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Matt replied: “Not even Juan?”<\/p>\n
As a series of puns were made throughout the episode viewers accused the show of cultural appropriation and quickly shared their outrage with the themed week online.<\/p>\n
Due to the mass backlash it received, producer Kieran Smith told The Guardian it won\u2019t be making a comeback for the upcoming 13th series.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI hold my hands up to the cooking complaint and the theme weeks.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn’t want to offend anyone but the world has changed and the joke fell flat. We’re not doing any national themes this year.\u201d<\/p>\n Instead, Kieran detailed how fans will see more traditional weeks with themes of cakes, bread, chocolate, biscuits and the new theme of party cakes.<\/p>\n He teased: \u201cNo spoilers, but it features challenges I think viewers will love.”<\/p>\n Last year, judge Paul Hollywood spoke about the outrage from fans over the national-themed week and confessed he was \u201cgutted\u201d by the reaction.<\/p>\n Speaking Eater, he explained he\u2019d just come back from the country after spending over a month there.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cI was all over the place, and we set the challenges based on what I’d seen there, the challenges were very good, and everyone did a good job.”<\/p>\n Although there\u2019s yet to be an official release date for the Channel 4 show, fans can expect to see another big change as This Morning\u2019s Alison Hammond is joining.<\/p>\n Replacing Matt Lucas, Alison will be presenting alongside Noel Fielding who\u2019s been part of the Bake Off family since 2017.<\/p>\n
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