20 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets You Didn’t Know About The Great British Bake Off

Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond in the Great British Bake Off tentComfort viewing doesn’t get much better than The Great British Bake Off. Every year, 12 amateur bakers from all walks of life come together in the iconic GBBO tent as they face tricky recipes, high-pressure time restraints and temperamental ingredients, all in the hopes they might be crowned the winner.The hit Channel 4 show (previously BBC) is currently in its 14th season, and has already witnessed naughty innuendos, soggy bottoms and a few Paul Hollywood handshakes – perhaps just some of the reasons why the quintessentially British show continues to draw millions of viewers year upon year.But if you’ve always wondered what goes into bringing the show to our screens, then allow us to reveal the behind-the-scenes secrets you never knew before...1. It was inspired by village fete competitionsIt’s a concept so simple that it simply works. Richard McKerrow and Anna Beattie, who founded Love Prod