Great British Bake Off’s Alison Hammond accuses contestant of ‘cheating’ during tense showstopper challenge

GREAT British Bake Off host Alison Hammond has pulled up contestant Saku for 'cheating' in an illusion challenge.

The GBBO presenter was quick to accuse Saku of bending the rules as she made her showstopper for Biscuit Week.

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In the latest episode, the contestants were asked to make a 'Biscuit Illusion Banquet'. This meant making their favourite savoury meal out of biscuits.

But when Alison went over to chat to Sri Lankan-born Saku about her 'Sri Lankan Biscuit Feast', she was left scratching her head.

Saku was serving her 'feast' with a side of red onions - but she had cooked real onions, rather than using a biscuit dough to mimic them.

Alison pointed at the pan and asked: "Saku, is that real onions?"

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The contestant replied: "Yes, that's real onions."

Alison explained: "But you're not supposed to do real onions, babes.

"You're supposed to make it look like onions."

Saku insisted it was a "side dish", but Alison pressed: "But it's real onions."

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With a big sigh, unimpressed Saku put her hands on her hips.

"Really?" she asked, with an angry tone to her voice.

GBBO fans were quick to spot the awkward exchange between Alison and Saku.

Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, one viewer said: "Okay but why are there real onions?!"

Another added: "Onions are a type of biscuit..."

And someone else wrote: "Yeah Saku, what is this, 'THE GREAT BRITISH ONION'?!?!??!"

Incredibly, the judges - Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood - did not mention Saku's side dish of onions when she presented them with her showstopper.

Some fans were even disappointed that they went unnoticed.

"We were so invested in Saku’s onions and they didn’t even try them!" one fan account tweeted.

Meanwhile, while Saku sailed through to next week unscathed, Keith was not so lucky.

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The chartered accountant was sent home after serving up raw dough in his showstopper.

Tasha Stones, however, was awarded Star Baker and even received a 'Paul Hollywood handshake' for her biscuit bakes.

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