Great British Bake Off 2018 LIVE: Will Manon remain frontrunner in week 2?

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Manon named star baker of Great British Bake Off 2018

Britain’s most beloved and pastel-hued baking show returned last week, with a batch of new Great British Bake Off contestants taking a break from skipping merrily in a park to try and get Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith’s taste buds tingling.

The second series to air on Channel 4 kicked off with biscuit week and saw the 12 newcomers tasked with creating a set of traditional biscuits inspired by something personal to them. A gentle enough start – unlike the technical challenge, which featured some devilishly tricky marshmallow-making as the new dozen were asked to make wagon wheels.

Following a difficult showstopper that saw the bakers make selfie biscuits, France’s own Manon was voted star baker, while Imelda was voted out (narrowly losing to Terry).

After the shock to the system that was a non-cake-based opening week, will the show give the people they sponge they demand in week two?

Watch all the action from the Berkshire tent with us in our live blog below (please allow a moment for it to load).

Bake Off airs Tuesday on Channel 4 at 8pm.

[4 September 2018 20:47 · Christopher Hooton]

Manon's going big with a castle-themed collar cake.

[4 September 2018 20:48 · Christopher Hooton]

It's those collars that will separate the proverbial men from the boys.

[4 September 2018 20:49 · Christopher Hooton]

(Proverb not applicable, everyone on GBBO is in a state of everlasting childhood)

[4 September 2018 20:50 · Christopher Hooton]

I honestly don't think I could temper chocolate and form it into a 1mm thick, structurally sound wall given four years let alone four hours.

[4 September 2018 20:53 · Christopher Hooton]

Wow, it's a massacre.

[4 September 2018 20:54 · Christopher Hooton]

Mushed cake everywhere. They should do that thing they do in war movies when all the sound fades out and you can only hear a high-pitched ringing and everyone's just staring at each other blankly.

[4 September 2018 20:59 · Christopher Hooton]

Dan is a pro. Final three material.

[4 September 2018 21:00 · Christopher Hooton]

Prue just described a cake as "tender". N.B. This is not Steak Off.

[4 September 2018 21:01 · Christopher Hooton]

Does Manon leaving the acetate on constitute cheating? No doubt this will be debated across 10,000 tweets this evening.

[4 September 2018 21:05 · Christopher Hooton]

Both Rahul and Ruby get a patriarchal Hollywood Handshake, which should see them through to week three.