Great British Bake Off: Ruby Tandoh goes in on ‘peacocking man child’ Paul Hollywood

'I will be told off for this'

Past Great British Bake Off runner-up Ruby Tandoh has made her feelings about Paul Hollywood moving to Channel 4 very clear, in a Twitter rant that ended with her saying: ‘I will be told off for this.’

The judge made the decision to move with the show despite Mary Berry, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins all staying loyal to the BBC in what is believed to be an incredibly lucrative deal, and many fans are judging him for it.

Hollywood said in a statement that GBBO has “been a huge part of my life in the past few years and I just couldn't turn my back on all that – the bakers themselves, the bakes, the team that makes it, and of course the tent, the bunting, and who could forget... the squirrels. So I am delighted that I will be continuing as a judge when Bake Off moves to Channel 4. I want to thank the BBC and Mel and Sue for making my time in the tent great fun and really rewarding."

Tandoh suggested his decision was based on more than just fondness for baking and squirrels, however.

She wrote (sic): “ahhhhhh a peacocking manchild lingering wherever the money is, i am shocked. “this, from a man who turned up to work revving a rental lamborghini. or was it a ferrari. i don't remember, the air was thick w testosterone.

“call me ishmael. my child, it was a dark time: shirts tucked into bootcut jeans and the season's first dusting of spray tan on the ground...

“we locked in battle with a mythic beast, both bright white and mahogany, man and baby, ego and terrible, terrible fragility all at once.”

She concluded the possibly soon to be deleted tweets with: “i will be told off for this. i did it all for you my friends”

The pair have clashed in the past, with Hollywood unecessarily weighing in when she came out as gay to her followers.