The Great British Bake Off contestant Mike cried as the results were announced during the first episode of series 15 of the Channel 4 baking competition.
The first week’s “Star Baker” award went to John, a NHS directorate support manager from the West Midlands.
The farmer, from Wiltshire, was seen wiping away tears as Noel Fielding delivered the verdict.
Bakers had been asked to create a loaf cake for the signature challenge, a Battenberg for the technical, and an illusion cake for the showstopper.