The Great British Bake Off quarter-finals are upon us, and – for the first time ever – the bakers will have to face the wrath of Tudor Week.
This means the five remaining contestants have to cook recipes from 500 years ago, such as water crust pastry pies stuffed with meats and other juicy fillings.
For many fans of Bake Off watching at home, it was a welcome addition to the BBC programme’s regular roll-call of themes, such as Cake Week, Biscuit Week, Pastry Week and, of course, Bread Week.
Tudor week on #GBBO This my jam
— Lucy Blyth (@ChungLB) October 12, 2016
VERY EXCITED FOR TUDOR WEEK and 8 minutes behind all of you, blast. #gbbo
— Cyber Mango (@cybermango) October 12, 2016
The contestants are preparing food & all I can think about is Jonathan Rhys Meyers...😆#GBBO #TudorWeek pic.twitter.com/BIOHhKkFid
— Grant🎃 (@SnowAndBeach) October 12, 2016
Tudor jokes and pins on point this week. #GBBO
— Shay (@ohpbrittana) October 12, 2016
It's time for #GBBO! Tudor Week yay!
— Karis Page ♡ (@KACPage) October 12, 2016
@clumsybaby Yay! I'm excited for Tudor week ☺️🎉 #lbloggers
— Heather Nixon (@ofbeautyand) October 12, 2016
But for others, it was more a ‘what the…?’ moment.
Tudor week wtf #GBBO 😐
— Jessie Booth (@JessieBooth_1) October 12, 2016
"Bake off, bake off, bake off!" *claps hands excitedly* wtf is tudor week?! #gbbo pic.twitter.com/dnA6Ydh3Hf
— Roopsmanuva (@Roopstar) October 12, 2016
Tudor week? Eh? #GBBO #baffling
— scott ainsley (@scottainsley) October 12, 2016
Wtf even is Tudor week
— e is okay🎃 (@asitisnt_) October 12, 2016
Is it the English Broadcasting Co? Why is it Tudor week? Stuarts ruled the whole United Kingdom #GBBO
— Charlie Bush (@CharlieBush) October 12, 2016
I ain't down for this #TudorWeek mind, way too much lard & meat flying around for my liking 😷😷 sickos. #GBBO
— Lauren Dixon (@x_laurendixon) October 12, 2016
#GBBO Tudor Week??? Eh??
— Moira D (@MoiraDavidson) October 12, 2016
That tent must stink #TudorWeek #GBBO pic.twitter.com/tKkBI2VH00
— Ian Samuels (@IS74) October 12, 2016
Plenty saw a chance to make some ‘bet the loser this week gets beheaded’ gags.
If no one's beheaded, is it even Tudor week? #GBBO
— Jessie 🍑 (@BruisedMomo) October 12, 2016
As it's Tudor week does that mean whoever leaves this week will be beheaded? #gbbo
— Daz Gale (@dazgale) October 12, 2016
'It's Tudor week, so Paul will be dressed as Henry VIII and one of you WILL be beheaded.' #GBBO #bakeoff
— Ben Crowden (@CrowdenBen) October 12, 2016
Of course, other jokes were welcome…
Surely there's a Tudor dish called Catherine of Tarragon😀😀😀 #TudorWeek
— Kent Home Hearing (@kenthomehearing) October 12, 2016
Tudor week enormous fun. Fingers crossed for Shakespeare week next week. “I call this Titus Androni-crust.” #gbbo pic.twitter.com/w7kcrplcd2
— Julia Raeside (@JNRaeside) October 12, 2016
THE GUINEA FOWL ARE LIVID. I REPEAT, THE GUINEA FOWL ARE LIVID. #GBBO #TudorWeek
— Grace Pickford (@PickGrace) October 12, 2016
And some fans just saw it as an opportunity to eat pork pies while watching the episode.
It's Tudor week & so i've bought Pork Pies... #GBBO pic.twitter.com/ZmyUWc4KLt
— Sarah Boswell (@S_Bos81) October 12, 2016
#TudorWeek means pies and we’ve got a hand-raised pork pie recipe, good enough for Henry VIII himself! https://t.co/5SW7J12TEO pic.twitter.com/9kPFkS8FxR
— Create & Craft TV (@CreateCraftTV) October 12, 2016
Yum. What would Henry VIII have thought of all this?
