We enter Batter Week on The Great British Bake Off with the heaviest of hearts.
The Great British Bake Off airs on Wednesday nights at 8pm on BBC1.
As we face the inevitable, together as a nation, rumours have already starting swirling as to who Mel and Sue’s replacements will be – with suggestions from reasonable, to the downright ludicrous.
With Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc stepping down as hosts of the programme following Channel 4’s acquisition of the Love Productions show, every moment with them now feels like part of an extended fairwell; every pastry pun, every fondant innuendo.