The Great British Bake Off has come to an end and left many fans furious that the show was fixed, with Rahul Mandal crowned the winner on last night’s episode
The controversy comes after the baker was twice accused of cheating, and was given ‘preferential treatment’ by the judges.
On one occasion, his mixing bowl broke whilst he was working, and he was given an extra fifteen minutes to complete the challenge.
“It broke into a thousand pieces and went in everything so it all had to be chucked,” he said of the incident. “It almost broke me and I really thought that was it for me. Fortunately, I was able to prove that I could finish it.”
“Sandi kissed me on the forehead and that helped calm me down,” he added.
But Twitter was not happy about the extra time.
“Right I'm fuming already why does #rahoul get an extra 15mins? When in the history of bake off amidst disaster has anyone got extra time #favouritism #BakeOff,” wrote one angry fan.
Another wrote, “Oh... Prue & Paul agreed to give Rahul the 15 minutes he lost at the end to catch up. #Fix #GBBO #GBBOFinal.”
There were also multiple instances where eagle-eyed fans spotted Rahul cheating by continuing to decorate his cake after time was up.
Check out: Can you remember these iconic chocolate bars? We miss them...
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1 of 211) Dairy Milk Tiffin
After being off the shelves for years, Tiffin made its comeback in 2016. Hallelujah!
2 of 212) Cadbury Coconut Boost
The core centre made up of dessicated coconut combined with a normal Boost bar was just too good - why on EARTH was this masterpiece ever taken out of circulation?!
3 of 213) Mars Delight
That caramel and chocolate cream filling mixed with that wafer, was a pure delight. Sadly, we despite people's efforts, this Mars chocolate bar won't be returning anytime soon.
4 of 214) Cadbury Marble
Milk and white chocolate AND praline in one bar? Yup. Cadbury's really are one of the best at coming up with new recipes.
5 of 215) Cadbury Spira
Two fingers of Dairy Milk with chocolate spiralling around the outside... YUM.
6 of 216) Time Out
The Time Out was very slyly taken off the shelves - basically a chocolate wafer, but SO MUCH MORE. Thankfully, they still exist in shops as a single wafer.
7 of 217) Cadbury Snow Flake
The geniuses at Cadbury decided to merge their white Dream chocolate with the standard flake to create utter perfection in this little bar. But why, oh why, did they stop making them?!
8 of 218) Rowntree's Cabana
Coconut, caramel, cherries and chocolate – the ultimate tropical chocolate bar, right?
9 of 219) Trio
TRIO! TRIOOOO! I want Trio and I want one now!
10 of 2110) Cadbury Dream
Possibly one of the best additions to the Heroes tin at Christmas.
11 of 2111) Cadbury Fuse
Nuts, raisins, fudge and cereal pieces all in one chocolate bar?! It's years since we last saw a Fuse bar around. Sob.
12 of 2112) Terry's Pyramint
Basically, a pyramid version of an After Eight but with a slightly sloppier middle. We miss these!
13 of 2113) KitKat Senses
We can't for the life of us think why these went extinct. But they've been refashioned in a selection box, so that's something at least.
14 of 2114) Milkybar Choo
We're hoping this one will make a comeback. The strange combination of white chocolate and fudge worked surprisingly perfectly.
15 of 2115) Cadbury Taz Bar
When Taz became extinct, this chocolate bar was revolutionised as a Freddo bar with caramel. But we miss that devil.
16 of 2116) Twix Top
This was the highlight of our school packed lunches... Anyone else?!
17 of 2117) Cadbury Snaps
They're like Pringles - but chocolate. And just like our favourite snack, you couldn't ever just have one Snap!
18 of 2118) Rowntree's Secret
Withdrawn due to low sales volumes, the marshmallow centre wrapped in thick chocolate was a real treat back in the day.
19 of 2119) Cadbury Wispa Mint
We've all had a Wispa, haven't we? But the mint version had an extra edge to it that was just simply divine. Sigh.
20 of 2120) Texan
The mighty chew.
21 of 2121) Flyte
Forget Maltesers, this really was a lighter way to enjoy chocolate.
One viewers said, "#BakeOff Rahul cheating, decorating his cake after time’s up as he walks up with it! #cheater", whilst another wrote, "#bakeoff Rahul keeps working after the time's up every time #cheat."
Following the final there was plenty of mixed reactions on Social Media.
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One fan said, “AW RAHUL so proud of my boi. they were all amazing i would’ve been happy if any of them got it #gbbo”.
“"Won over my heart, won over the nation and won Great British Bake Off! #GBBO #GBBOFinal,", said another.
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But there were still viewers unhappy with the ‘fixed’ result.