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Joe Vesey-Byrne
Sep 13, 2017

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Channel 4/Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off has always been a safe haven for good old fashioned British smut.
On Week 3 of the Channel 4 baking compeition, 'Bread Week', contestant Julia Chernogorova made quite the splash with her 'showstopper'.
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Even Julia knew trouble was brewing.
I'm making a snail. It just looks inappropriate.
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The end result was equally scandalous - like something from Channel 4 in the 1990s, not Channel 4 in the 2010s.
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When Julia presented it to the judges:
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Paul and Prue weren't alone in finding this brilliant. Sandi Toksvig, eyebrows raised asked:
Is there something about the shape of the snail?
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And viewers were equally delighted that Bake Off's sexual subplot was receiving air time.
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Naturally official Bake Off account had some great takes on proceedings.
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The snail wang story had a happy ending - Julia won star baker!
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