Great British Bake Off fans left disgusted after baker gets blood in pastry – but avoids double elimination
GREAT British Bake Off viewers were left disgusted when one of the bakers got blood in their pastry.
In an amazing twist Dan still managed to snag the top spot in Pastry Week despite his nasty injury.
The resource planner, who has been a strong contender for winning this year's series, managed to avoid elimination after quickly working to replace his batch of blood spattered pastries.
His grim accident happened during the technical challenge, which saw all the bakers faced with making a fancy puff pastry dish.
In the race against the clock to finish baking the best pastry possible Dan ended up grating his own knuckles and getting blood on the dough.
GBBO fans were left horrified by the grisly scene and took to social media to share their thoughts.
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One person cried: "Not Dan doing a Mrs Lovett by getting blood in his pastry!"
A second used vomit emojis to express their feelings on the challenge, groaning: "Oh Dan."
A third viewer sympathised with him, saying: "Grated knuckles are such a horrid minor kitchen injury too, properly make me shaky!"
Someone else was quick to find a funny spin on the situation, writing: "Oh grate, Dan got blood in his pastry!"
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Another fan joked: "I think Dan could have got away with blood in his pastry, it is nearly Halloween!"