We all know that Bake Off viewers have mixed feelings about the show - it’s still a comfortable entertaining watch, and the bakes look absolutely delicious, but it just continues to get more and more complicated and drift further from what made it special in the first place. I wrote about this in October 2022, and everything said then still stands.

However, one positive change to the show is the addition of Alison Hammond, who took over from Matt Lucas last year. She’s a breath of fresh air, hilarious with that brilliant laugh, and she works well with Noel Fielding whilst retaining her own sunny personality. She occasionally falls off the benches and generally brings a little bit of adorable chaos with her.

But in the semi-final of this year’s competition, she outdid herself with this wonderful moment. Quite understandably, baker Georgie was having a meltdown about how difficult the technical challenge was and Alison stepped in to, quite literally, save the day. Georgie went on to finish the challenge, albeit coming last, and survive the Showstopper to make it to the final. It made me quite weepy!

I feel like we haven’t had this kind of support and understanding from Bake Off hosts since Mel & Sue. Wonderful stuff.