It all kicked off on last night’s Great British Bake off
after Baked Alaska sabotage unfolded in front of our eyes. And the British
public are livid.
If you managed to completely stay out of the public outrage
that unfolded last night, it all stemmed from a contestant, Diana Beard, taking
another’s baked Alaska out of the freezer during the showstopper challenge.
When the ice-cream centre of Iain Watters’ Baked Alaska
failed to set in the allotted time (possibly unhelped by fellow baker Diana TAKING
IT OUT OF THE FREEZER) he threw the remains in the bin in a fit of rage and
stormed out of the tent in full-blown fury.
With no bake to present Iain then topped the outrage by
presenting a BIN to Mary and Paul. As you can imagine, Mary’s face was an absolute
picture.
Ultimately, Iain (my previously least favourite contestant
due to his resemblance to an elf), was sent packing by Paul and Mary. However,
Iain didn’t blame #DirtyDiana (as it began trending on twitter).
As Iain left the show twitter was at bursting point with
#BinGate and #DirtyDiana trending worldwide, signifying how important a
small-scale British baking competition is to the core of the universe.
Someone even took the pleasure of changing Diana’s
occupation on Wikipedia to “Ice cream melting super villain”.
More controversial than the great custard theft of 2013, bin
gate sparked national wrath, showing that what unites the nation is not
politics, religion or society, but the disobeying of baking etiquette.
So what can we learn from the scandal? Well the rest of the
world now knows that the British public have a terrifying store of anger
reserved for baked goods, and Alaska has been put back on the map, having
received the most attention since Sarah Palin ran for presidency.
Personally, I was hoping David Cameron would break off his
holiday and head straight back to 10 Downing Street to deal with the outrage.
Roll on next week.
