The so-called Hollywood Handshake has become a highly anticipated feature of any Bake Off episode, to be expected alongside the bunting and innuendos. But over the past 15 years, it has lost any real meaning – it is, in fact, making the show worse.
Aaron’s sweet bread was worthy of a handshake, but didn’t receive one (Photo: Channel 4/Love Productions)
But Tom’s Biscuit Week handshake was the 60th time Hollywood has doled out a handshake in the show’s 15-year history, and over time it’s become a gimmick and – worse – an in-show spoiler. He went on to win Star Baker that week – proof that the Hollywood Handshake has become a pre-judging confirmation that you’re top of the class.
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Am I to deduce, then, that Bread Week was a write-off? It certainly didn’t seem it – Aaron’s decadent, floral sweet bread, made in tribute to his late friends, was certainly as good as Tom’s biscuit house a week previously. Others’ creations were called “faultless” and “delicious” by Hollywood’s co-judge Leith, yet still no handshake was forthcoming.
As the series has gone on, Hollywood has thankfully reined in his handshakes slightly. The height of the ridiculousness arrived in series nine, when he shook the bakers’ hands a whopping 12 times – three of those were in just one episode. Since then, the number of handshakes has dwindled, but their significance has remained the same.
‘The Great British Bake Off’ continues next Tuesday at 8pm on Channel 4
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