:08 into the episode
Greg Nussen

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.

Tessa Hersh

Yes.

Greg Nussen

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.

Tessa Hersh

It would heal the world, I think. I think that like we would change timelines and like stop being in this horrible timeline that we're in. This just reminded me,

Greg Nussen

I don't remember when this happened, but it was early on in the episode, I think Noel asked Gary if there were any Paul Hollywoods in his family or if it like he was like, I bet, you know, if he did a DNA test. And Gary said, there's no, there's no Hollywood in my family. Not yet. No. Did you hear…

Tessa Hersh

romance, but I don't know Gary's sexual orientation. Do we?

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