The Great British Bake Off: the final review – an ending that rose to the occasion

They strode into the tent together, but there could only be one winner, and it was the perfectly unassuming baker this convivial show deserved

The most joyful thing about this series of The Great British Bake Off – apart, possibly, from Kim-Joy herself – was that as we entered the final, the average viewer would have been equally content whichever of the three remaining competitors won.

They strode into the tent together. Well, Ruby strode. Kim-Joy walked, and Rahul looked like he was being escorted by an invisible guard towards a burning stake and felt it no more than he deserved. It is his way. While all are worthy finalists, it is Rahul who has probably garnered the most attention and emotional investment over the weeks. There are those who saw his unremitting gloom, his certainty of failure and permanent air of doomy anxiety as a pose or a ploy. The rest of us simply saw ourselves.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Js1Beq

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