Treacle Tart: Now here’s a rare bite for you to check off in your I-Spy book of British Bites. Here Mary uses her little-documented telepathic power to orchestrate a beautiful sychrobite with the all-too-susceptible Paul. Eyes closed, locked in a single, tender act of mastication, they commune with each other over pastry sweetness and cloy-y-ness (Paul also groans on about the ‘bake’ but Mary blocks this out by pinching his pituitary gland).
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Tarte Tatin: An absolutely scorching example of the Berry side-bite here. Neat fork technique, strong lip-clamp, no-nonsense Breton stripe blazer. Textbook.
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Plaited Loaf (11 of 11): The final crumb of the 11-loaf challenge, and Mary has victory in her sights. A catatonic Paul, his two beautiful eyes totally glazed over, stumbles clumsily into Mary’s final bite-shot. I think his competition is over. Mary, hardly able to move at this point, just about avoids slipping out of frame. Clearly exhausted, but ever the professional, she gives the crowd what they want. A spectacular bite to mark the end of a thrilling competition.
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Plaited Loaf (6 of 11): Half-way through the 11-loaf challenge and Paul is looking decidedly peaky. Here we can see him taking a moment to try and escape the carb-coma that threatens to consume him. Mary, meanwhile, is making some serious hay, ploughing ahead with loaf number 6 as if it were the most natural thing in the world. What a trooper.
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Plaited Loaf (1 of 11): Eating 11 loaves of bread in a row isn’t a task everyone can stomach. For Mary, however, it’s all in a day’s work. Here we see a very focussed Mary, attacking the first loaf with tenacious appetite, holding the stoney glower of Paul Hollywood as she does so. It takes more than those piercing blue eyes to tangle this girl’s plaits.
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Indian Flatbread: Mary finds flatbread quite boring. There’s no denying it. Here we see the queen of respectability politely hiding her utter indifference to a small, hard fragment of Indian flatbread. Eyes down, so as not to reveal her disappointment to the contestant, Mary accepts her fate with Christ-like dignity and gives us all an excellent lesson in good grace.
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Bagel Bite-Bomb: An absolutely superb move from Mary here, as she bite-bombs Paul’s bite shot. He won’t be happy about that. Not happy at all. Mary here showing, once again, a little of the good humour that has come to characterise her gracious reign.
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Chewy Bagel: Now this is a dangerous one for Mary. The bagel, of course, renowned for it’s super-chewy texture and dense consistency. Both factors presenting a high DTL (Denture Threat Level). Ever the professional however, Mary has gone for the full side-bite and twist here, putting the stress on the primary molars and reducing the risk of the unthinkable. Classic Berry.
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