"Every season of Don't You Dare Call It the Great British Bake-Off for Copyright Reasons starts with its absolute worst moment: a cold open where our hosts - day-walking vampire Noel Fielding and infectious giggle factory Alison Hammond - do a skit with the judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood. This season, it's some Jurassic Park parody where Paul is supposed to be a T. rex? I don't know. The only thing I like about it is that Prue is dressed as a man. Little did I know that it wouldn't be the only drag king that we would be introduced to in this episode."
"What we're really here for are all the new bakers and all of their delightful quirks as they try to navigate their way through a series of challenges that would have any wannabe baker saying, "Oh, crumbs." Let's meet them all as we find out what they're making for their signature challenge, which is a Swiss roll with an intricate inlay."
"Look, here is Iain, who spells his name the proper way, has a mullet, and is from Northern Ireland. He's making a Swiss roll with a picture of his university on it. Next up is Pui Man, who is from Hong Kong, but now lives in Essex, the New Jersey of England. That feels like a demotion. Meet Aaron, who once set the trash can on fire with a dinner roll."
The season opens with a cold open skit featuring hosts Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond alongside judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood, including a Jurassic Park parody and Prue dressed as a man. The signature challenge asks bakers to create a Swiss roll with an intricate inlay. The Swiss roll is likened to a giant Ho Ho with a joking aside about Swiss banking and pharmaceuticals. Contestants introduced include Iain from Northern Ireland making a university inlay, Pui Man from Hong Kong now living in Essex, Aaron who once set a trash can on fire with a dinner roll, and Hassan crafting blue rose inlays about achieving the impossible. A seven-foot-tall, impeccably groomed baker draws immediate attention.
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