0:00:02 > 0:00:04It was The Great British Bake Off semifinal.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06This is manic.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09The bakers were determined to stay in the tent...
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- There's a bit of rivalry going on here.- I can hear you whispering!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14..what ever it took.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15- Oh!- Bakers, two hours left.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Are you doing me out of a job, mate?
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Do you want us to come and bake for you?
0:00:19 > 0:00:24Honestly, don't you hate it when people try and do your job for you?
0:00:24 > 0:00:26It's time for An Extra Slice.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:48 > 0:00:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Hello and welcome to the show.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00So, no prizes for guessing which baker left the tent this week.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Selasi, of course.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02- AUDIENCE:- Aw!
0:01:02 > 0:01:06He's just popped over to Gardeners' World to show Monty Don
0:01:06 > 0:01:09how to prune a shrub, then he'll be straight back.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13But at the start of the semifinals, it was all to play for.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14When it came to judging the technical,
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Paul seemed to have become completely invisible to Mary.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20A little bit over baked still.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25LAUGHTER
0:01:25 > 0:01:28And in first place is this one.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32While, at the start of the fondant fancy Showstopper, Paul excitedly
0:01:32 > 0:01:36listed the huge range of flavours the bakers could choose from.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40To bring flavours into a fondant fancy, you could use
0:01:40 > 0:01:42a caramel, you could use a toffee,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44you could use a caramel.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46LAUGHTER
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Meanwhile, Andrew was in some discomfort having put
0:01:50 > 0:01:53too much starch in with his jeans wash.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55LAUGHTER
0:01:55 > 0:01:59And the ever patient Mary continued to show sympathy
0:01:59 > 0:02:02for Paul's ongoing hay fever symptoms.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05PAUL SNEEZES
0:02:05 > 0:02:06LAUGHTER
0:02:09 > 0:02:12So, we now know who our three Bake Off finalists are,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and the title could go to any one of them.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Yes, it's congratulations to Andrew, Candice and Jane.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:25 > 0:02:28But we've all got to start somewhere.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Amy from Ormskirk made some chocolate orange cupcakes
0:02:31 > 0:02:35inspired by this rather inviting looking example.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Amy thinks she might have added slightly too much baking powder,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41so they didn't come out looking exactly the same.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43LAUGHTER
0:02:45 > 0:02:49As Amy told us, "We're students, we still ate them."
0:02:49 > 0:02:50LAUGHTER
0:02:50 > 0:02:52More of those later.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55And I'm delighted to see so many of our studio audience have been
0:02:55 > 0:02:59getting busy with patisserie. Show us your bakes!
0:02:59 > 0:03:01CHEERING
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Our panel will be trying some of those a bit later,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08so let's meet them while they're still...here.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12First up, none other than the reigning Bake Off champion,
0:03:12 > 0:03:17who went on to bake a birthday cake for the Queen, it's Nadiya Hussain.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Next, it's the leader of the Scottish Conservatives,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28who says she'll eat parsnips with anything.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30It's Ruth Davidson.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And finally, a comedian who reckons if he was in the tent,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Paul and Mary would treat him with profound respect,
0:03:41 > 0:03:42it's Tom Allen.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- So, Nadiya, what did the Queen say about your cake?- Not much.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Apparently she doesn't say very much.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56But I went up to her and I showed her the cake, and she said,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59"What tier does one cut?"
0:03:59 > 0:04:01That was it, that was the sentence I got.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I was so starstruck when I met her.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I kind of fluffed my three lines that I had, completely fluffed them.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I was meant to say, "Happy birthday, Your Majesty."
0:04:08 > 0:04:11And I said, "Good afternoon, Your Highness," instead.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13LAUGHTER
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Ruth, tell us, why are you so partial to parsnips?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I think it's an underrated vegetable.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I want to make sure... There is nothing that doesn't taste good
0:04:22 > 0:04:26that's made with a parsnip. Parsnip soup, parsnip crisps, parsnip...
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The stuff that they smear on plates on the posh cooking shows.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Everything tastes good with parsnips.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33The problem I have with parsnips is they're sneaky,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Machiavellian little narnas!
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Because they sit in a roasting pan pretending to be roast potatoes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42LAUGHTER
0:04:42 > 0:04:44And then you bite into one,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and it's the biggest disappointment in my life...almost.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Now, Tom, why do you think Paul and Mary would treat you with
0:04:52 > 0:04:54profound respect? Why are you so special, Tom?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Well, I've always had this sense that... Well, ever since I was
0:04:57 > 0:04:59a teenager, I was very good at food technology.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02My chicken fricassee was the best in my class.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03LAUGHTER
0:05:03 > 0:05:05I spent a lot of my teenage years baking as
0:05:05 > 0:05:08a means of distracting myself from my sexuality.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10And I do recommend it to anybody.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12If you're not sure about coming out or whatever,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14just channel it into baking.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17By the time I was 16, I could have opened a Greggs. But...
0:05:17 > 0:05:19LAUGHTER
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Yeah, so I've been interested for a long time.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Time now to find out if any of our viewers are good enough
0:05:24 > 0:05:26to bake for the Queen.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Let's start off with a polenta cake made by Holly from London.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31It's flavoured with oranges and lemons and
0:05:31 > 0:05:35has white chocolate chips and blueberries inside.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Oh, and it goes without saying that on top,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Holly's done an offshore wind farm.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42LAUGHTER
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Ironically, Holly used up quite a lot of energy producing that.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47LAUGHTER
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It can be really helpful to have a picture of the bake you're
0:05:50 > 0:05:51aiming for as a reference.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Kerry from Dorset enthusiastically set out to produce this very
0:05:55 > 0:05:57attractive raspberry and cream sponge,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01with its well-defined layers and distinct colours of red and white.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04And the picture really helped because, after a lot of hard work,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Kerry was able to produce this.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08LAUGHTER
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Meanwhile, in Newport Pagnell, Malcolm and Andy were
0:06:12 > 0:06:16determined to make these cheeky looking monkey cupcakes for
0:06:16 > 0:06:18a baby's christening party.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22They used chocolate drops for the eyes and jam for the mouth,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25but apart from that, you wouldn't really notice the difference.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27LAUGHTER
0:06:30 > 0:06:33When Isabel from Surrey went off to university recently,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36her family wanted to make sure she wasn't missing her terrier,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Dexter, too much. Here's Dexter. AUDIENCE:- Aw!
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Mum Maria and siblings Amy and Mikey opted for a chocolate sponge
0:06:43 > 0:06:48covered with buttercream to capture Dexter's perky little face.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50LAUGHTER
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Isabel is studying law, so at some point in the future she can
0:06:56 > 0:06:59qualify as a barrister and sue them.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00LAUGHTER
0:07:00 > 0:07:01We love seeing your photos.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04And there's still one week to go. So keep sending them in.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Details at the bottom of the screen.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Now, let's remind ourselves what happened when Patisserie Week
0:07:10 > 0:07:11arrived in the tent.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18It was the Bake Off semifinal with just four bakers remaining.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Semifinal.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It's just so empty in here.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25The pressure was on in the palmier Signature...
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Feeling it here today.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Butterflies.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32..when the judges got tough over perfect puff.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35They are underbaked. It's not good.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38The bakers had everything to prove in the savarin Technical...
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Wowee.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Smells amazing.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47..before tackling fondant fancies in the nerve-racking Showstopper.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I don't think I'll ever make these again.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Andrew won Star Baker for a second time...
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Yes!
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Selasi...
0:07:55 > 0:07:57..and Selasi left the tent...
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- Get off!- I want him!- Get off him! Aw!
0:08:01 > 0:08:05..leaving Andrew, Candice and Jane to battle it out
0:08:05 > 0:08:09in the 2016 Great British Bake Off final.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10APPLAUSE
0:08:15 > 0:08:17There is a lot of love for Selasi,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20but was he the right person to go, Nadiya, do you think?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22They always say, when you are in the tent
0:08:22 > 0:08:24they always say it's about the bakes THAT week.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27And if you look at the bakes this week, then, yes,
0:08:27 > 0:08:28he was the right person.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I didn't want him to go, but, yes.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Yeah, I think, on the bakes, it probably was him to go,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36but I was so sad cos he was my favourite.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39From the moment in the very first episode that he pulled up
0:08:39 > 0:08:41on a motorbike looking like a reject from The Apprentice
0:08:41 > 0:08:44and took the leather jacket off and came out with the pinstriped suit,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48I just... You know, and then he was just so laid-back and chilled
0:08:48 > 0:08:49throughout the whole thing.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53He's my favourite contestant, apart from yourself, for many years.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58I... I really loved Selasi. And I was really sorry to see him go.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01But I think he did have to go because he was too nice.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03And I think at this point in the competition,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05if you look around the rest of the tent,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08it's a dog-eat-dog world in there and he would have got torn apart.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12But I do think Jane reminds me of a character from a prison drama.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14LAUGHTER
0:09:14 > 0:09:17You could imagine it, can't you, in something?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Especially with Candice as well...
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Started going, "Oh, I can hear you whispering!"
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Someone shouting that down the landings on D Wing.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28"Watch out for Jane. She's a real tough cookie!"
0:09:28 > 0:09:31And then that night you see cake smeared all over your bedsheets.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34And she's... I think... I think she's tough. I think they're both...
0:09:34 > 0:09:36They're all quite tough. We even saw it with Andrew.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40They're at each other. So I do think it's a very violent place in there.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42And because I love Selasi, I'm glad he's out of there.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44LAUGHTER
0:09:44 > 0:09:48As we've seen, Selasi started doing Mel and Sue's job for them,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52and then when it came to his Signature, he was at it again.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- Tell us all about your... - Palmiers.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Um, I'm making... - You're finishing my sentences!
0:09:57 > 0:10:00He's getting ahead of himself!
0:10:00 > 0:10:04It's as almost as if he's heard there are some jobs going.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05LAUGHTER
0:10:05 > 0:10:07APPLAUSE
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Selasi decided to go for butterfly-shaped palmiers
0:10:14 > 0:10:18flavoured with salmon, spinach and sun-dried tomato.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22And whilst the flavours were good, some of the palmiers were raw.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Did the flavours appeal to you? - Sounds delicious. Spinach, salmon...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28All the flavours sound great.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31But pastry and... They're quite wet. It's quite a wet filling,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34so he could have perhaps gone for a slightly drier filling,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37and then, you know, the last thing you need is soggy pastry.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39And, you know, Paul and Mary don't miss a trick,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41- so you've got to be really careful. - Yeah.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I think he'd be fine if they weren't judging it!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46If anyone wasn't judging it I think they'd be absolutely fine.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Ruth, are you a fan of salmon?
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Or do you prefer sturgeon?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53LAUGHTER
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I was very pleased to see that Selasi was baking his own salmon
0:10:56 > 0:10:59rather than getting stuff that was pre-smoked from the shop.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03But... But, yeah, I have to say his dough did look a bit raw,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06so I'm not sure I would have been totally on board with that.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Selasi brought a lot to the tent.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Great flavours, great personality
0:11:09 > 0:11:12and a great flair for accessorising with a tea towel.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14LAUGHTER
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Lovely to see Val there in the background
0:11:16 > 0:11:18busily not making whatever it was she was meant to!
0:11:18 > 0:11:21LAUGHTER
0:11:21 > 0:11:23So the Star Baker in semifinal week was Andrew,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26winning the honour for a second time.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Andrew himself looked surprised to hear his name called out.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31LAUGHTER
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Do you think he deserved it, Tom?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38I think he works with great precision, I think he's...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I think he's very good at what he does.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I think he's got a murderous streak...
0:11:43 > 0:11:46You see it when they went up to him and said, you know, "What are you going to do?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49"If you're going to be the only bloke in here, who's it going to be? You or Selasi?"
0:11:49 > 0:11:51He said, "Well, it'll have to be me."
0:11:51 > 0:11:55And so I don't think we should trust him. And... And...
0:11:55 > 0:11:56But I think he's done very well.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Yeah, I thought it was a good week for baking for him, yeah.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01He reminds me of...
0:12:01 > 0:12:04our year's Ian. He is so clever with his bakes.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06It's more than baking for him.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08He creates outside of the bake and that's what I love about him.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11And I can imagine everybody in there is really nervous of him,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13because I remember in our year when Ian would...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15He would be like, "So I'm doing this."
0:12:15 > 0:12:17And he'd whack something out and it would be just like...
0:12:17 > 0:12:21It moves and lays eggs and... He does all this fancy stuff.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24And I used to look at him and think, "I can't do that."
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Ruth, how did you feel about Andrew winning Star Baker?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I mean, is it like the Brexit referendum?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32You know, a very close call and you don't agree with the result,
0:12:32 > 0:12:33but Star Baker means Star Baker?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36LAUGHTER
0:12:36 > 0:12:39I think that I would have been on the side of Andrew
0:12:39 > 0:12:42winning it this week as well. I think it was quite close, actually.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45But, no, I mean, he brings quite a lot to the tent.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47And he definitely has a different approach.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Um, but I don't think the girls should be scared of him.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Because just like you took Ian down to Chinatown,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I think it is pretty close for the final as well.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I think either of them, any of them, actually, could win.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Tom, is neatness always a good quality?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Absolutely. Without fail.
0:13:01 > 0:13:07It's precision. You cannot... You cannot give Mary a sloppy palmier.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11You cannot give Paul an ill-formed fondant fancy.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14It's the semifinal. Come on. It's The Great British Bake Off.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Andrew went with a musical theme for his fondant fancies.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20We know he loves musicals,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22and as we can see in this bit of unseen footage,
0:13:22 > 0:13:23he's quite the crooner.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26HE SINGS INDISTINCTLY
0:13:31 > 0:13:35# Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo... #
0:13:36 > 0:13:38MALE VOICE-OVER
0:13:51 > 0:13:53'And get Val's hit single...'
0:13:55 > 0:13:56LAUGHTER
0:13:56 > 0:13:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Let's talk about Jane.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Now, in the Showstopper, Jane went for heart-shaped fancies
0:14:07 > 0:14:09flavoured with pistachio and raspberry.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Her second batch were flavoured with lemon.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14She mixed up her fondant carefully,
0:14:14 > 0:14:18if thrashing it about with a massive whisk is mixing it up carefully.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19- NADIYA:- Oh!
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Let's just hope she never gets a job on the paint counter at Dulux.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27And she had a novel method for applying the fondant to the fancy
0:14:27 > 0:14:29using a potato masher.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Nadiya, are you a dipper, a dunker or a pourer?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I am a sideway dunker. So I stick them on my finger
0:14:35 > 0:14:38with some fondant and then I go sideways.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41And you do it... You have to do it all in one quick motion.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43That's... That is how I do it.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- That sounds complicated. - It is. It's...
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Just...buy them.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48LAUGHTER
0:14:48 > 0:14:50APPLAUSE
0:14:54 > 0:14:56It all seemed a bit weird.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00She sort of went, "Oh, I'll put it on a potato masher and dip it in."
0:15:00 > 0:15:02She wasn't sure if it would work or not.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04And yet she still did it, which I thought was very foolhardy of her.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06She knew the risks and she said,
0:15:06 > 0:15:07"It's a risk, but it's worth taking."
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Well, I'm afraid, Jane, it wasn't!
0:15:10 > 0:15:15Well, Candice displayed her palmiers in an old bird cage.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Her chocolate, praline and cherry Bakewell fondant fancies
0:15:19 > 0:15:21were displayed around a mini piano.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24What do you think of her presentation, Tom?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27It all just seems a bit nonsensical. Having a palmier in a bird cage...
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Bird cage hasn't got anything to do with palmiers.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I mean, it's all very appetising until you have to get one off the bottom of the cage.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Nobody wants that one! - LAUGHTER
0:15:34 > 0:15:36And then she wheels out her fondant fancies with
0:15:36 > 0:15:39a piano next to them for no reason. I mean, it's a baking show.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42It's not an Elton John-themed episode of Cash In The Attic.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44LAUGHTER
0:15:44 > 0:15:47As usual, Candice created work for herself by baking
0:15:47 > 0:15:49two different genoise sponges.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52I mean, is it a good strategy to keep doing more
0:15:52 > 0:15:54than is actually asked of you?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56If you can pull it off, then absolutely do it.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Because she has done that from the very beginning.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00You know, she's pushed herself.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03She's done more than she's needed to. But she's pulled it off.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06She is so ambitious. And you can tell she really wants it.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10She's got that pathological glint in her eye. And, yeah, I just...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I really like her Showstoppers. I like her bakes.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I would love her to come through and...to win it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Who would you like to hand your crown over to, Nadiya?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23I could not possibly give you a name at all. No way.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Is it Jane?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27I'm not going to... I just... I think either of them.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- Andrew?- I think...
0:16:29 > 0:16:30LAUGHTER
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- I think any of them... - Candice?- I think...
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I think... No. Any... Look, I think... I think that... It's...
0:16:36 > 0:16:39When it gets to this stage it's really hard to tell
0:16:39 > 0:16:42who is going to win. It's about what happens on the day.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44But... I think any of them could win.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Well, it's time now to take a look at the bakes brought along
0:16:48 > 0:16:51by our audience. Susan, where are you?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Hi, Susan. Now, what have you brought along?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- I've brought one of your five a day. - Oh.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58But it's a variety you might like.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- Which is?- They've all got cake inside.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03AUDIENCE GASPS Are they all just cakes?
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- They are cakes, honest.- You haven't hollowed out a pear and...
0:17:07 > 0:17:08LAUGHTER
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- I promise, they're all cake.- Wow.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11How long did that take you to paint them?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14It was a long day yesterday!
0:17:14 > 0:17:16What's around the outside of them, then?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Marzipan.- Oh, dear.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19LAUGHTER
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Are the flavours the same as the fruit that they're...- They are.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- ..representing?- Wow.- Fantastic.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- Thanks.- They look absolutely incredible. Well done.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Now, Helen, where are you? Hi, Helen. Tell us about your cake.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Well, we've brought a tribute to Candice and her lipstick.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- OK. Oh, gosh.- Oh!
0:17:41 > 0:17:42What sort of cake is that?
0:17:42 > 0:17:47It's a vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream and fondant.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52And then we've painted some metallic paint on, which is edible.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Was that difficult to do?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56It was tricky. It was a team effort, wasn't it?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58I left the tricky bits to my mum.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- What were the tricky bits that you had to do, Mum?- Making the cake?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Oh, OK. Yeah. LAUGHTER
0:18:04 > 0:18:06That's lovely.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12On to Becky. Where are you, Becky?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Now, you've had a go at this week's Technical, I believe?- I have.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- It's a savarin.- Wow.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Chocolate, blackberry and liquorice flavour.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26And it's got a liquorice and blackberry liqueur syrup over it.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28It looks absolutely stunning.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Crikey. Have you got your own show?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33LAUGHTER Well done, Becky. Thanks very much indeed.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35APPLAUSE Thank you.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Joyce, where are you?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Tell us about your patisserie.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42There's quite a lot of it.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Quite a lot of it. Yes.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46There's blue cheese gougere at the top. There's eclairs.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51They've got candied bacon and cheddar cheese in.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54And there's candied bacon and dark chocolate tarts
0:18:54 > 0:18:56with caramel with pork scratchings.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59LAUGHTER
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Crikey. So they all look sweet but they're all savoury?
0:19:03 > 0:19:07So, Nadiya, if you have the top and, Ruth, can you have the middle,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- which is the chilli and bacon eclair?- OK.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- And, Tom...- You get the enormous one.- The one at the bottom.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I don't mind trying a bit of that.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Do I get a pastry fork or anything?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Oh, Tom! Honestly.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21LAUGHTER
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- Thank you. Thank you. - What do you think of yours, Ruth?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Um, it's weird, because it is proper choux pastry,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30so it tastes like it should have chocolate on the top
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and cream in the middle, creme pat in the middle. But it's pretty good.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- It's nice, yeah. - The choux pastry is great.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38You've got a lovely hollow in the centre,
0:19:38 > 0:19:42and it tastes like a big cheese puff. It's delicious.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43I've never had anything like it.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46It's like... It's a chocolate tart with a bit of bacon on top.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48In a good way.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I'm not saying it's not good. It's quite unusual.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Is that quite common to combine? Are you mad?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55LAUGHTER
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- What's that cream stuff? What's that on the bottom?- It's cream.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01That is cream? LAUGHTER
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Yes, weird.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07But lovely.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Thank you very much indeed, Joyce. Thank you.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13And thanks very much to all our studio bakers.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Back now to the tent and time to meet a baker
0:20:19 > 0:20:22who is also a banker and a biker, a man who stayed chilled
0:20:22 > 0:20:24even when his bakes were slightly charred.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Will you please give a warm welcome to Selasi?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29CHEERING
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- That's nice.- Very nice.- Now, it's lovely to have you with us, Selasi.
0:20:51 > 0:20:57Congratulations for making it to the semifinals. How did that feel?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00It felt really great, actually. I enjoyed the whole process.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02And it was the best thing ever.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06What's been your family's reaction to seeing you in the tent?
0:21:06 > 0:21:09They've been really great. My dad actually still thinks
0:21:09 > 0:21:11the show is going on. So every week he messages me and says,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14"You should do better than this."
0:21:14 > 0:21:15LAUGHTER
0:21:15 > 0:21:20- You know, but it was great, yeah. - Bless him.- Yeah, they're happy.- Aw!
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Let's remind ourselves what you told us as you went into semifinal week.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I had a funny dream, right? Um...
0:21:28 > 0:21:32that I made it to the final and I baked in a dress.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34So...
0:21:34 > 0:21:37if I make it to the final this week, then it looks like I'm going
0:21:37 > 0:21:41to have to be baking in a dress, a nice floral dress, actually.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- So you had a dream that you baked in a dress?- Yes.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48It's not exactly Martin Luther King, but...
0:21:48 > 0:21:50LAUGHTER
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Having said that, I think we're all disappointed...- I know.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- I'm disappointed.- ..not to get to see you in it.- Yeah.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- Would you have done? - Yeah, of course.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00With a lace strap or something. Yeah. Definitely.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Now, as you went into the palmier Signature,
0:22:03 > 0:22:07you seemed to be actually really feeling the pressure.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Now, might it have taken some of the pressure off
0:22:09 > 0:22:11if you'd bothered to practise them at home?
0:22:11 > 0:22:12LAUGHTER
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- No comment. - LAUGHTER
0:22:20 > 0:22:23You're going to do well. Um...
0:22:23 > 0:22:26In the fondant fancy Showstopper,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29you made a startling confession to Mary.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Let's have a look at that.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33I never really sieve my flour, even at home.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34If you don't sieve your flour,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- sometimes you get pockets of flour.. - Yeah.- ..in the genoise.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44LAUGHTER
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Now, a bit of a glare there from Mary, but well done, you,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52cos you stood your ground. So let's see who finally blinked first.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55CROWD CHEERING
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Come on, Selasi!- Mary! - Come on, Mary!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Selasi!- Mary, Mary, Mary!
0:23:02 > 0:23:04You can do it, Mary!
0:23:04 > 0:23:05DING, DING!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07CROWD CHEERING
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- I declare Mary the winner there. - Yeah. She's always going to win.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Do you sieve your flour now?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Not really.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19LAUGHTER
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Sorry, Mary.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22In Dessert Week,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25you stunned the judges with your lemon and strawberry roulade
0:23:25 > 0:23:28when Paul pronounced your sponge the star of the show.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32I have to say, what I loved about it was your presentation.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36What made you serve your roulade a photo frame?
0:23:36 > 0:23:37LAUGHTER
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- So, we all know Candice has been the, you know...- Oh, yes.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44She's been great at, you know, presenting her stuff on,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47you know, pianos and all that kind of stuff. And...
0:23:47 > 0:23:48there was a pressure there.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51cos I was just using chopping boards and slates, etc.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54And then I thought, "Actually, let's try to be Candice."
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- So I went into a shop...- Right.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59..saw it and said, "Actually, this is quite great
0:23:59 > 0:24:02"and, I guess, ingenious." I don't know, however you want to call it.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Um...
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Presented on it,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07got it cleaned by the guys in the kitchen, by the kitchen,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09and then returned it after.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11LAUGHTER
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- And, presumably, they had no idea where it had been?- No, no.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I kept the price tag on and everything.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27LAUGHTER
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- I don't need a photo frame. - No, exactly.- Yeah, exactly.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Well, another highlight came in Batter Week when you received
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- a Hollywood handshake...- Yes.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38..for your Yorkshire puddings...
0:24:38 > 0:24:40and especially your cracking crackling.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- They taste amazing.- Thank you.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- That crackling is spot on.- Thank you.- Well done, Selasi.- Thank you.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47You've had a handshake. That's the first today.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50What was it like to receive the coveted handshake?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Um...
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I don't know what to say now.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56But I genuinely had butterflies in my stomach.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00It sounds wrong, but I did. I did. I had butterflies in my stomach.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01- Really?- Yeah, it was...
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Cos I just went in and just thought, "Let's try it," and just went for it.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08And he absolutely loved it and it was great. Yeah.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11And who's got the firmer grip? You or Paul?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Hands down - me.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14LAUGHTER
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Now, in Biscuit Week you made lime and chilli biscuits
0:25:19 > 0:25:22in the shape of your motorbike.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25And when the time came to arrange them ready for judging,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27in this bit of unseen footage
0:25:27 > 0:25:31you said what anyone would say in that situation.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It's time to chop my slate.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37LAUGHTER
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Why did you have to chop your slate?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Why didn't you just bring a plate-sized bit of slate with you?
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I brought one, but it was too small cos my biscuits were...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- ..big, basically. So... - Big biscuits?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Yeah, so I brought an extra slate just in case.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57And, obviously, BBC, being health and safety conscious,
0:25:57 > 0:25:59I had to wear gloves and everything.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02It's like something out of Poldark. I mean...
0:26:02 > 0:26:03LAUGHTER
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Well, here on An Extra Slice, we do like to give you the opportunity
0:26:06 > 0:26:09to have another go at a bake that didn't quite go to plan in the tent.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- So what have you brought with you? - My savarin.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Oh!
0:26:13 > 0:26:15ALL EXCLAIM
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Wow. So, would you like to try some, guys?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Have you segmented your orange pieces this time?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25- I tried to, but... Who does...? - But who does that?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27LAUGHTER
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Who does that? You're so right there.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33It's evenly baked. And I know...
0:26:33 > 0:26:36I know what it's like to be in that tent, and they say, "Here you go,"
0:26:36 > 0:26:37and you have to make this.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39And really you need a lot more time to do it.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- That's evenly baked and...- The alcohol is right the way through it.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Is it?- Yeah. Mm-hm.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45The caramel is perfect, though.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- Tom?- It's wicked, yeah.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49LAUGHTER
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Did you think about putting maybe a piece of bacon in it?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53LAUGHTER
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- So, I think a thumbs up all round there. Well done, Selasi.- Yeah.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Congratulations. APPLAUSE
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Now, we're so sorry to see you go
0:27:04 > 0:27:06because we've loved watching you in the tent.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09We've made you one of our special cakes.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Tom, don't look so worried.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12LAUGHTER
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- Brilliant. Well done.- I mean, can you imagine...if I dropped it?
0:27:18 > 0:27:22All right. There we go. Great.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Thank you, Tom. OK, here we go.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28This is you with your floral cake. And...
0:27:28 > 0:27:29ALL EXCLAIM
0:27:29 > 0:27:30APPLAUSE
0:27:30 > 0:27:35And also we have your handshake-worthy Yorkshires,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37your marchpane crown and, of course,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40it wouldn't be you without a tea towel over your shoulder.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43So...will you please give Selasi a Great British send-off?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Are you all right to take that? - Yeah.- OK. Thanks, Selasi.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56That's it for this week.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59A big thank you to Selasi, to all of our studio bakers
0:27:59 > 0:28:02and to our celebrity panel -
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Nadiya Hussain...
0:28:03 > 0:28:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:06 > 0:28:07..Ruth Davidson...
0:28:07 > 0:28:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:10 > 0:28:11..and Tom Allen.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Next week it's the final.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20Who will be crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off 2016?
0:28:20 > 0:28:24We're on as usual next Friday, but at the earlier time of 8.30.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26So see you then!
0:28:26 > 0:28:28APPLAUSE