GBBO's Paul Hollywood reveals why he purposely says the word 'moist'

‘I’ve made sure I say it in every show!’ Great British Bake Off’s Paul Hollywood reveals he purposely says the word ‘moist’ during filming after a viewer branded it ‘inappropriate’

The 13th series of The Great British Bake Off is set to kick off later this year.

And as Paul Hollywood gears up for another judging stint alongside Paul Leith, he revealed in a new interview that he purposely says the word ‘moist’ in ‘every show’.

The celebrity chef, 56, admitted that after a viewer branded the word ‘inappropriate’, he went out of his way to utter it at every opportunity when critiquing contestants bakes.

Deliberate: as Paul Hollywood gears up for another judging stint alongside Paul Leith, he revealed in a new interview that he purposely says the word ‘moist’ in ‘every show’

He told The Mirror: ‘Someone once said to me they did not like the way I say ‘moist’ on Bake Off. They said it was an inappropriate word but I think it is a great word. I have made sure that I now say it in every show.’

Another personal quirk that he likes to display on the show is his love for destroying the contestants showstopper bakes, which they painstakingly spent hours constructing.

Opening up on the great pleasure he takes from plunging a knife into the cakes, he said: ‘I cut everything. I don’t care. I like to see them wince. Our job is to get in there and sometimes their flavours are in the middle.’

Cheeky: The celebrity chef, 56, admitted that after a viewer branded the word ‘inappropriate’, he went out of his way to utter it at every opportunity when critiquing contestants bakes

But while the TV star opened up on his penchant for winding up viewers and the bakers, Paul told how participants in the Channel 4 show have a lot of ‘bottle’ to bake for himself and Prue, 82.

He explained: ‘You need to be very brave to do Bake Off as you have to come in front of Prue and myself and be timed. It takes a lot of bottle to go into that tent and bake.’

He went on to say that timing is ‘the hardest part to deal with’ and says that he will also ‘walk away’ if contestants ask him to.

Retort: ‘Someone once said to me they did not like the way I say ‘moist’ on Bake Off. They said it was an inappropriate word… I have made sure that I now say it in every show’

Baker Paul added that he previously got involved in the audition process but had to stop as he struggled to eat so much cake from the 20,000 people auditioning, telling how these days he would rather ‘see them fresh’ in the famous tent. 

During the chat, Paul also told how he is now growing his own wheat at his 12-acre home in Kent, remarking that he planned to tap into the well by making his own flour. 

However, he insisted that he would not be following Jeremy Clarkson’s footsteps with his own show about his farming exploits, noting that ‘I just want to do it for me.’ 

Oh no! Another personal quirk that he likes to display on the show is his love for destroying the contestants showstopper bakes, which they painstakingly spent hours constructing

Brave: But while the TV star opened up on his penchant for winding up viewers and the bakers, Paul told how participants in the Channel 4 show have a lot of ‘bottle’ to bake for himself and Prue, 82

It comes after in May, the star admitted that he would never have taken the Bake Off job if he knew how it would affect his private life.

He told FEMAIL: ‘Would I have done Bake Off if I’d known all this stuff was going to happen, the loss of my private life?

‘No, I wouldn’t have done it. The financial benefits are great. It’s a job, and to earn money you have to work hard, but ultimately what matters is your private life and your anonymity.

‘Anything to do with family, you have to be careful. Trying to maintain family relationships is really difficult when they’re in the public domain.

‘It’s hard enough outside the public domain, but to do it in the public domain is impossible.’

Plans: During the chat, Paul also told how he is now growing his own wheat at his 12-acre home in Kent, remarking that he planned to tap into the well by making his own flour

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