![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/furious-bake-off-fans-shocked-as-fan-favourite-is-first-to-be-eliminated/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/crop-24156937.jpg&description=baked off Published : 21:36, 26 Sep 2023 THE GREAT British Bake Off fans were left furious as Amos was eliminated on tonight's first episode - with viewers saying he was "robbed". The Channel 4 show sees 12 amateur bakers do everything in their power to avoid a soggy bottom, as they attempt to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. 2 Bake Off fans were furious as their 'fan favourite' was booted off tonight Credit: Channel 4 The contestants were thrown in the deep end with a signature bake, a technical challenge, and a show-stopper. Dan was awarded star baker tonight, but Amos was sent packing, leaving fans shocked. One wrote: "AMOS WAS ROBBED." Another posted: "Noooo Amos was my early favourite." A third commented: "Not Amos, he didn't deserve to go." Paul and Prue challenged the new batch of bakers with a vertical cake task. It left the participants baffled, with panic setting in and time running out for some. Tasha already suffered the dreaded "soggy bottom" after putting her cake on the wrong shelf in the oven, while Matty's buttercream did not go well. Elsewhere, Keith, 60, pulled out all the stops and impressed the judges with his orange liqueur cake. They were then tasked with a technical challenge of making a GBBO chocolate cake – with two layers of moist chocolate sponge with a silky smooth ganache, topped with fresh raspberries. Dana found herself in 12th and last place, followed by Tasha and Nicky. Amos was chuffed with runner-up position, with Prue praising him saying: "I had no complaints" and Dan got top spot with, Paul saying it 'looked like a great cake." After sweating it out in the first two challenges, the bakers were tasked with an animal-shaped cake show-stopper. Amos opted for a killer whale, Nicky went for a beaver named Norman and Saku picked a turtle. Christy impressed with her duck inspired cake, but Paul admitted Matty's dog cake "looked like it had been run over". Matt Lucas , who fronted the show alongside Noel Fielding , said he){kind=link}
THE GREAT British Bake Off fans were left furious as Amos was eliminated on tonight’s first episode – with viewers saying he was “robbed”.
The Channel 4 show sees 12 amateur bakers do everything in their power to avoid a soggy bottom, as they attempt to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
The contestants were thrown in the deep end with a signature bake, a technical challenge, and a show-stopper.
Dan was awarded star baker tonight, but Amos was sent packing, leaving fans shocked.
One wrote: “AMOS WAS ROBBED.”