Among the clips are host Noel Fielding pronouncing “besos” like 'Bezos' (as in Jeff's last name), a contestant calling guacamole “glocky-molo,” and Leith saying bakes “look Mexican' because “they’ve got lots of bright colors.”
one contestant’s “fiesta cake
," which featured a large black mustache, and the use of sombreros, ponchos and maracas throughout the competition. A post on Facebook and Twitter from"Bake Off" depicting the episode’s cold open features hosts Fielding and Matt Lucas turning a Spanish name into a pun with the caption, “The juan and only Matt & Noel welcome you to Mexico Week!”
Commenters seeing this cavalcade of cringe took to the comments section around the internet to share their distaste for what was on the menu.Twitter“Sombreros? Really? You had a chance to explore some great Mexican baked good instead you took stereotypes and made tacos,” said one commenter on Instagram. “In 2022. It really shouldn’t be that hard to do better.”
“Honestly the most British thing the Great British Bake Off has done is butcher things from other cultures for their own enjoyment,”“Some of the jokes were borderline offensive this week, which isn’t normally the case,” said one critic on Facebook. “Paul was also very quick to correct people on things that weren’t specific to their baking.
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