I was on Bake Off and constant questions from presenters put you under pressure – AND the equipment doesn’t work
A FORMER Great British Bake Off contestant hit out at the show for putting contestants under pressure.
Jordan Cox from Nottingham exited in week three of series five, which was eventually won by Nancy Birthwhistle.
Though he was an inventive baker seven years ago, he failed to impress then judge Mary Berry and co-star Paul Hollywood with his bread recipes.
At the time Jordan said he knew he was toast after he was on the receiving end of Mary's “death stare” in week three.
He’s since admitted contestants are “bombarded” with questions from the presenters and said producers were “in your face all the time.”
Following bakers Iain Watters and Diana Beard’s Dessert Storm row, Jordan said: “I know that for the four hours they were in there they would have been bombarded with constant questions.
“They are right up in your face all the time and will be asking you endless questions.”
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He continued to tell : “It’s not just presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins like you see on TV. Everything takes a little longer with the camera crew in the tent.
“It can feel like a couple of minutes and before you know it you are out of time.”
Jordan also slammed the freezers that the show uses, adding: “They need better freezers.
“They are very good for TV because you can see people putting things in them and it looks pretty.
“But you would never see them in a commercial kitchen and they’re being asked to bake to commercial timescales.”
“Iain got criticised but he would rather have served up nothing than something that’s not up to scratch.”
He admitted he realised he was out of his depth when he saw the competition he was up against in week one.
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He added: "I would say the showstopper on Week One with my blueberry and lemon cakes was my worst moment.
"Everything went well and they were exactly what I had planned, but of course as soon as I looked at the other bakers efforts, I realised I was completely out of my depth and struggled to keep up from that point.”
Bake Off star Iain Watters has said he blames the BBC for causing the show's most controversial moment when his Baked Alaska was "sabotaged.”
The baker famously binned his melted dessert after it had been removed from the freezer by his co-star Diana Beard.
In an interview with the at the time, Iain said it was "unfair" the BBC show was edited to make Diana look bad.
She was hit by a torrent of abuse when the episode aired and left the show the same week over health concerns.
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Iain said: "I feel bad for Diana because she's had quite a mauling on Twitter and I don't like all the nasty comments that have been directed towards her.
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"I think it's a bit unfair and I do think they could have edited the episode a bit better."
He doesn't believe he should have left the competition that week.
