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The Great British Baking Showviewers were given a shock on Friday.
During the semi-final episode, judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith made a shocking decision to eliminate Jürgen Krauss, one of the competition’s biggest breakouts.
“We’re picking the worst of the best,” Hollywood said, in the judge’s tent, Leith adding, “You could argue for any one of these. It’s really hard.”
Jürgen Krauss.Mark Bourdillon/Netflix
It was a choice that left everyone in the tent gasping, except for Krauss himself.
“I feel kind of okay,” the 56-year-old Physicist from Brighton, East Sussex said. “I kind of saw it coming. I think the others are more shocked than I am.”
He also admitted that he knew, going in, that Pâtisserie Week would “play to his strengths,” flavor-wise, but that when it came to presentation, “that’s where I need to hone my skills.”
Of his time on the show, Krauss added, “It’s been incredible. I really enjoyed being here. I made friends for life and I will be with them in spirit.”
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With Krauss out, that meant Giuseppe Dell’Anno, 45, Chigs Parmar, 40, and Crystelle Pereira, 26, will be competing in the finale, which airs Friday, Nov. 26, on Netflix.
If ever there was a year for there to be a final four instead of a final three, it would be have been this year.
Going into the semi-finalists, all four bakers had all gotten a Paul Hollywood handshake and been Star Baker at least once. “We do have the best of the best in the tent at the moment,” Hollywood said.
Chigs Parmar.Mark Bourdillon/Netflix
Still, one baker expected they would be out before they even began.
She did more than just that. She was actually named Star Baker.
“Shell-shocked is an understatement,” Pereira said after getting the honor for a second time (she was also top in Pasty Weeek). “I don’t think it’s really hit me, really.”
“It’s mad,” Pereira added. “Star baker in Pâtisserie Week? I’m in the final? That’s just a lot of things that don’t make sense.”
Crystelle Pereira.Mark Bourdillon/Netflix
Dell’Anno was also not expecting to make it to the finals. “I’m not surprised I’m standing here, I’m shocked I’m standing here,” he said. “I had to buy new clothes, because I wasn’t expecting to make it this far!”
“I am scared s—less,” the Italian engineer teased. “Like, I’m really, really happy. I’m over the moon. I just want to make the best out of it and have a jolly good time.”
Parmar felt similarly. “This week, I feel a little out of my depth,” he admitted. “In the practice tent I made a mistake of looking at the other contestant’s bakes and I’m like, ‘Oops, what have I gotten myself into here?’ "
“I don’t got a clue what I’m doing here,” he joked. “How has that happened? I don’t know what to say.”
Giuseppe Dell’Anno.Mark Bourdillon/Netflix
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Pereira, Dell’Anno, and Parmar now all go into the finals with two Star Baker titles each. They all also got Paul Hollywood handshakes in the semi-finals.
“I’m really happy as a collective we’re doing well,” Pereira said this week.
As for Krauss, Pereira, Dell’Anno, and Parmar sent him off with hugs, tears, and well-wishes.
“You’re an inspiration, really,” Pereira said. “One of the most incredible bakers ever.”
The finale ofThe Great British Baking Showairs on Netflix Friday, Nov. 26
source: people.com
