During the second episode of The Great British Bake Off, which focused on biscuit week, Nigella Lawson faced off with judge Paul Hollywood over culinary techniques and phrasing. Danni was eliminated from the competition after failing to impress with her American-style cookies and biscuit mosaic project. Viewers praised Nigella for questioning Paul's comments about using miso in cookies and referring to food as "naughty," leading many on social media to speculate that she challenges him more than former judge Prue did over nine years, suggesting a lack of chemistry between the two.
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Nigella Lawson was praised by fans for challenging and 'telling off' Paul Hollywood during episode two of The Great British Bake Off on Tuesday night.
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As Biscuit week got well underway it was Danni who sadly became the first baker to leave the tent after she failed to impress with her American-style cookies and biscuit mosaic.
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she → get → cookies
In an emotional goodbye the 25-year-old was left teary as she reflected on 'making friends with a group of strangers'.
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However viewers were quick to pick up that Nigella and Paul seemed anything but friends after the domestic goddess challenged the baker at numerous points during the episode.
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Early in the show as Moyin explained he would be using miso in his cookies, Paul remarked: 'It’s unusual to use miso in cookies,' before Nigella hit back: 'No it isn’t the young people are doing it a lot.'
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In another awkward moment later on, Paul referred to one bakers sweet treat as 'naughty' and once again Nigella challenged him as she quipped: 'I don't approve as referring to food as naughty.
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Nigella Lawson is praised by Bake Off fans for challenging and 'telling off' Paul Hollywood as they clash during Biscuit week - and Danni is the first to leave the tent
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As Biscuit week got well underway it was Danni who sadly became the first baker to leave the tent after she failed to impress with her American-style cookies and biscuit mosaic
'We have to take our pleasures where we can in life.'
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Later, as the judges pondered who they would be sending home, Paul joked: 'How are we going to decide?
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I'd let you win.'
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Yet Nigella failed to see the funny side as she hit back: 'No you wouldn't, I'm the one that lifts weights.'
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Taking to Twitter, fans were delighted by Nigella's assertiveness as they remarked she has challenged Paul more than Prue ever did in nine years.
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They wrote: 'I like Nigella telling Paul off.'
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; 'The more digs Nigella gives to Paul, it is more probable she will take over the show';
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'Nigella has offered more feedback and challenged Paul more in 2 episodes than Prue did in 9 years';
'Episode 2 and I get a sense Paul and Nigella are not besties';
'Nigella cutting the knees out from under Paul in every episode is going to hugely entertaining, isn’t it';
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'The lack of chemistry between Nigella and Paul is very apparent'; 'You can tell Nigella & Paul don’t vibe lmfao';
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However viewers were quick to pick up that Nigella and Paul seemed anything but friends after the domestic goddess challenged the baker at numerous points during the episode
In an emotional goodbye the 25-year-old was left teary as she reflected on 'making friends with a group of strangers'
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Taking to Twitter, fans were delighted by Nigella's assertiveness as they remarked she has challenged Paul more than Prue ever did in nine years
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I can see why Paul Hollywood doesn’t like nigella bc she is giving proper constructive criticism unlike him.'
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Another joked: 'is it a Nigella hug rather than a Paul handshake now?'
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Earlier on Tuesday, Nigella admitted she had a 'list of reasons' not to take the Bake Off job after the domestic goddess proved a huge hit with viewers on the new series.
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The TV cook, 66, made her highly-anticipated debut on the much-loved Channel 4 show last week and she couldn't have been more positively received by fans.
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However, the star has confessed she wasn't originally convinced she was right for the job as she didn't want to be 'fake'.
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Appearing on The One Show on Tuesday evening, Nigella put on a friendly display in her first live TV interview with fellow judge Paul Hollywood, despite rumours of a 'bitter battle of egos' between the pair.
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Nigella explained: 'I had many reservations.
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When I had my first meeting with them, I had a long list of why I shouldn't do it, because I felt like I had to make it clear that I am not a technical baker.
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'I didn't want them to feel they'd come to the wrong shop.
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I wanted to say what I felt I could do and what I felt I couldn't do.
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Earlier on Tuesday, Nigella admitted she had a 'list of reasons' not to take the Bake Off job after the domestic goddess proved a huge hit with viewers on the new series
Praising Paul and his baking talent, she said: 'Paul is a genius...
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He just looks at a cake and he says that needed to be another five degrees hotter and three minutes longer'
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'And I said, there'll be no hard feelings after this meeting, if you feel I'm not what you need because I think there's nothing more anxiety provoking than thinking that people expect something from you that you can't give,
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I don't ever want to be a fake person and pretend I know something I don't.'
She continued: 'I came to baking late in life. You know, I wrote, it was meant to be ironically titled How to Be a Domestic Goddess when I was 40, so I hadn't really baked because I was a cook.
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Then I thought, this is easy.
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I don't know why everyone pretends it's so difficult, which is true if it's home baking.
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You know, you can make it simple, and what interests me is taste and texture.
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Praising Paul and his baking talent, she said: 'Paul is a genius, and he does it.
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He just looks at a cake and he says that needed to be another five degrees hotter and three minutes longer.
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And he knows all that.
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What I feel like I can do is eat, and then try and explain what the taste is like or what the texture is like for people who are home.
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But I just think I wanted them to know that that's it.
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